Alois Kottmann
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Alois Kottmann is a German
violinist, music pedagogue, university professor and patron.
, who taught him in the tradition of Carl Flesch
. After graduation he still got these courses and also some in the home of the Hölscher family where he befriended with Gert Hölscher (1930–2010) who especially cultivated his musical efforts. There he met the pianist Günter Ludwig. At Frankfurt University of Music
he studied with Marie-Louise Graef-Mönch, his former private violin teacher.
During a university competition in Hamburg
Kottmann was awarded. After his concerto exam he initially was employed as violin teacher at Odenwaldschule
. From 1958 Kottmann was professor at renowned Hoch Conservatory
in Frankfurt. Later he was also employed as violin teacher at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, at Goethe University Frankfurt, and at University of Mainz. From 1977 to 1979 he was acting director of Hoch Conservatory Frankfurt.
His dedication to substantial music and its repetition is significantly based on university teachers he met during his own education as of Walther Davisson
, Kurt Hessenberg
, Gustav Lenzewski, August Leopolder, and Helmut Walcha
as well as encounters with members of the Bethmann family
, Anton Biersack
, Reinhold Finkbeiner, Erich Flinsch, Karl Freitag, Karlheinz Ludwig Funk, Ludwig Hölscher, Richard Rudolf Klein
, Dieter Lindemann, Otmar Mácha, Thomas Magyar, Yehudi Menuhin
, Ginette Neveu
, Elly Ney
, Váša Příhoda
, Max Rostal
, Gerhard Taschner
, Rüdiger Volhard, Bruno Vondenhoff, Karl Weiß, and Friedrich Zipp.
Kottman formed artistic partnerships with Albert Mangelsdorff
, Karl Freitag, Agnes Giebel
, Peter-Lukas Graf
, Ingo Goritzki
, Rainer Hoffmann, Alois Ickstadt, Maria Jäger-Jung, Marietta Krutisch, Günter Ludwig, Gisela Sott, and Heinz Teuchert.
Alois Kottmann was especially committed to fight for the continuity of Hoch Conservatory which was under discussion to amalgamate several times. He is still involved in regional support of musical culture in the Rhine-Main area, of international young talents, of composers from Frankfurt
, and the Frankfurt-based violin tradition of Carl Flesch. He is strictly dedicated to humanity
and a brisk artistic and social exchange on international basis. His dedication to these topics and human qualities is still active.
and Norddeutscher Rundfunk
has been formed a long-term cooperation through concerted archive recordings of a multiplicity of violin solo works. Recordings were also produced with Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor
(RIAS Berlin), Radio Diffusion Paris (France), Schweizer Radio DRS
(Switzerland), and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as well as takeovers for Czechoslovakian Broadcasting Corporation.
In cooperation with Figuralchor Frankfurt directed by Prof. Alois Ickstadt a multiplicity of radio broadcasts for ARD
were created where Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann and Alois Kottmann as soloist took an active part. In 1985 Kottmann was involved in a TV production of ZDF
named Passion und Leidenschaft, also starring Adalbert Kraus
and Ernst Gerold Schramm.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
violinist, music pedagogue, university professor and patron.
Background
Alois Kottmann was raised as one of three children of a silversmith. His mother was very much interested in music so she made every possible effort for a musical education of her children. His highschool music teacher stimulated him to play the violin so he started with private violin courses. His teacher was Marie-Louise Graef-Mönch, the assistant of Alma MoodieAlma Moodie
Alma Templeton Moodie was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as the foremost female violinist during the inter-war years, and she premiered violin concertos by Kurt Atterberg, Hans Pfitzner and Ernst Krenek...
, who taught him in the tradition of Carl Flesch
Carl Flesch
Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher.Carl Flesch was born in Moson in Hungary in 1873. He began playing the violin at seven years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire...
. After graduation he still got these courses and also some in the home of the Hölscher family where he befriended with Gert Hölscher (1930–2010) who especially cultivated his musical efforts. There he met the pianist Günter Ludwig. At Frankfurt University of Music
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....
he studied with Marie-Louise Graef-Mönch, his former private violin teacher.
During a university competition in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
Kottmann was awarded. After his concerto exam he initially was employed as violin teacher at Odenwaldschule
Odenwaldschule
Odenwaldschule, is a German school located in Heppenheim in the Odenwald. Founded in 1910, it is Germany's oldest landschulheim, a private boarding school located in a rural setting. Edith and Paul Geheeb established it using their concept of progressive education, which integrated the work of the...
. From 1958 Kottmann was professor at renowned Hoch Conservatory
Hoch Conservatory
Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium - Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on September 22, 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament, a school for music and the arts was established for all age groups. ...
in Frankfurt. Later he was also employed as violin teacher at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, at Goethe University Frankfurt, and at University of Mainz. From 1977 to 1979 he was acting director of Hoch Conservatory Frankfurt.
His dedication to substantial music and its repetition is significantly based on university teachers he met during his own education as of Walther Davisson
Walther Davisson
Walther Davisson was a German violinist and conductor,Davisson was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory from 1900 to 1906 with Johann Naret-Koning and Adolf Rebner, in whose string quartet he played second violin from 1906 to 1913. He also taught violin in...
, Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg was a German composer and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.- Life :...
, Gustav Lenzewski, August Leopolder, and Helmut Walcha
Helmut Walcha
Helmut Walcha was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :Born in Leipzig, Walcha was blinded at age 19 after vaccination for smallpox...
as well as encounters with members of the Bethmann family
Bethmann family
The Bethmann family has been remarkable for the high proportion of its males who succeeded at mercantile or financial endeavors. This family trait began in medieval northern Germany and continued with the Bethmann bank which Johann Philipp Bethmann and Simon Moritz Bethmann founded in 1748 and...
, Anton Biersack
Anton Biersack
Anton Biersack was a German composer and music educator. After initial studied in music in Eichstätt, he studied music composition, conducting, piano, and organ at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg from 1928-1932. From 1932-1936 he was a fellow at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main...
, Reinhold Finkbeiner, Erich Flinsch, Karl Freitag, Karlheinz Ludwig Funk, Ludwig Hölscher, Richard Rudolf Klein
Richard Rudolf Klein
Richard Rudolf Klein is a German composer, musician and teacher. His compositional output is diverse, including nursery rhymes and music for children, choral music and hymns, incidental music, orchestral music as well as chamber music.- Life :Klein attended the humanistic Gymnasium in Landau,...
, Dieter Lindemann, Otmar Mácha, Thomas Magyar, Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
, Ginette Neveu
Ginette Neveu
Ginette Neveu was a French violinist.-Biography:Born in Paris into a musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist and her brother Jean-Paul Neveu a classical pianist. She was also the grandniece of composer Charles-Marie Widor...
, Elly Ney
Elly Ney
Elly Ney was a German romantic pianist who specialized in Beethoven, and was especially popular in Germany....
, Váša Příhoda
Váša Příhoda
Váša Příhoda was a famous Czech violinist known for the perfection of his technique and the beauty of his tone. He was considered a Paganini specialist, and his recording of the Violin Concerto in A minor by Dvořák is still very highly praised. His artistry was controversial, and tended to...
, Max Rostal
Max Rostal
Max Rostal was a violinist and a viola player. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.-Biography:Max Rostal was born in Cieszyn and studied with Carl Flesch. He won the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 1925...
, Gerhard Taschner
Gerhard Taschner
Gerhard Taschner was a noted German violinist and teacher.-Biography:Taschner was born in Krnov , Czechoslovakia, of Moravian origins. After studying with his grandfather, he played Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 at his debut in Prague, when aged only 7...
, Rüdiger Volhard, Bruno Vondenhoff, Karl Weiß, and Friedrich Zipp.
"Music is no aid for self-portrayal but instead a medium of communication among people."
– Prof. h. c. Alois Kottmann (translated from German)
Kottman formed artistic partnerships with Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff was one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics.-Biography:...
, Karl Freitag, Agnes Giebel
Agnes Giebel
Agnes Giebel is a German soprano. She was born in Heerlen, in the Netherlands, where she lived the first years of her life. She studied at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a...
, Peter-Lukas Graf
Peter-Lukas Graf
Peter-Lukas Graf is a flautist.He was born in Zürich in Switzerland. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortot. Besides playing the flute both in orchestras and as a soloist, he is a conductor, and spent...
, Ingo Goritzki
Ingo Goritzki
Ingo Goritzki is a German oboist, pianist, and flautist. He began his flute and piano studies in Freiburg, and switched to oboe as his primary instrument at age 20.-Career:...
, Rainer Hoffmann, Alois Ickstadt, Maria Jäger-Jung, Marietta Krutisch, Günter Ludwig, Gisela Sott, and Heinz Teuchert.
Alois Kottmann was especially committed to fight for the continuity of Hoch Conservatory which was under discussion to amalgamate several times. He is still involved in regional support of musical culture in the Rhine-Main area, of international young talents, of composers from Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, and the Frankfurt-based violin tradition of Carl Flesch. He is strictly dedicated to humanity
Humanity (virtue)
The virtue, humanity, is a set of strengths focused on “tending and befriending others.” The three strengths associated with humanity are love, kindness, and social intelligence. Humanity differs from justice in that there is a level of altruism towards individuals included in humanity more so than...
and a brisk artistic and social exchange on international basis. His dedication to these topics and human qualities is still active.
Lectureship
- Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
- Hoch Conservatory Frankfurt
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- University of Mainz
Initiatives and obligations
- 1968 – Founder of string ensemble Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann
- 1970er – Founder of Senckenberg Concertos at Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt
- 1980 – Co-Founder of Gallus Concertos in FlörsheimFlörsheimFlörsheim am Main is a town in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the river Main, opposite Rüsselsheim, 12 km east of Mainz.-Neighbouring communities and counties:...
- 1983 – Founder of International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus HofheimInternational Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus HofheimThe International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim are an annual cultural event of several days‘ duration in Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse, Germany. It takes place in May or June and is attended by artists from all over the world...
in HofheimHofheimHofheim may refer to one of these cities in Germany:*Hofheim, Hesse *Hofheim, Bavaria *Hofheim im Ried... - 1987 – Founder of Philippsruhe Palace Concertos in HanauHanauHanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
- 1988 – Founder of chamber orchestra Kottmann-Streicher
- 2000 – Instigator of Paul Hindemith Award for Arts and Humanity of the city of Hanau
- 2001 – Founder and benefactor of Alois Kottmann AwardAlois Kottmann AwardThe Alois Kottmann Award is an international prize for "classical, cantando violin playing". It honours outstanding international violinists. The competition takes place annually in May and/or June during International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim in Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse, Germany...
for classical canto-style play of the violin in connection with the city of Frankfurt
Radio & TV
With Hessischer RundfunkHessischer Rundfunk
Hessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the German state of Hesse. The main offices of HR are in Frankfurt am Main. HR is a member of the ARD.- Studios :...
and Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...
has been formed a long-term cooperation through concerted archive recordings of a multiplicity of violin solo works. Recordings were also produced with Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor
Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor
RIAS was a radio and television station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War. It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II in 1946 to provide the German population in and around Berlin with news and political reporting and was initially only broadcast on...
(RIAS Berlin), Radio Diffusion Paris (France), Schweizer Radio DRS
Schweizer Radio DRS
Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz is a company of SRG SSR idée suisse. - Broadcasting :SR DRS own six radio stations, which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent....
(Switzerland), and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as well as takeovers for Czechoslovakian Broadcasting Corporation.
In cooperation with Figuralchor Frankfurt directed by Prof. Alois Ickstadt a multiplicity of radio broadcasts for ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
were created where Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann and Alois Kottmann as soloist took an active part. In 1985 Kottmann was involved in a TV production of ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
named Passion und Leidenschaft, also starring Adalbert Kraus
Adalbert Kraus
Adalbert Kraus is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :...
and Ernst Gerold Schramm.
Overseas tour
Alois Kottmann gave guest performances with his string ensemble Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann in United Kingdom, the United States, and in Mexico.Honours
- Appointment as honorary member of Drogenhilfe 80 (aid for drug users) by the president of the German parliament BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
- Honorary professorship of Arts faculty of Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
- August Gaul Plaque for Culture and Arts Hanau (1999)
- Frankfurt Plaque of Honour (2000)
- Hesse State Cross of Merit (2002)
- German Federal Cross of Merit (2006)
Publications
- Vereinigung der Freunde des Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann e. V. (Hrsg.): 40 Jahre Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. A publication commemorating the 40th anniversary of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. Contains greetings of Dr. h. c. Petra RothPetra RothPetra Roth is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . Since 1995 she is mayor of Frankfurt. In addition and in a rerun she is president of Deutscher Städtetag since 2009 which is the head organisation and lobby group of all German cities obverse the Cabinet of Germany, the German...
, Dr. h. c. Traudl Herrhausen, Prof. Dr. h. c. Peter-Lukas Graf, Helmuth Fintl, Prof. Richard Rudolf Klein und Prof. Alois Ickstadt. Verlag Otto Lembeck. Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2008.
Discography
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
: Konzert a-Moll für Violine, Basso continuo und Streicher, Konzert E-Dur für Violine, Basso continuo und Streicher, Konzert d-Moll für zwei Violinen, Basso continuo und Streicher. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Boris Kottmann (vl), Basso continuo wird ausgeführt mit Theorbe. Melisma 7210-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Albert Mangelsdorff: Denk ich an Bosnien für Posaune und Streicher; Miniaturen für Violine und Posaune; Richard Rudolf Klein: Kontradiktion für Violine, Posaune und Streicher; Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
: Sonate Nr. 2 für Violine solo. Solisten: Albert Mangelsdorff (trb), Alois Kottmann (vl), Bruno Suys (kb). Melisma 7239-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
: Die sieben letzten Worte des Erlösers am Kreuz. Mit Zwischentexten von Peter HärtlingPeter HärtlingPeter Härtling is a German writer and poet. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and he received the Großes Verdienstkreuz for his major contribution to German literature.-Biography:...
. Rezitation Karlheinz BöhmKarlheinz BöhmKarlheinz Böhm is an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell...
. Melisma 7016-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Der Messias. Ausführende: Sharon Markovich (Sopran). Hildegard LaurichHildegard LaurichHildegard Laurich , is a German classical contralto singer.- Professional career :Hildegard Laurich studied at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, in Berlin with Hermann Weissenborn, and in private study with Fred Husler in Cureglia.She sang mostly in concert, particularly in works of Johann...
(Alt), Adalbert KrausAdalbert KrausAdalbert Kraus is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :...
(Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (Dirigent). Melisma 6046, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
: Trauermusik für Violine und Streicher; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto für Violine und Streicher; Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
: Aus Holbergs Zeit op. 40; Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
: Serenade op. 20; Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
: Adagio for Strings. Melisma 7098-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Sinfonien Nr. 12 g-Moll und Nr. 9 c-Moll für Streichorchester. Melisma 7031-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Joseph Haydn: Konzert C-Dur für Violine und Streichorchester; Sinfonie Nr. 88 G-Dur Hob. I: 88. Soloist: Alois Kottmann (vl). Melisma 7262, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung. Oratorium für Soli, Chor und Orchester. Solisten: Dorothea Wirtz (Sopran), Adalbert Kraus (Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Bläser des Frankfurter MuseumsorchesterFrankfurter MuseumsorchesterThe Frankfurter Museumsorchester is the resident orchestra of the Frankfurt am Main City Opera House, Germany. Its somewhat peculiar name is derived from the series of "Museum Concerts", organized by the Frankfurter Museumsgesellschaft since 1808. The orchestra is ranked as an "A-list" ensemble...
s, Alois Ickstadt (Dirigent). Melisma 706, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. BWV 147; Joseph Haydn: Missa in d-Moll in angustiis Hob. XXII:11 (Messe in der Bedrängnis, auch: Nelson-Messe). Ausführende: Ulrike Sonntag (Sopran), Alison Browner (Alt), Adalbert Kraus (Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (Dirigent). Melisma 726, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion BWV 245. Ausführende: Ulrike Sonntag (Sopran), Alison Browner (Alt), Adalbert Kraus (Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (Dirigent). Melisma 7058, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Messe h-Moll BWV 232. Ausführende: Ulrike Sonntag (Sopran), Alison Browner (Alt), Adalbert Kraus (Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Dirigent: Alois Ickstadt. Melisma 7023-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Konzert d-Moll für Violine und Streicher; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto für Violine und Streicher; Johanna SenfterJohanna SenfterJohanna Senfter was a German composer.Johanna Senfter was born and died in Oppenheim. From 1885 she studied composition under Knorr, violin under Rebner, piano under Friedberg and organ at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount of musical training when in...
: Konzert für zwei Violinen und Streichorchester c-Moll. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Boris Kottmann (vl). Melisma 7248-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Ernest BlochErnest BlochErnest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer.-Life:Bloch was born in Geneva and began playing the violin at age 9. He began composing soon afterwards. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe...
: Suite 1; Max Reger: Präludium und Fuge h-Moll op. 117/1; Eugène YsaÿeEugène YsaÿeEugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
: Sonate d-Moll (Ballade) op. 27 Nr. 3; Igor Strawinsky: Élégie; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonate C-Dur BWV 1005. Soloist: Alois Kottmann (vl). Melisma 7100-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
: Sinfonie A-Dur KV 201. Soloist: Alois Kottmann (vl). Peter Härtling spricht Texte aus Hindemiths Bach-Rede aus dem Jahr 1950. Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik für Violine solo und Streicher; Duette für zwei Violinen. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Boris Kottmann (vl); Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne aus der Partita d-Moll für Violine solo, BWV 1004. Soloist: Alois Kottmann. Melisma 7099-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa C-Dur KV 317 Krönungsmesse Regina coeli, KV 127; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Herr Gott, du bist unsere Zuflucht / Um unsrer Sünden willen; Joseph Rheinberger: Abendlied op. 79/6. Solisten: Ulrike Sonntag (Sopran), Alison Browner (Alt), Adalbert Kraus (Tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (Bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (Dirigent). Melisma 7035, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
: Sonate a-Moll op. 105; Sonate d-Moll op. 121. Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
: Romanzen. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7101, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
: Sonate Nr. 1 G-Dur op. 78; Sonate Nr. 2 A-Dur op. 100; Sonate Nr. 3 d-Moll op. 108. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7102, Oestrich-Winkel.
- César FranckCésar FranckCésar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
: Sonate A-Dur; Max RegerMax RegerJohann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
: Sonate Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 3. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7018, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Ferruccio BusoniFerruccio BusoniFerruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
: Sonate Nr. 2 c-Moll op. 36a; Gabriel FauréGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
: Sonate Nr. 1 A-Dur op. 13; Olivier MessiaenOlivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
: Thème et variations. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7253, Oestrich-Winkel.
- Gallus-Konzerte in der Barockkirche zu Flörsheim am Main. Werke von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Joseph Rheinberger u. a. Opus 27035. Cappella Wiesbaden 1989
- Gallus-Konzerte Flörsheim am Main. Werke von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Joseph Rheinberger u. a. Opus 27042. Cappella Wiesbaden 1990
- 40 Jahre Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann – Polyphonie. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violinkonzert d-Moll; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto für Violine und Streichorchester; Johanna Senfter: Konzert für 2 Violinen und Streichorchester c-Moll. Solisten: Alois Kottmann (vl), Boris Kottmann (vl). Melisma 6735519, Oestrich-Winkel.