Blu-Ray Video, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
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Awards:
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Special offer. Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection
Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino) Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Marzelline), Günther Groissböck (Fernando), Boguslaw Bidzinski (First Prisoner) & Gabriel Bermúdez (Second Prisoner), Juliane Banse (Genoveva),...
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
This is exceptional. There are certainly many different valid ways to perform the Missa solemnis, but it's hard to imagine they will surpass this outstanding version...The Royal Concertgebouw... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Special offer. Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Dietrich Henschel (Buonafede), Vivica Genaux (Ernesto), Bernard Richter (Ecclitico), Christina Landshamer (Clarice), Maite Beaumont (Lisetta), Markus Schafer (Cecco)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Tobias Moretti (director)
With the ever-responsive Concentus Musicus, [Harnoncourt] duly mines the comically disruptive potential of Haydn's music with unabashed glee... The comic leads are ideally cast...an inventive,... — More…
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Special offer. Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection
Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Elizabeth (Rae) Magnuson (Donna Anna), Roberto Saccà (Don Ottavio), Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira), László Polgár (Leporello), Matti Salminen (Il Commendatore), Oliver Widmer (Masetto), Isabel Rey (Zerlina), Cecilia Bartoli (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Despina), Liliana...
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Werner Gröschel (Kuno), Inga Nielsen (Agathe), Malin Hartelius (Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar) & Peter Seiffert (Max)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor & Ruth Berghaus (stage director)
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Mari Eriksmoen (Susanna, Andrè Schuen (Figaro), Christine Schäfer (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Elisabeth Kulman (Cherubino)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. — More…
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (honorary guest conductor)
His approach is indeed monumental, but more architectural than spiritual...if you appreciate Harnoncourt’s way with this music — and it is a valid approach — then this blu-ray is recommended... — More…
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Special offer. Schumann: Genoveva
Juliane Banse (Genoveva), Shawn Mathey (Golo), Martin Gantner (Siegfried), Cornelia Kallisch (Margaretha), Alfred Muff (Drago), Ruben Drole (Hidulfus), Tomasz Slawinski (Balthasar), Matthew Leigh (Caspar)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) &...
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is often too four-square and unatmospheric in Romantic scores, but here his taut tempos and incisive phrasing are refreshing, making the rich choral passages splendidly... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Jonas Kaufmann and Camilla Nylund fearlessly [pack] every phrase with compellingly truthful shades of meaning. Harnoncourt's Beethoven is famously raw and earthy: strong on struggle and on the... — More…
