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
L'Orfeo. Favola In Musica
L'Orfeo - Ulisse - Poppea
Lucio Silla
Marien Vesper 1610
Matthäus-Passion
Matthäus-Passion
Matthäus-Passion
Matthäus-Passion: Arien-Arias
Matthäus-Passion: Arien Und Chöre
Matthäus-Passion (Highlights)
Má Vlast = Mein Vaterland = My Fatherland
Messa Da Requiem
Messe In H-Moll
Messe In H-Moll = Mass In B-Minor = Messe En Si-Mineur BWV 232
Messiah
Messiah
Messiah (Highlights)
Missa 1733
Missa In Angustiis »Nelsonmesse« · Te Deum
Missa In C, KV 427 "Grosse Messe"
Missa In Tempore Belli · Salve Regina
Missa K. 66 "Dominicus" / Vesperae De Dominica K. 321
Missa Solemnis
Missa Solemnis D 678
Missa Solemnis K. 337, Litaniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacramento K. 125, Regina Coeli K. 276
Missa Solemnis KV 139 "Waisenhaus". Exsultate, Jubilate
Mitridate, Re Di Ponto
Mozart Arias
Mozart · Harnoncourt
Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39-41
Music At The Court Of Louis XIV: Marais, Couperin, Hotteterre (Concentus Musicus Wien feat. director: Nicolaus Leonhardt)
Music For A While
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / Divertimento For String Orchestra
Music Of Henry Purcell, Jenkins And Locke
Musikalisches Opfer Auf Originalinstrumenten
Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079 (Musical Offering)
Musik Am Habsburgischen Kaiserhof (Wien Zur Zeit Leopold I.)
Musik Am Hofe Leopold I.
Musik Am Mannheimer Hof = Music At The Court Of Mannheim
Musik Im Wien Maria Theresias
Musique De Table (Tafelmusik • Banquet Music)
Neujahrskonzert = New Year's Concert 2003 Musikverein Wien (The Director's Cut By Brian Large)
New Year's Concert - The Complete Works
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducts Sacred Masterworks: Christmas Oratorio · Messiah · The Creation · Requiems And More
Oboe · Oboe D'Amore · Englischhorn
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day • Cäcilienode • Ode À Sainte Cécile
Orchesterwerke - Orchestral Works
Originalklänge Des Barock
Orlando Paladino
Ouvertüren 1 Und 2 Auf Originalinstrumenten Um 1725
Ouvertüren 3 und 4 auf Originalinstrumenten um 1725
Ouvertüren G-Moll & D-Moll
Ouvertüren Nos. 1 & 2 Overtures "Suites"
Ouvertüren = Overtures = Ouvertures D-dur & C-dur
Overtures
Overtures
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Four Ballads
Piano Concerto No.2 | Two Rhapsodies Op.79
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto