Concentus Musicus, Wien
Tonight's concert at the Musikverein with Concentus/Harnoncourt was quite a melancholy experience for me. Clearly ailing and frail, Harnoncourt walked slowly onto the podium heavily reliant upon a...
View ArticleFidelio Freaks, Come In and Express Your Love of This Opera
I love this opera! Beethoven's opera, Fidelio, is so wonderful to me that I just cannot get enough of it. There are many great operas, but there is something about Fidelio that for me transcends all...
View ArticleMuti in Schubert
Any opinions on this set? schu mu.jpg I'm looking at a first Schubert cycle (I have a few singletons including Beecham, and too many Ninths)... Immerseel is tempting me on the HIP side, while elsewhere...
View ArticleAnother New World
Fancy treating myself to another version of this splendid symphony. I have Harnoncourt, Dohnanyi, Kertesz and Rowicki - what next? Looking for an account with real drama and momentum. The following...
View ArticleHarnoncourt is dead
Sad news: http://slippedisc.com/2016/03/sad-news-nikolaus-harnoncourt-is-dead/discussion: Talk classical All the news about classical music and opera in press and media
View ArticleNikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor and Early-Music Specialist, Dies at 86
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, a pioneering and influential early-music specialist and respected mainstream maestro, died on Saturday in the village of St. Georgen im Attergau, east of Salzburg, Austria. He was...
View ArticleHow Great Was Nicolas Harnoncourt As A Conductor?
The maestro passed away very recently and I have been listening to his recorded conducting lately. His conducting was one that I am quite familiar with, where he specialized in a lot of 18th century...
View ArticleRe: Harnoncourt 1929-1986
Indeed, they were dry until halfway through the second song, and could not stay so any longer. Joediscussion: rec.music.classical - Google Groups All the news about classical music and opera in press...
View ArticleNYT: Boulez and Harnoncourt, So Different, Yet More Alike Than They Realized
Unfortunately, I have never heard any of Harnoncourt's Mahler. I find that Boulez's Mahler 6 is refreshingly original and instantly became my favorite recording of the work. I've heard several other...
View ArticleOver 6 dozen Orphean operas! Which are best?
See this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Orphean_operas I have this one coming in the mail with a set that I bought for a different opera: Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Harnoncourt) Then I ordered...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.3
No.3 Results: Trash 35th: Horenstein BBC NS 34th: Matačić WSO 33rd: Barenboim CSO 32nd: Harnoncourt RCO 31st: Chailly DSOB Decent 30th: Venzago BrnSO 29th: Asahina OPO 28th: Wand KRSO 27th: Szell ClO...
View ArticleWhich Is your favourite orchestra
A month ago I was in Berlin, Leipzig and Dresde. I had The chance to listen to three of The most famous orchestras not only from Germany, but in the world: Berlin PO, Gewandhaus and Dresden...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.4
No.4 Results: Trash 42nd: Schuricht RSOS 41st: Sawallisch PhlO Decent 40th: Celibidache MetroGnome 39th: Sinopoli SKD 38th: Thielemann MPO 37th: Tennstedt WC 36th: Celibidache DG 35th: Haitink WPO...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.5
No.5 Results: Trash 44th: Tintner RNSO 43rd: Järvi ROTH 42nd: Horenstein BBC SO 41st: Asahina OPO Decent 40th: Knappertsbusch MPO 39th: Schuricht RSOS 38th: Haitink WPO 37th: Sawallisch BySO 36th:...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.7
No.7 Results: Decent 46th: Horenstein BPO 45th: Schuricht ORTF 44th: Jochum RCO 43rd: Harnoncourt WPO 42nd: Klemperer PO 41st: Solti CSO 40th: Szell WPO 39th: Solti WPO 38th: Tennstedt LPO 37th:...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.8
No.8 Results: Decent 58th: Szell ClO 57th: Furtwängler WPO 56th: Kubelík Orfeo 55th: Haitink WPO 54th: Zweden NthRPO 53rd: Asahina Live OPO 52nd: Wand Altus Good 51st: Skrowaczewski RSOS 50th: Maazel...
View ArticleBeethoven Romances opus 40 and 50 - best recordings?
Hi Classical Forums, I have just - after many years of "not remembering" - listened to Beethoven's Romances in G & F with Harnoncourt and Gidon Kremer - a fine experience indeed ... And now I am...
View ArticleGranate's Bruckner Challenge - Symphony No.9
No.9 Results: Trash 46th: Haitink RCO 45th: Matačić NHKSO Decent 44th: Knappertsbusch BaySO 43rd: Chailly RCO 42nd: Maazel SOdBR 41st: Giulini CSO 40th: Wand KRSO 39th: Walter ColSO 38th: Goodall BBC...
View ArticleBeethoven - Creatures of Prometheus
Looking to get a copy of this ballet. Looks like there is not much to choose from. I was leaning toward the Harnoncourt CD. Any suggestions for one I should get? discussion: Talk classical All the news...
View ArticleRecordings Canceled or Modified...
A very interesting topic, because it is a compilation of Data and Curiosities of the record industry in different times. The topic is not new, however, try to gather all the information possible, in...
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