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ALBUMGloria - Ostern mit den Wiener SängerknabenChorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Wiener Sängerknaben
Albums by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ALBUMBach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 1 - 9Gustav Leonhardt & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ALBUMBach: AdventskantatenNikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Equiluz & Concentus Musicus Wien
ALBUMMozart: Idomeneo, K. 366Simon Estes, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Trudeliese Schmidt, Mozartorchester des Opernhauses Zürich, Felicity Palmer, Rachel Yakar, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Tear & Werner Hollweg
ALBUMVivaldi: Le quattro stagioniNikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien & Alice Harnoncourt
ALBUMMarais / Couperin / HotteterreConcentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ALBUMHaydn, Mozart, Beethoven, BrahmsChamber Orchestra of Europe & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ALBUMBach, JS: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6 (Recorded 1981-82)Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien
ALBUMJ. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 26, 36 & 140Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien
ALBUMBeethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Popular Music Videos
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro (Excerpt)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 3: ("Sull'aria...") - "Che soave zeffiretto" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Cinque... dieci... venti..." (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492: Overture (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Non più andrai" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Ah, son perduto!" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Christine Schäfer, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Patrick Henckens, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Cosa sento! tosto andate" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Bo Skovhus, Patrick Henckens, Anna Netrebko, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 2: "Voi signor, che giusto siete" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Marie McLaughlin, Patrick Henckens, Franz-Josef Selig, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Cos'è questa commedia?" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Bo Skovhus, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Vienna Philharmonic, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 1: "Basilio, in traccia tosto" (Live at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg / 2006)
Bo Skovhus, Anna Netrebko, Christine Schäfer, Patrick Henckens, Vienna Philharmonic & Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Essentials
A conducting hero of our time, and a man of true musical curiosity.
Artist Biography
A descendant of the Habsburg and Huguenot dynasties, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born in Berlin in 1929) was a trailblazing pioneer of historically informed performance practice, and one of the first of its exponents to cross over into conducting mainstream symphonic and operatic repertoire. In 1953, while a cellist in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, he founded Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) to perform Baroque music on the instruments of the period; the ensemble made its recorded debut in Purcell and initially concentrated on 17th-century music. Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, Harnoncourt and CMW were engaged on a project with Gustav Leonhardt to record all of Bach’s cantatas and large-scale choral works. At this time he branched into guest-conducting, building strong relationships with the Royal Concertgebouw, Vienna Philharmonic, and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with whom he espoused a historically aware outlook on modern instruments. His repertoire soon broached Beethoven and the later 19th century with Brahms and Bruckner, while at the same time exploring neglected music such as Haydn’s operas and branching into the lighter styles of Offenbach and the Viennese Strausses. His music-making is characterized by a singular vision, a determination to buck tradition, and an often individual approach to rhythm: His 2009 recording, Gershwin: Porgy & Bess, swings in a way only he could. Harnoncourt retired officially in December 2015, just three months before his death.
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical