Dietrich Knothe, born 6 January 1929 in Dresden, was a German conductor and choirmaster. At age ten he joined the Thomanerchor of Leipzig under Günther Ramin, later studying at the music academies in Leipzig and Berlin‑Charlottenburg. His career began in 1953 with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig, and in 1955 he founded the Capella Lipsiensis, performing Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. After political dismissal in 1962, he served as vice director of the Berlin Singakademie from 1966 and became its director in 1975. He conducted the Berlin Radio Choir from 1982 until retirement in 1993. His recordings include Telemann: Moralische Kantaten (1979) and Weihnachtsmusik im Alten Sachsen (1983). Knothe received the Goethe Prize of Berlin (1966), the Art Prize of the GDR (1979), and the Handel Prize of the Halle District (1985). He passed away on September 7, 2000 in Berlin.
| Reger Collection |
| Schütz: Schwanengesang |
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Händel: Belsazar
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Telemann: Moralische Kantaten
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Reger: Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 138 & Drei Motetten, Op. 110
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Händel: Friedensode / Utrechter Tedeum
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Schubert: Lazarus (Die Feier der Auferstehung)
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| J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas |
| Luther in der Musik |
| Schubert: Lazarus, D. 689 |
| Schütz: Sacred Music |
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Die Berliner Singakademie
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OCKEGHEM, J.: Missa Mi mi / ISAAC, H.: Missa carminum (Knothe)
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| Schütz: Primo libro de madrigali (Il) |
| Schubert, F.: Choral Music |