Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Mission Mozart - Lang Lang & Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2016)

Karajan's Magic and Myth (2014)

Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most successful conductor in the history of classical music. Many of his recordings - of Italian opera, of Wagner an ...

Mozart !!! (2014)

Haydn The Seasons (2013)

When Joseph Haydn completed his fourth and final oratorio at the beginning of 1801 the 69-year-old composer was famous throughout Europe. Born in 1732 as the son of a humble wheelwright, Haydn grew up in a rural, peasant environment. That such a child shou ...

Beethoven Missa Solemnis (2012)

With this performance of the Missa solemnis Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, once more attained the status of a living legend, due mostly to his wide-ranging expertise of music from the Baroque and Classi ...

La Clemenza di Tito (2006)

The 1791 La Clemenza di Tito (or 'The Clemency of Titus') marked Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's final opera seria. With a libretto by Metastasio (edited slightly by Caterino Mazzolà), the work dramatizes the palace intrigues surrounding emperor Titus's attempt ...

The Marriage of Figaro (2006)

This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed for the stage by Claus Guth at that year's Salzburg Festival. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo takes the title role, and gets support from Anna Netrebko as Sussanna, B ...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2005)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt directs the Concentus Musicus Wien and Toelzer Knabenchor in Bach's masterwork. Featured soloists are Peter Schreier and Robert Holl. The performance was filmed in 1982 at the Stiftskirche in Waldhause, Austria. ...

Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio (2004)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the conductor in this 2004 production of Beethoven's only opera staged at the Zurich Opera House. Finnish soprano Camilla Nyland takes the title role, with performances by Jonas Kaufmann, Laszlo Polgar and Alfred Muff. ...

An Advent Concert of Music by Bach (2003)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Vienna and Arnold Schoenberg Choir in a concert of Bach music at Austria's Kloster Melk Benedictine Monastery. Works included in this celebration of the coming of Christmas are Cantata BWV 61, "Nun Komm, der ...

New Year's Concert 2003 (2003)

The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert for 2003. ...

New Year's Concert: 2001 - Vienna Philharmonic (2001)

The New Year's Concert recorded live at the Musikverein Vienna on January 1, 2001. Includes a programme of music by the Strauss family. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. ...

Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn (2001)

From the Styriarte Festival in Graz Austria, the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt with his orchestra Concentus Musicu Wien, present a concert on Haydn arias and Symphony No.92, the "Oxford". The singing virtuosity of ...

Advent concert Glorious Bach! (2000)

Der Freischütz (1999)

The legendary director Ruth Berghaus created this staging of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz as a gripping theatrical experience for the Zurich Opera in 1993. Its revival in 1999 was a roaring success. With sets by Hartmut Meyer and costumes by Mari ...

Christophe Coin, le musicien (1995)

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 (1987)

Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 Gidon Kremer(Violin) Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K 218 1. (0:29) 2. Allegro (8:31) 3. Andante cantabile (6:14) 4. Rondeau, Andante grazioso - Allegro ma ...

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto (1986)

Soprano Yvonne Kenny turns in a spirited performance as Aspasia in this brilliant staging of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first notable opera -- penned when he was only 14 years old. The production, set in early Roman times, follows the inner circle ...

Bach: St. John Passion (1985)

Johannes-Passion St. ...

Bach Brandenburg Concertos & Coffee Cantata (1983)

Deutsche Grammophon celebrates Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this 2-DVD release of rare, vintage, period Bach performances for the first time. Never released on DVD and, to the dismay of fans, long unavailable--these glorious Bach pieces are co ...

Mozart Violin Concertos 1-5 & Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat (1983)

Gidon Kremer performs the complete Mozart Violin Concertos plus the Sinfonia concertante with violist Kim Kashkashian. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the VIenna Philharmonic. The works were filmed in Vienna between 1983 and 1987. ...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (1982)

Il Ballo Delle Ingrate (1975)

Monteverdi's mini-opera, starring Cathy Berberian. ...

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna. ...

Die Zauberflöte (2012)

Live performance from the Salzburg Festival, 6 August 2012. ...

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito (2011)

Arthaus presents a truly new way of looking at La clemenza di Tito with this famous and star-studded production from the Salzburg Festival 2003. Here Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned for his analytical approach to the search for the core of the music, interp ...

Haydn: Il Mondo Della Luna (2010)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Wien in this production of Josef Haydn's opera 'Il Mondo Della Luna' recorded at the Theatre an der Wien in 2009. Performers include Dietrich Henschel, Bernard Richter and Vivica Genaux. ...

Genoveva (2008)

Juliane Banse, Cornelia Kallisch, Shawn Mathey, Martin Gantner, Ruben Drole and Alfred Muff star in this acclaimed adaptation of German composer Robert Schumann's opera "Genoveva," produced by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Inspired by the works of Johann Ludwig Ti ...

Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio (2004)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the conductor in this 2004 production of Beethoven's only opera staged at the Zurich Opera House. Finnish soprano Camilla Nyland takes the title role, with performances by Jonas Kaufmann, Laszlo Polgar and Alfred Muff. ...

Mozart - Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2003)

Cecilia Bartoli joins Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wien for a concert performance recorded in Graz, Austria ...

New Year's Concert 2003 (2003)

The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert for 2003. ...

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House) (2001)

Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for television and video by Brian Large. ...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House) (2000)

A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast including Roberto Saccà, Liliana Nikiteanu, and Agnes Baltsa. The conductor is Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Filmed live at the Zurich Opera House ...

Der Freischütz (1999)

The legendary director Ruth Berghaus created this staging of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz as a gripping theatrical experience for the Zurich Opera in 1993. Its revival in 1999 was a roaring success. With sets by Hartmut Meyer and costumes by Mari ...

La Belle Hélène (1996)

Così fan tutte (1989)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart's opera recorded in 1988. ...

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto (1986)

Soprano Yvonne Kenny turns in a spirited performance as Aspasia in this brilliant staging of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first notable opera -- penned when he was only 14 years old. The production, set in early Roman times, follows the inner circle ...

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1980)

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. ...

L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1979)

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. ...

L'Orfeo (1978)

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 ...