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
Così fan tutte
Famous Opera Arias
Music at the Court of Mannheim
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Ballades op. 10
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsodies Op. 79
Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 26 'Coronation'
Symphonies no. 5 & no. 8 "Unfinished" / Overtures in the Italian Style
Symphony no. 8
Slavonic Dances
Symphony No. 9 In C Major, D944 'Great' / Die Schöne Melusine
Cello Suites
Die Schöpfung
Má Vlast
Music at the Court of Emperor Maximilian I
Neujahrskonzert 2003
Neujahrskonzert = New Year's Concert 2003 Musikverein Wien (The Director's Cut By Brian Large)
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Piano Concerto / The Golden Spinning Wheel
Sinfonías nº 5 y 8 “Incompleta”
Symphonic Poems
Symphonies nos. 4 & 5, Egmont Overture
Symphonies nos. 7 & 8 / Overture: The Ruins of Athens
Symphony no. 9 (with the Documentation of the Finale Fragment)
Double Concertos by J.S. Bach and His Sons
Early Symphonies
Messiah
Orchestral Works
Requiem
Symphony no. 5 (with excerpts from the rehearsals)
Triple Concerto/ Rondo in B-flat / Choral Fantasy
250th Anniversary Edition: Operas III: La clemenza di Tito / Die Zauberflöte / Idomeneo / Die Entführung aus dem Serail
250th Anniversary Edition: Operas II: La finta giardiniera / Lucio Silla / Il re pastore / Thamos / Der Schauspieldirektor
Kantaten, BWV 1-3
Mozart Collection
The Paris Symphonies
250th Anniversary Edition: Symphonies
Early Symphonies
Early Symphonies, Volume 2
Kantaten, BWV 79-82
Orlando paladino
Schubert: Symphony no. 4 "Tragic" / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
Symphonies 68, 93-104
Symphonies / Concertos / Overtures / Creatures of Prometheus / Missa Solemnis
Zaide
Highlights from Mozart’s “Figaro”
Kantaten, BWV 106-108
Kantaten, BWV 150-153
Kantaten, BWV 154-157
Kantaten, BWV 163-166
Kantaten, BWV 167-169
Kantaten, BWV 174-176
Kantaten, BWV 177-179
Le nozze di Figaro
Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
4 Masses / Stabat mater / Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
4 Orchestral Suites
Bach: Agnus Dei & Cantates BWV 54 & 170 / Oeuvres de Purcell, Dowland, Parsons, Campian, Bartlett
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastoral"; Leonore No.2; Coriolan & Fidelio Overtures
Cantatas BWV 208 "Jagdkantate" & BWV 212 "Bauernkantate"
Das Paradies und die Peri
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