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Dorothee Mields

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Biography

Dorothee Mields – born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on April 15, 1971 – is a soprano concert singer who specializes in baroque and contemporary music. She attended the University of Arts in Bremen and studied under Gabriele Schreckenbach, Elke Holzmann, and Harry van der Kamp before continuing her post-graduation studies with Julia Hamari. She recorded several Bach cantatas with Philippe Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale Gent ensemble and, in 2001, she recorded Joseph Schuster’s opera Demofoonte. Dorothee Mields has collaborated on recordings with harpsichordist Ludger Rémy, tenor Jan Lobow, and gambist Hille Perl. During her career, she has performed cantatas by Bach, Schütz, and Stölzel as well as numerous vocal works by Händel, Purcell, and Dowland. While known for her dedication to early music – including appearances at many festivals – she has also added contemporary music to her repertoire including works by J. M. Staud, Beat Furrer, Gérard Grisey, and Harald Weiss. Dorothee Mields released the album E.T.A. Hoffman: Chamber Music in 2003, which was followed by Telemann: Perpetuum Mobile (2004) and C.P.E. Bach: Geistliche Oden und Lieder, Wq. 194,H. 686 (2004), which won the Choc prize from the magazine Le Monde de la musique. Her discography also includes Purcell: Love Songs (2010), Love Alchymie (2010), Purcell: Love's Madness (2012), Sacred Arias (2012), Birds with flautist Stefan Temmingh (2015), Händel (2017), Monteverdi: La Dolce Vita (2017), Graupner: Lass Mein Herz – Cantatas & Ouvertures (2018), and Pastorale (2022). Outside of her performing and recording schedule, she has also taught at the Hochschule für Music ‘Franz Liszt’, Weimar.
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  2.   Nun ich singe, Gott ich knie by Dorothee Mields
  3.   Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: VII. So feiern wir das hohe Fest featuring Collegium Vocale Gent
  4.   Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: IV. What passion cannot music raise and quell
  5.   Missa: Gloria: Domine Deus featuring Collegium Vocale Gent
  6.   Du angenehmer Weiberorden, TWV 20:49 - Aria: Ei wie wurdet ihr nicht lachen
  7.   Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels, TWV 20:37 - Recitative: Nun dann, so nehmt die kleinen Glieder
  8.   Symbolum Nicenum: Et in unum Dominum featuring Collegium Vocale Gent
  9.   Missa: Kyrie: Christe eleison featuring Collegium Vocale Gent
  10.   Telemann: Concerto à 4, TWV 43:G4 - II. Adagio featuring Dorothee Mields
  11.   Telemann: Concerto à 4, TWV 43:G4 - I. Allegro featuring Dorothee Mields
  12.   Telemann: Concerto à 4, TWV 43:a3 - I. Adagio featuring Dorothee Mields
  13.   Telemann: Concerto à 4, TWV 43:a3 - IV. Vivace featuring Dorothee Mields
  14.   Telemann: Concerto à 4, TWV 43:a3 - II. Allegro featuring Dorothee Mields
  15.   Telemann: Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV. 1:795 - V. Du willst ein Opfer haben featuring Benoît Haller
  16.   Telemann: Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV. 1:795 - IV. Indessen leg ich mich vor deine Füße featuring Benoît Haller
  17.   Telemann: Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV. 1:795 - VII. Ach mein Gott featuring Benoît Haller
  18.   Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels, TWV 20:37 - Aria: Mein Canarine, gute Nacht!
  19.   Telemann: Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV. 1:795 - VI. So nimm mein Opfer hin featuring Benoît Haller
  20.   Du angenehmer Weiberorden, TWV 20:49 - Recitative: Nun kann ich mich recht aus dem Fundament
  21.   Telemann: Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV. 1:795 - III. Wollten doch die Augen brechen featuring Benoît Haller
  22.   Telemann: Weiche Lust und Fröhlichkeit, TWV 1:1536 - V. Herz und Seele sind erfreut featuring Dorothee Mields
  23.   Du angenehmer Weiberorden, TWV 20:49 - Recitative: Ihr Jungfern!
  24.   Telemann: Weiche Lust und Fröhlichkeit, TWV 1:1536 - IV. Bedenk hiernächst sein treues Lieben featuring Dorothee Mields
  25.   Telemann: Weiche Lust und Fröhlichkeit, TWV 1:1536 - III. Um uns Verfluchet zu erlösen featuring Dorothee Mields
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