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ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas BWV Nos 97 - 99Claus Lengert, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 67 - 69aCollegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Peter Jelosits, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 70 - 73Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Jörg Erler, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Lieuwe Visser, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 100-102Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 76 - 78Adalbert Kraus, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 79 - 82Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 87 - 90Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marcus Klein, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 91 - 93Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 112 - 114Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Markus Huber, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Sebastian Hennig & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 115 - 117Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Markus Huber, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 125 - 127Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Thomas Thomaschke & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 128 - 130Alan Bergius, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Stefan Rampf, Tölz Boys' Choir & Walter Heldwein
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 134 - 137Alan Bergius, Albert Hartinger, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Tölz Boys' Choir & Walter Heldwein
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 143 - 146Alan Bergius, Ansgar Pfeiffer, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Roger Cericius, Thomas Hampson & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 150 - 153Ansgar Pfeiffer, Christoph Wegmann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Stefan Rampf, Thomas Hampson & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 158, 159, 161 & 162Christoph Wegmann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl, Tobias Eiwanger & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 170 - 173Alan Bergius, Christian Immler, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Helmut Wittek, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Matthias Echternach, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Panito Iconomou, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl, Stefan Gienger & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 174 - 176Christian Immler, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Matthias Echternach, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 180 - 182Alexander Raymann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Jan Patrick O'Farrell, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 196 & 197Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Harry van der Kamp, Heinz Hennig, Helmut Wittek, Jan Patrick O'Farrell, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Thomas Hampson & Tölz Boys' Choir
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Artist Biography
A descendant of the Habsburg and Huguenot dynasties, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born in Berlin in 1929) was a trailblazing pioneer of historically informed performance practice, and one of the first of its exponents to cross over into conducting mainstream symphonic and operatic repertoire. In 1953, while a cellist in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, he founded Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) to perform Baroque music on the instruments of the period; the ensemble made its recorded debut in Purcell and initially concentrated on 17th-century music. Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, Harnoncourt and CMW were engaged on a project with Gustav Leonhardt to record all of Bach’s cantatas and large-scale choral works. At this time he branched into guest-conducting, building strong relationships with the Royal Concertgebouw, Vienna Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with whom he espoused a historically aware outlook on modern instruments. His repertoire soon broached Beethoven and the later 19th century with Brahms and Bruckner, while at the same time exploring neglected music such as Haydn’s operas and branching into the lighter styles of Offenbach and the Viennese Strausses. His music-making is characterised by a singular vision, a determination to buck tradition and an often individual approach to rhythm: his 2009 recording, Gershwin: Porgy & Bess, swings in a way only he could. Harnoncourt retired officially in December 2015, just three months before his death.
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical
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