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Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 1 - 9 (2024)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 1 - 9 (2024)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 1 - 9 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 873 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 466 Mb | 03:20:38
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Warner Classics

Written to exalt the glory of God and to facilitate Lutheran worship, Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred cantatas stand among the highest achievements of Western musical art.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Musica Sacra (2016)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Musica Sacra (2016)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Musica Sacra (2016)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 772 MB | 02:33:59
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Warner Classics

Für ihn war Musik „Klangrede“, die uns auch nach jahrhundertelanger Vertrautheit noch eine Menge zu sagen hat. Als der Dirigent Nikolaus Harnoncourt am 5. März starb, verlor die Welt eine Musikerpersönlichkeit, die wie keine andere das Repertoire von Bach bis Gershwin, von Monteverdi bis Bruckner völlig neu zu beleuchten verstand. Lange war Harnoncourt mit seinem Ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien dem einstigen Warner-Label Teldec verbunden.

Wiener Philharmoniker - New Year Concert: The complete works Wiener [26CDs] (2020)

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Wiener Philharmoniker - New Year Concert: The complete works Wiener [26CDs] (2020)

Wiener Philharmoniker - New Year Concert: The complete works Wiener (2020)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 8,08 Gb | Total time: 28:46:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19439764562 | Recorded: 1969-2020

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the greatest media event in classical music, Sony Classical released in 2015 a complete edition of all the works ever played at the Wiener Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Concerts. Performed in the “Golden Hall” of the Musikverein between 1941 and 2015, the iconic live performances were issued for the first time in a single box set of 23 CDs. Now, in 2020, this edition will be available as a 26-CD extended version, with all the new repertoire from the last five years compiled on three additional CDs.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2016)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2016)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 322 Mb | Total time: 70:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88875136452 | Recorded: 2015

Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his period orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, never recorded a complete cycle of the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, and this 2016 Sony release is their only recording of the Symphony No. 4 in B flat major and the Symphony No. 5 in C minor, made almost ten months before the conductor's death. Harnoncourt planned for this to be his last recording before his retirement, so it inevitably has the feeling of a valedictory performance, and one can also hear it as the orchestra's warm tribute to its leader and his sterling musicianship. But beyond the well-deserved accolades, this is a truly fine live recording of one of the most famous symphonies of all time and its somewhat less loved sibling, so the musical value of this singular Beethoven disc is quite high. Because the Symphony No. 4 is often overlooked, it's gratifying that it opens the album, and listeners are well advised to try it first.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Werner Herbers, Camerata Salzburg - Mozart: Orchestral Works (2023)

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Werner Herbers, Camerata Salzburg - Mozart: Orchestral Works (2023)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Werner Herbers & Camerata Salzburg - Mozart: Orchestral Works (Live) (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 870 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 427 Mb | 03:05:25
Classical | Label: belvedere

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is credited with making historical performance practice respectable in Salzburg. His memorable debut concert in 1980 was the prelude to a long string of successes that culminated in the Mozart Week 2006, when Harnoncourt was Artist in Residence and gave his acclaimed ceremonial address on 27 January on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. The inaugural concert and rehearsals from 2006 can be heard on this album. The 3-Discs edition covers the period of Harnoncourt’s influence on the interpretation of Mozart’s music. Between 1980 and 2006, the conductor succeeded in persuading both musicians and audiences to be receptive to new playing and listening habits, while he personally evolved from a pioneer of historical performance practice to an acclaimed maestro. When Harnoncourt made his debut at the Mozart Week Salzburg on 27 January 1980, concert audiences were under the spell of conductors such as Karl Böhm.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table [4CDs] (2009)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table [4CDs] (2009)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,17 Gb | Total time: 260:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 2564687041 | Recorded: 1986, 1988

Telemann's 1733 compendium exhibits impeccable 'table manners' thanks to Concentus Musicus Wien's innate vivacity and Harnoncourt's charm offensive.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Offenbach: La belle Hélène (1997)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt,  Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Offenbach: La belle Hélène (1997)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Offenbach: La belle Hélène (1997)
PAL 16:9 (720x576) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 5.73 Gb (DVD9) | 124 min
Classical | Arthaus Musik | Sub: Deutsch, English

A superficial view may regard Offenbach’s lightweight masterpiece, La belle Hélène, as „merely“ an opera buffa. But closer scrutiny of this charming, imaginative firework of intrigue makes one thing clear: the story of the Greek queen who started off the Trojan war is, in this version, a humorous and satirical caricature of the vulgar, decadent Parisian upper classes of Offenbach’s own day. Who better suited to produce a modern rendering of this work than the now highly acclaimed Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who also ensured the work’s historical accuracy? Employing a small string section, shining, colourful brass and richly varied percussion, the opera still strikes one as exceptionally modern. This impression is also enhanced by the designers of the production, recorded in 1997 at the Zurich Opera House: no less a figure than the fashion designer Jean–Charles de Castelbajac was responsible for the humorously expansive costumes; and the highly subtle stage–set was the work of Paolo Pivas.

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.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 187 min | 7,17+4,11 Gb (DVD9+DVD5)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Espanol, Japanese, Deutsch | Recorded: 2001

The overwhelming success of the Prague performance of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) in December 1786, led to the commissioning of a new opera. Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte turned to the Don Juan theme, making this promising material the basis for their new opera. In the spring of 1787 Mozart began to compose it in Vienna, and was able to complete it in Prague by the autumn of the same year. Don Giovanni received its first performance, under the composer’s personal direction, on 20 October 1787 at Prague’s Count Nostitz National Theatre. This production of Don Giovanni at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director Jürgen Flimm and set-designer Erich Wonder. Rodney Gilfry and Cecilia Bartoli lead a first-class group of singers.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zurich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2005)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zurich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2005)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2005)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 192 min | 4,11+5,96 Gb (DVD5+DVD9)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Italiano, Espanol, Deutsch, English, Francais, Japanese | Rec: 2000

Mozart's third and final opera with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the hugely ambitious dramatic comedy Così fan Tutte (roughly translated as "They're All Like That"), is brought passionately to life in a first-class production conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring one of the great starring roles for Cecilia Bartoli. Filmed live at the Zurich Opera House in February 2000 on a set that visualizes the subtitle "The School for Lovers," the plot revolves around two army officers arguing about the fidelity of their brides, then setting out to test their chastity.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien - Johann Sebastian Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites (2008)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien - Johann Sebastian Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites (2008)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien - Johann Sebastian Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 620 Mb | Total time: 53:58+49:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 2564 69457-5 | Recorded: 1966

This well-documented and handsomely presented set is well worth considering. Harnoncourt led the way in ‘authentic’ Bach performances, and in some respects – the slow minuets and the somewhat portentous introductions, for instance – these Sixties recordings differ from more recent practice. But no matter, since the approach is full of life, and the balance allows details to be heard clearly and naturally. The fugal sections are particularly successful.

Linde Brunmayr-Tutz, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas & Partita (2022)

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Linde Brunmayr-Tutz, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas & Partita (2022)

Linde Brunmayr-Tutz, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas & Partita (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 385 Mb | Total time: 77:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Fra Bernardo | # FB 2211700 | Recorded: 1950, 2005

Johann Sebastian Bach's flute sonatas undoubtedly require congenial partners, who play together in an unpretentious, equally important way - in the truest sense of the word, in concert. This is brilliantly fulfilled by Lars Ulrik Mortensen with his hardly surpassable vocal playing on the harpsichord and Linde Brunmayr-Tutz with virtuosity and full sound on the transverse flute.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mozart: Symphonies Nos.31, 39-41; Schubert: Symphony No.4 (2007/1984)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mozart: Symphonies Nos.31, 39-41; Schubert: Symphony No.4 (2007/1984)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mozart: Symphonies Nos.31, 39-41; Schubert: Symphony No.4 (2007/1984)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.81 Gb+6.29 Gb (2xDVD9) | 232 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: English, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

Schubert's 'Tragic' Symphony and Mozart's 'Paris' Symphony are performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Wiener Musikvereinsaal in 1984. Harnoncourt goes back to Schubert's original manuscripts to perform the music in its purest form. Harnoncourt joined forces with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe for Mozart's last symphonies (Nos. 39-41), performed at the Wiener Musikvereinssaal in 1991. Known throughout the world for his highly original approach to classical music, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt reveres Mozart as 'the most romantic composer of all'.

Lang Lang, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Mozart Album (2014) 2CDs

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Lang Lang, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Mozart Album (2014) 2CDs

Lang Lang, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Mozart Album (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 471 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 283 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88843-08253 | Time: 02:01:57

For this all-Mozart twofer from Sony, piano virtuoso Lang Lang, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and the Vienna Philharmonic present a program of piano concertos, piano sonatas, and several short solo pieces that give a good sampling of the composer's keyboard output. The roster may provoke some cognitive dissonance, though, because Harnoncourt is best known for historically informed period interpretations of Mozart, while Lang Lang and the Vienna Philharmonic are more associated with a conventional, mainstream performance style. One might expect some compromise between the two camps, yet while the orchestra incorporates some aspects of Classical sound into its playing, it remains a modern orchestra of full size, and Harnoncourt doesn't ask for the tone colors and techniques he would demand of his own Concentus Musicus Wien. For the soloist's part, Lang Lang is rather restrained and sensitive to the character of the music, and apart from some showiness in his cadenzas, he shows less of the ebullience and bravura playing he otherwise shows in Liszt or Rachmaninov.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte; Kaffee-Kantate (2009/1982)

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte; Kaffee-Kantate (2009/1982)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte; Kaffee-Kantate (2009/1982)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.67 Gb+7.59 Gb (2xDVD9) | 269 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Deutsch, English, Francais, Espanol

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, named after their dedicatee the Margrave Christian Ludwig von Brandenburg, have been part of Nikolaus Harnoncourt's permanent repertoire ever since he founded his Concentus musicus ensemble. The ensemble has recorded them and played them on their tours throughout the world.