Nikolaus Harnoncourt
I've just been listening to his 1986 recording of the B minor mass and it struck me that it's maybe the most challenging performance of anything I've ever heard. It's like he breaks the music up into...
View ArticleHaydn - London Symphony Sets
I think I've posted a thread on this before but seeing as though we have some new members and that opinions change over time, I'd like to ask the question again: favourite interpretations of London...
View ArticleWanting to sell opera Blu-Rays (new, sealed)
Looking to clean out some of my collection before I move and was wondering if anyone would like to purchase new and sealed opera Blu-Rays. Wanting $15/each, 2 for $25. Am an eBayer with 8300+ feedback...
View ArticleHaydn - Stabat Mater - preferred recordings?
Hello all, been drawn to this piece - which records do you prefer? I've been thinking of Harnoncourt's or Pinnock's versions, are there other ones you'd recommend? Thanks, Regards, HBC. discussion:...
View ArticleBizarre Production of Schumann's Genoveva from Zurich on DVD
Lately, I been watching some interesting rarely performed operas from Netflix . So far , I've seen Handel's Tamerlano , Glinka's A Life For The Tsar , Prokofiev's Betrothal In A Monastary, Pizzetti's...
View ArticlePeople Who Feel That Poppea Is Only For A "Specialized Audience"
I saw this comment recently at the Gramophone messageboard: ====Begin Comment==== Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea constitutes a definite landmark of its time and of the development of the genre,...
View ArticleAre Mozart's last three symphonies really a single 12 movement wordless...
This is, I believe, what Harnoncourt claims in the booklet of his new recording. discussion: Talk classical All the news about classical music and opera in press and media
View ArticleSchubert symphonies advice
I'd love some advice on a good Schubert symphonies cycle. So far I have 8 and 9 (St Petersburg - don't know if it's supposed to be any good, but I like it) and 5 (Bohm, VPO). I'd like both to hear...
View ArticleConcentus 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 ArticleRe: Harnoncourt 1929-1986
In article , Joe Roberts wrote: >It might be possible to watch and hear this with a dry eye ... >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4izV0CBHzQ >>... might. >>What a pleasure to...
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 ArticleHarnoncourt 1929-1986
It might be possible to watch and hear this with a dry eye ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4izV0CBHzQ ... might. What a pleasure to have been those young musicians. Joediscussion:...
View ArticleHarnoncourt 1929-1986
It might be possible to watch and hear this with a dry eye ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4izV0CBHzQ ... might. What a pleasure to have been those young musicians. Joediscussion:...
View ArticleHarnoncourt 1929-1986
It might be possible to watch and hear this with a dry eye ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4izV0CBHzQ ... might. What a pleasure to have been those young musicians. Joediscussion:...
View ArticleHarnoncourt 1929-1986
It might be possible to watch and hear this with a dry eye ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4izV0CBHzQ ... might. What a pleasure to have been those young musicians. Joediscussion:...
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