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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2005)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2005)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 686 Mb | Total time: 69:27+71:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 82876 64070 2 | Recorded: 2004

what makes this recording so satisfying is the warmth, serenity and pliant lyricism of the performance. We have come to expect fleet tempos from the early-music movement. If anything, Mr. Harnoncourt's tempos, over all, are spacious. The sweet-voiced tenor Michael Schade is given such freedom to shape the phrases of the accompanied recitative "Comfort ye my people," that you listen to these words as if you had never heard them before…The soprano Christine Schäfer and the alto Anna Larsson also do radiant and affecting work. The chorus sings with impressive clarity and full-bodied yet unforced sound…Mr. Harnoncourt adheres to the manuscripts and editions of the work he deems the most reliable, especially with regard to the size of the string ensembles in the various movements.

Christine Schäfer, Berlin Barock Solisten, RIAS Kammerchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas (2013)

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Christine Schäfer, Berlin Barock Solisten, RIAS Kammerchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas (2013)

Christine Schäfer, Berlin Barock Solisten, RIAS Kammerchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 72:12 | Booklet pdf
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88765444782 | Recorded: 2013

Following the album Arias, her much-acclaimed debut album on Sony Classical, the German soprano returns to Bach with three famous cantatas she has never recorded before. Regardless of their extraordinary musical beauty all of these cantatas are concerned with religious considerations of grief, guilt and farewell. Based on the Italian model of solo cantata which reached its peak in the extensive output of Alessandro Scarlatti, these melodious and touching pieces highlight Schäfer´s outstanding vocal abilities and musical taste. The arias offer most delightful duets with various instrumental solo parts such as flute, oboe and violin. Christine Schäfer is accompanied by the Berliner Barocksolisten, a first-class ensemble of players from the Berlin Philharmonic who perform on modern instruments in historically informed style.

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1998)

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Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1998)

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 607 Mb | Total time: 171:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Musicom | # MC 9802-04 | Recorded: 1997

Die zweichörige Matthäus-Passion, die bereits im posthumen Andenken der Bach-Familie als die «Grosse Bassion» bezeichnet wurde, gehört nicht nur zu Bachs umfangreichsten und gewichtigsten Kirchenkompositionen. Sie hat auch seit den spektakulären Wiederaufführungen Mendelssohns und Zelters im Jahre 1829 die neuzeitliche Wahrnehmung des Komponisten wesentlich geprägt.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (2008)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (2008)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 735 Mb | Total time: 77:08+72:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 7333212 | Recorded: 2006-07

Christine Schäfer models the notes in a sovereign and refreshingly light manner: Werner Güra not only convinces as an evangelist, but also proves his class in the arias." The two bassists intone a hearty-bawdy, sometimes very soft and gentle tone There is nothing wrong with Harnoncourt's portrayal of the opening movement of the Third Cantata, where the music explodes in a way that has not been heard before.

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1998 (2015) [Blu-Ray]

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Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1998 (2015) [Blu-Ray]

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1998 (2015) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | VC-1 Video / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 20,0 Gb
Audio: Italiano, Русский / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1920x1080 / 5000 kbps / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 4,57 Gb
BluRay-rip2 | MKV 1280x720 / 2000 kbps / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 2,69 Gb
Audio: Italiano, Русский / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | EuroArts

New Year’s Eve Concert 1998 – Songs of Love and Desire Love was the theme of the 1998 New Year’s Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina interprets highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breathtaking performance of the Letter Scene of Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin.

Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Mozart: Concert Arias, Symphony No.35, Beethoven: Egmont (2014) [Blu-Ray]

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Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Mozart: Concert Arias, Symphony No.35, Beethoven: Egmont (2014) [Blu-Ray]

Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Mozart: Concert Arias, Symphony No.35, Beethoven: Egmont (2014) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21951 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 21,4 Gb
Audio1: Deutsch, Italiano / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4017 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1920x1080 / 4500 kbps / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 5,18 Gb
BluRay-rip2 | MKV 1280x720 / 1500 kbps / 29,970 fps | 89 min | 3,31 Gb
Audio: Deutsch, Italiano / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | Accentus | Sub: German, English, Korean, Japanese

All are equal before the work, before the mysteries of a score; this was Claudio Abbados heart-felt conviction. For him, the willingness to be open to one another and to the independent life of musical processes was the only prerequisite for making music. In the live performances documented here for the first time, Abbado could be sure of the devotion of these world-class artists: the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, the sopranos Christine Schäfer and Juliane Banse, as well as the actor Bruno Ganz. They shared his credo of listening togetherness (Die ZEIT) that made possible those precious moments of musical truth toward which this great conductor strove throughout his life.

Edward Downes, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - The Verdi Edition: Rigoletto (2013)

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Edward Downes, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - The Verdi Edition: Rigoletto (2013)

Edward Downes, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - The Verdi Edition: Rigoletto (2013)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 2 ch ) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 135 min | 7,04 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Opus Arte | Sub: English | Recorded: 2001

If there are lingering doubts about the Royal Opera House's artistic renaissance after its mid-1990s doldrum years, David McVicar's gritty and sexy production of Rigoletto should blow them all away. One of the principal reasons is McVicar's decision to emphasize the tyrannical nature of the Duke (beautifully sung by Marcelo Alvarez), and the appalling social injustice that springs from a corrupt leader: his court is a place of physical and sexual abuse (graphically, but by no means gratuitously, depicted). This violence throws the dual nature of Paolo Gavanelli's energetic, insectlike Rigoletto into relief, making his sycophancy seem all the worse and his vengefulness all the more sympathetic.

Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker - Europakonzert 1999 from St. Mary Church Krakow (2014) [Blu-Ray]

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Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker - Europakonzert 1999 from St. Mary Church Krakow (2014) [Blu-Ray]

Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker - Europakonzert 1999 from St. Mary Church Krakow (2014) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 19922 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 94 min | 21,6 Gb
Audio1: Latin / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4227 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,970 fps | 94 min | 6,60 Gb
Audio: Latin / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | EuroArts | Sub: Latin, German, English, French

The founding of the Berliner Philharmoniker on the first of May in 1882, is annually celebrated with a concert in a European city of cultural significance. For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video. The Berliner Philharmoniker are joined for Mozart’s Motet and Mass on this recording by Christine Schäfer, whose unique timbre and performing style has more than once been likened to those of other vocal greats such as Irmgard Seefried and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. This round of exceptional musicians is completed by Emanuel Ax, winner the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, as the soloist for the works of Chopin and Schumann.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Complete Sony Recordings, Part 7 [6CDs] (2016)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Complete Sony Recordings, Part 7 [6CDs] (2016)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Complete Sony Recordings, Part 7 (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,48 Gb | Total time: 05:48:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88875173752 | Recorded: 1991-2015

Nikolaus Harnoncourt The Complete Sony Recordings brings together for the first time Harnoncourt s complete recordings from 2002-2015 with his Concentus Musicus Wien, the Wiener Philharmonike, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks. The Sony Classical edition features his famous symphony recordings of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bruckner, alongside his celebrated performances of great choral works such as the Verdi, Brahms and Mozart Requiems and Haydn's Die Schöpfung, as well as Mozart's opera Zaide, Haydn's Orlando paladino and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Also included are previously authorized but unreleased recordings of J. S. Bach s Cantatas Nos. 26 & 36, Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge and Dvorák's Stabat Mater.

Christine Schäfer, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln - Johann Sebastian Bach: Hochzeitskantaten (1999)

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Christine Schäfer, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln - Johann Sebastian Bach: Hochzeitskantaten (1999)

Christine Schäfer, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln - Johann Sebastian Bach: Hochzeitskantaten (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 319 Mb | Total time: 62:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 459 621-2 | Recorded: 1999

Christine Schäfer's bright, silvery soprano is a perfect vehicle for these solo cantatas. The adventurous Musica Antiqua Köln supports her in lively readings, full of spirit and animation. Schäfer sails through the technical demands with ease, but she also brings a welcome warmth and sensitivity to the texts. Some of the movements are taken at a clip that may surprise, but the performers bring it off with aplomb. The familiar Cantata No. 51 actually isn't a wedding cantata, but its joyous spirit fits the mood, so it's welcome all the same, especially in a performance of such agility and precision.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2001)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2001)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 769 Mb | Total time: 162:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 8573-81036-2 | Recorded: 2000

Nikolaus Harnoncourt war der vielleicht wichtigste Pionier einer Musikauffassung, die hinter der spätromantischen Sichtweise auf die Passionen Johann Sebastian Bachs das originale Klangbild suchte. Dabei ging es ihm keineswegs um Authentizität als Selbstzweck, sondern vielmehr um ein Ausloten der Bach'schen Klangfarben und Ausdrucksmittel, die im Brahms- und Bruckner-Sound der großen Oratorienchöre und Symphonieorchester verloren gegangen waren. Inzwischen ist diese Auffassung etabliert und Harnoncourt weit ins romantische Repertoire eingedrungen. Die Zeit reinen Bach- und Mozart-Spezialistentums scheint vorbei. Mit der Neueinspielung der Matthäus-Passion begibt sich der Dirigent daher wieder zurück zu seinen Wurzeln.

Christine Schäfer, Graham Johnson - Johannes Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (2011)

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Christine Schäfer, Graham Johnson - Johannes Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (2011)

Christine Schäfer, Graham Johnson - Johannes Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 247 Mb | Total time: 75:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDJ33122 | Recorded: 2010

Following the iconic series of the complete songs of Schubert and Schumann, Graham Johnson’s latest enterprise traverses the complete songs of Brahms. He is joined here on Volume 2 by the wonderful Christine Schäfer, whose contribution to the Schumann song series won a prestigious Gramophone Award.

Christine Schäfer, Rainer Kussmaul, Berliner Barock Solisten - Handel: Alcina. Arias & Suites (2009)

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Christine Schäfer, Rainer Kussmaul, Berliner Barock Solisten - Handel: Alcina. Arias & Suites (2009)

Christine Schäfer, Rainer Kussmaul, Berliner Barock Solisten - Handel: Alcina. Arias & Suites (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 340 Mb | Total time: 73:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Avi Music | AVI 8553143 | Recorded: 2008

Star soprano Christine Schafer sings scenes and arias from one of Handel’s most popular operas. The combination of Handel and Schafer ensure this is going to a major release.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Mozart: Requiem [2004] Re-up

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Mozart: Requiem  [2004] Re-up

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Mozart: Requiem [2004]
EAC (flac, image, cue, log) | TT: 50.15 | Scans | 216 Mb
Classical | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 82876 58705 2 | Rec: 2003

Beethoven called Mozart's Requiem "wild and terrible," and that's what we get in Harnoncourt's new recording. Ominous dread hangs from every note of the dark opening measures, the Rex tremendae and Confutatis are driven with terrifying strength, and the supplications of the Lacrimosa, with their weeping stabbings of the orchestra, are freighted with emotional power. The Tuba mirum duet of bass soloist and trombone has a beauty almost never achieved in other readings. Nor does Harnoncourt overstep the stylistic boundaries of this classical-era work; rather, the intensity is heightened for being in the idiom of its time. Call it a Romantic reading of a Classical piece that looks forward to a more unbuttoned era.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2007)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2007)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Anna Netrebko, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 916 Mb | Total time: 189:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 00289 4776710 | Recorded: 2006

Anna Netrebko once again triumphed at the 2006 Salzburg Festival with her winning portrayal of Susanna in Claus Guth's new production of Le nozze di Figaro, the highlights of which can be heard on this spectacular CD. Led by conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt with the Vienna Philharmonic, this production of Figaro garnered critical acclaim: "Guth and Harnoncourt have opened up a new perspective on an opera that is normally staged as a lightweight, turbulent farce," wrote the Zeit Online, while Die Welt described Harnoncourt as "a sorcerer able to conjure up magical sounds."