Person · conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Albums
378
Members
1
Active
1929–2016
Origin
Austria
Biography
Harnoncourt was born in Berlin, was brought up in Graz and studied music in Vienna. Nikolaus Harnoncourt founded Concentus Musicus Wien with his wife, Alice Hoffelner, in 1953 while playing cello with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. That group was dedicated to authentic performances on period instruments, and by the 1970s his work with it had made him quite well known. He played the viola da gamba at this time, as well as the cello. In 1971, Harnoncourt started a joint project with conductor Gustav Leonhardt to record all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas. The project was eventually completed in 1990, and (barring a couple of cantatas, nos. 51 and 199) was the first and only cantata cycle to utilise an all-male choir and soloist roster. He has been recognized with the Sonning Award (Denmark) in 1993 and Kyoto Prize (Japan) 2005.
Discography
The Masque in Dioclesian
Vorklassik In Mannheim Und Wien
Brandenburgische Konzerte
Fux : Serenada, Rondeau & Sonata a 4 (Apex)
Schmelzer: "Sacro-Profanus Concentus Musicus 1662"
Matthäus-Passion
Sämtliche Orgelkonzerte, op. 4 & op. 7
Le quattro stagioni
Handel Edition Volume 6 - Belshazzar, Jephtha
Classical Favorites By Nikolaus Harnoncourt [Direct Metal Mastering Audiophile Demonstration Record]
Requiem
Brandenburg Concertos nos. 1, 2 & 4
Brandenburgische Konzerte Nos. 3, 6, 5
Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Der zufriedengestellte Äolus – Aeolus Propitiated – Éole apaisé
Messiah (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
Symphonies nos. 35 & 34
Alexander's Feast
Die 6 Motetten, BWV 225-230
Gran Partita
Hornkonzerte
Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione: Concerti, Op. 8, No. 7-12
Il Combattimento, Madrigali
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Messe in h-Moll
Mozart: Double Concerto / Corea - Gulda: Compositions
Ouvertures Nrs. 1 and 2
Piano Concertos nos. 26 & 23
Sinfonia concertante K. 364 / Violinkonzert No. 1
Violin Concertos 2 & 3
Water Music
6 Violinkonzerte
Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, Nr. 1 - 6
Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 37
Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 7
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Grosse Messe in C-Moll, KV 427
Haffner-Serenade / Marsch KV 249
L’incoronazione di Poppea
L'Orfeo
Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 / Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Orchestral Suites 3 & 4
Serenaden KV 375 & KV 388 "Nacht Musique"
Symphonies 32 & 36, Overture to Lucio Silla
Die Schöpfung
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Saul
Symphonies nos. 68 & 100
Violin Concertos 2 & 3
Bauern- und Kaffee-Kantate
Darmstadt Overtures
Doppelkonzerte
Missa in C major K. 317 “Coronation” / Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339
Ouvertüren Nr. 1 & 2
Ouvertüren Nr. 3 & 4
Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont, Suites pour violes
Vespro Della Beata Vergine, 1610
Violinkonzerte Nos. 4 & 5
Weihnachts-Oratorium
Credits
Der Zufriedengestellte Äolus - Aeolus Propitiated - Eole Apaisé
Dido And Aeneas
Die 4 Hornkonzerte (Horn Concertos · Concertos Pour Cor)
Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail (Highlights)
Die Fledermaus
Die Jahreszeiten
Die Jahreszeiten = The Seasons = Les Saisons
Die Krönung Der Poppea
Die Schöpfung
Die Sechs Motetten BWV 225-230
Die Sieben Letzten Worte Unseres Erlösers Am Kreuze
Die Vier Jahreszeiten - The Four Seasons - Les Quatre Saisons - Il Cimento Dell' Armonia E Dell' Inventione
Die Zauberflöte
Divertimento For Baryton, Viola And Cello In G; String Quartet In D, Op. 1, No. 3; Siciliano From The Baryton Trio No. 51 In A; Concerto For Harpsichord With Two Violins, Violetta And Cello, In F
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni Highlights/Querschnitt
Doppelkonzerte Der Bach-Söhne Auf Originalinstrumenten / Double Concertos By Bach's Sons On Original Instruments 1750–1788
Doppelkonzert Violine • Oboe • Cembalokonzert d-moll
Double Concertos By J.S. Bach And His Sons
Early Symphonies
Early Symphonies - Music & Letters - Vol. 2
Edition I: Dido And Aneas · King Arthur · The Fairy Queen
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Ein Sommernachtstraum | Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
Elizabethan And Jacobean Music
Ensemble Für Alte Musik
Famous Cantatas BWV 128 • BWV 129 • BWV 130
Famous Opera Arias
Fidelio Highlights / Querschnitt
Frans Brüggen Edition · Vol. 1-12
Gambensonaten, Triosonate G-dur Um 1720
Genoveva
Glanzvolles Barock Im Originalen Klangbild
Gran Partita
Great Mass In C K 427 - Exsultate, Jubilate K.165
"Haffner"-Serenade, KV 250 • Marsch, KV 249
Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052 - 1057 - 1064
Heinrich Isaac Und Seine Zeit
Highlights From Mozart's Figaro
Hipocondrie · Ouverture À 7 / Sonata II
Höfische Konzertmusik Des Österreichischen Barock (Suiten Und Sonaten)
Idomeneo
Idomeneo Highlights
Idomeneo (Supplement)
Il Cimento Dell'Armonia E Dell'Inventione
Il Combattimento • Lamento Della Ninfa • Madrigali
Il Re Pastore
Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria
Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria (Dramma in Musica) - Arien und Szenen
Instrumentalmusik Am Hofe Maximilians I.
Instrumental-Musik Um 1600 Aus Frankreich, England, Italien Und Deutschland
Jagdkantate, BWV 208 - Bauernkantate, BWV 212
Jephtha
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 ・ Auszüge
Johannes Passion (Erste Schallplattenproduktion In Originalbesetzung Mit Originalinstrumenten)
Johann Strauß In Berlin