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
Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria
Messiah
Missa Solemnis
Missa solemnis, K. 337 / Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento K. 125 / Regina coeli, K. 276
Posthorn-Serenade
Samson
Symphonies 93, 100, 68
Symphonies nos. 25, 26 & 28
Symphonies nos. 29, 30 & 31 “Paris”
Symphonies nos. 32, 33 & 34
Symphony no. 96 "The Miracle" / Symphony no. 97
The Symphonies
Vespro della beata Vergine
Violin Concerto / Romances
Violinkonzerte / Violin concertos nos 3 & 4 / Duo für violine & viola KV423
Voices of Angels: J. S. Bach's Most Beautiful Arias and Choruses for Boys' Voices
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 & 6
Das Alte Werk - Highlights - Extraits
Das Alte Werk (Highlights = Extraits)
Das Kantatenwerk/Sacred Cantatas
Das Kantatenwerk: Sacred Cantatas, Vol. 10: BWV 183-188, 192, 194-199
Das Kantatenwerk: Sacred Cantatas, Vol. 1: BWV 1-14, 16-19
Das Kantatenwerk: Sacred Cantatas, Vol. 2: BWV 20-36
Das Kantatenwerk: Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3: BWV 37-52, 54-60
Das Kantatenwerk/Sacred Cantatas, Volume 9: BWV 163-182
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Ein musikalischer Spaß
Exsultate: Sacred Arias
Famous Serenades
Händel: Concerti Grossi
Idomeneo: Supplement
La clemenza di Tito
Le Nozze di Figaro
Litaniae Lauretanae K. 195 · Missa Brevis K. 275 · Dixit Et Magnificat K. 193 · Kyrie K. 341
Miserere: Sacred Arias
Missa K. 66 "Dominicus" / Vesperae de Dominica K. 321
Overtures
Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto
Regina coeli, K. 108 / Litaniae lauretanae, K. 109 / Benedictus sit deus, K. 117 / Te deum laudamus, K. 141
Symphonies 3 & 4
Symphonies nos. 31, 59 & 73: "Horsignal" . "Feuer" . "La chasse"
Symphonies nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
Thamos, König in Ägypten / Der Schauspieldirektor
The Sacred Cantatas: Famous Choruses
Violin Concerto no. 5 / Sinfonia Concertante KV 364
Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043, 1056, 1060
Vivaldi: Gloria / Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Water Music / Organ Concertos
Apollo e Dafne
Die Fledermaus
Fidelio
Grabmusik, K. 42 / Regina coeli, K. 127 / Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Johannes-Passion
Le quattro stagioni
Mass in B minor
Requiem K. 626 / Coronation Mass K. 317
Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater, Hob. XXbis
Symphonies 30, 45, and 73
Symphonies no. 38 'Prague' & no. 39
Symphonies nos. 39 & 41 "Jupiter"
Credits
The Last Symphonies: Mozart's Instrumental Oratorium
4 Orchestral Suites
Requiem
Die Schöpfung
Piano Concerto / The Golden Spinning Wheel
Neujahrskonzert 2001
Armida
Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition
Theodora
Bach: Magnificat / Handel: Utrecht Te Deum
Fidelio
Symphonies no. 38 'Prague' & no. 39
Das Kantatenwerk/Sacred Cantatas
Symphonies nos. 31, 59 & 73: "Horsignal" . "Feuer" . "La chasse"
The Symphonies
Violin Concerto / Romances
Symphony no. 9
Weihnachtsoratorium
Die Zauberflöte: Highlights
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Divertimento, K. 251 / Ein musikalischer Spaß
Kantaten BWV 140 & 147
Salieri: Prima la musica, poi le parole / Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor
Darmstadt Overtures
Doppelkonzerte
Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 1
Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 2
Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 6
Orchestral Suites 3 & 4
Mozart: Double Concerto / Corea - Gulda: Compositions
Brandenburgische Konzerte Nos. 3, 6, 5
Le quattro stagioni
Sämtliche Orgelkonzerte, op. 4 & op. 7
Brandenburgische Konzerte
11 Sonaten / Sonatas / Sonates
12 Concerti Op. 8 Mit Originalinstrumenten
15 Fantasias ∙ Chacony In G Minor
4 Concertos - 6 Concerti Grossi
5 Violinkonzerte – Sinfonia Concertante
6 Concerti Op. 8
9 Symphonies
Agnus Dei - Cantates BWV 54 Et 170 - Oeuvres De Purcell, Dowland, Parsons, Campian, Bartlett
Aida
Alexander's Feast
An Der Schönen Blauen Donau, Geschichten Aus Dem Wienerwald, Zigeunerbaron-Ouvertüre U.A.
An Der Schönen Blauen Donau = The Blue Danube = Le Beau Danube Bleu
Apollo E Dafne
Apollo E Dafne / Ino
Aus Dem Repertoire Der Kaiserlichen Hofkapelle
Aus Der Tafelmusik Vol. 2
Battalia • Pauernkirchfahrt • Ballettae • Sonatae
Bauern- Und Kaffee- Kantaten
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastoral"; Leonore No.2; Coriolan & Fidelio Overtures
Belshazzar
Blockflötenkonzerte
Blockflötenwerke Des Barock
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 Overture No. 2
Brandenburg Concertos Nos.3, 4 & 5
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 6 · Overture No. 3
Brandenburgische Konzerte 1•3•4 Auf Originalinstrumenten 1721
Brandenburgische Konzerte 2•5•6 Auf Originalinstrumenten 1721