Nikolaus Harnoncourt: The Complete Sony Recordings brings together for the first time Harnoncourt’s complete recordings from 2002- 2015 with his Concentus Musicus Wien, the Wiener Philharmonike, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks.
The Sony Classical edition features his famous symphony recordings of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bruckner, alongside his celebrated performances of great choral works such as the Verdi, Brahms and Mozart Requiems and Haydn s Die Schöpfung, as well as Mozart s opera Zaide, Haydn s Orlando paladino and Gershwin s Porgy and Bess. Also included are previously authorized but unreleased recordings of J. S. Bach s Cantatas Nos. 26 & 36, Beethoven s Christus am Ölberge and Dvorák s Stabat Mater.
The set comes with a 136-page coffee-table book featuring a newly written essay on Nikolaus Harnoncourt musician, conductor and researcher plus all of his own liner notes and interviews that came with the original releases. The edition also contains Mozart s Die Zauberflöte on DVD, the DVD documentary Mission Mozart with pianist Lang Lang, rehearsal excerpts, interviews and lectures by Harnoncourt on CD and DVD, and finally the complete sung texts on CD-ROM. With 61 CDs and 3 DVDs Nikolaus Harnoncourt The Complete Sony Recordings is the authoritative artistic legacy of one of the most charismatic and significant figures in the world of classical music.
Harnoncourt: The Complete Sony Recordings
includes
Bach, J S:
Cantata BWV36 ‘Schwingt freudig euch empor’
Cantata BWV26 ‘Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig’
Cantata BWV140 ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’
Cantata BWV61 ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’
Cantata BWV29 ‘Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir’
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Bartók:
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106
Beethoven:
Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Brahms:
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major
Bruckner:
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Dvorak:
Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Gershwin:
Porgy and Bess
Handel:
Alexander’s Feast
arr. Mozart
Messiah
Haydn:
Orlando Paladino
The Paris Symphonies (Nos. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
The Creation
The Seasons
Lanner:
Pas de neuf nach Saverio Mercadante, WoO
Sehnsuchts-Mazur, Op. 89
Hansjörgl-Polka
Malapou-Galopp, Op. 148, No. 1
Hexentanzwalzer, Op. 203
Marsch (from the ballet Corso Donati)
Cerrito-Polka, Op. 189
Jagers Lust (Jagd-Galopp), Op. 82
Die Schönbrunner Waltzer, Op. 200
Mozart:
Zaïde, K344
Serenade No. 9 in D major, K320 ‘Posthorn’
Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 ‘Haffner’
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453
Requiem in D minor, K626
Kontretanz, KV603, No. 1
Contredanse, K609 No. 1
Contredanse, K609 No. 4
Six German Dances K571
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16
Symphony No. 4 in D major, K19
Symphony in F major, KAnh. 223 (K19a)
Symphony No. 7a in G major, K.Anh. 221 (K45a) ‘Alte Lambacher’
Symphony No. 6 in F major, K43
Symphony No. 7 in D major, K45
Symphony No. 43 in F major, K76
Symphony No. 55 in B flat, KApp.214
Symphony No. 8 in D major, K48
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, K73
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’
Schumann:
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50
Smetana:
Má Vlast
Strauss, J, I:
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Kettenbrücke-Walzer, Op. 4
Schäfer-Quadrille, Op. 217
Der Carneval in Paris, Galopp, Op. 100 (The Carnival in Paris)
Walzer (a la Paganini), Op. 11
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Chineser-Galopp, Op. 20
Strauss, J, II:
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314
Furioso-Polka quasi Galopp, Op. 260
Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319
Kronungslieder – Walzer, Op. 184
Lob der Frauen Polka mazurka Op. 315
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Bauern-Polka, Op. 276
Hellenen, Op. 203
Secunden-Polka, Op. 258
Niko-Polka, Op. 228
Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch Op. 126
Strauss, Josef:
Pêle-mêle – Polka schnell, Op. 161
Delirien Waltz, Op. 212
Verdi:
Requiem
Weber:
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65