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
Stabat Mater
Symphonies
Best of Mozart
Cantatas BWV 140, 61 & 29
Cantatas BWV 29, 61 & 140
Die Jahreszeiten
Die Schöpfung / Die Jahreszeiten / Canzonettas & Arias
Edition I: Dido and Aeneas / King Arthur / The Fairy Queen
Edition IV: Instrumental Music
Genoveva
Harmoniemesse / Te Deum / Cantata “Qual dubbio ormai”
Idomeneo
Porgy and Bess
Sacred Masterworks
Szenen aus Goethes Faust
The Symphony Collection
Ein Deutsches Requiem, op. 45
4 Masses / Stabat mater
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123
Piano Concertos nos. 23 & 25
Requiem
Walzer Revolution
Walzer Revolution - From Mozart's Dances To Lanner And Strauss
Requiem Experience
Johann Strauss II (7CD)
March in D Major K. 335, Serenade in D Major K. 320 "Posthorn-Serenade" & Symphony in D Major K. 385 "Haffner-Sinfonie"
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi
The Last Symphonies: Mozart's Instrumental Oratorium
The Mozart Album
Alfonso und Estrella
Christmas Cantatas
Mass No. 5
Mass No. 6
Schubert Edition
Bach: Musica Sacra
Cantatas BWV 26, 36 & 140
Les Saisons
Messiah / Saul / Alexander's Feast / Ode on St Cecilia's day / Belshazzar
Missa Solemnis
Symphonies 4 & 5
Symphonies / Piano Concertos / Overtures / Haydn Variations
The Complete Sony Recordings
Symphonien 1-8
Christus am Ölberge
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Schubert: Symphonies 1-8
German Baroque / Deutches Barock - Hammerschmidt to Telemann
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducts Sacred Masterworks
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducts Sacred Masterworks: Christmas Oratorio · Messiah · The Creation · Requiems And More
The Symphonies
Farewell from Zurich: The legendary concert November 2011
Haydn / Mozart / Beethoven / Brahms
Symphonies, Serenades & Overtures
Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
Sacred Cantatas, BWV 1 - 9
Symphonies nos. 3 & 4
"A Little Night Music" - Mozart, Bach, Beethoven
Sacred Cantatas, BWV 10 - 14 & 16 - 19
The Complete Teldec Recordings
Dvořák: Symphonies No. 7, No. 9 "From the New World" & The Wild Dove
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