Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – G.F. Handel: Messiah (2x SACD, 2005)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 141:17 minutes | Scans included | 8,36 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 2,64 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.0 multichannel surround sound | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi # 82876-72039-2 DDD 2
One of the most welcome releases of the year is Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s new “Messiah” with the Concentus Musicus Wien… what makes this recording so satisfying is the warmth, serenity and pliant lyricism of the performance. We have come to expect fleet tempos from the early-music movement. If anything, Mr. Harnoncourt’s tempos, over all, are spacious. The sweet-voiced tenor Michael Schade is given such freedom to shape the phrases of the accompanied recitative “Comfort ye my people,” that you listen to these words as if you had never heard them before…The soprano Christine Schдfer and the alto Anna Larsson also do radiant and affecting work. The chorus sings with impressive clarity and full-bodied yet unforced sound…Mr. Harnoncourt adheres to the manuscripts and editions of the work he deems the most reliable, especially with regard to the size of the string ensembles in the various movements. But you will not be thinking about scholarly matters while listening to this revelatory recording.
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Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Mozart: Symphonies Nos.39, 40 & 41 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:44:24 minutes | 1,86 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
Nikolaus Harnoncourt has spent more than sixty years exploring Mozart’s last three symphonies. The present album represents the results of this engagement. It is also his first recording of these three works with his own “instrument”, the Concentus Musicus Wien. This is a recording not of three independent works but of a single work in three sections: an “Instrumental Oratorium”.
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Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried – Schubert: Symphony No. 5 – Haydn: Symphony No. 99 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:13 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aparté
Concentus Musicus Wien continues its exploration of works of the Classical and pre-Romantic periods as envisioned by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Stefan Gottfried conducts Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, written in 1816 at the age of 19, and the seventh of Haydn’s 12 London symphonies, No. 99, written in 1793. The former shows the melodic inventiveness and admirable mastery of form of a young composer, heir to the giant Haydn. Recorded live at the famous Musikverein in Vienna, this concert immortalises yet again the skill and the exceptional sound quality of this renowned progenitor of historically informed performance, which continues to perpetuate the work of its visionary founder.
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Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:45 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sony Classical
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is celebrated as one of the most influential musical personalities of the second-half of the twentieth century, and this new release is the last recording made by the great conductor, having announcing his retirement in December 2015. It is also the first time Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven’s symphonies 4 and 5 with Concentus Musicus Vienna, which he founded in 1953 and now is the longest existing period instrument ensemble.
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Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:21:32 minutes | 827 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sony Classical
When Nikolaus Harnoncourt retired from the stage in December last year, it was his express wish to release the broadcast recording of his last project, Beethoven’s monumental “Missa solemnis” as his personal legacy.
The ‘Missa solemnis’ concerts at the Styriarte Festival Graz and the Salzburg Festival in summer 2015 were his last public performances. This recording of Beethoven’s late masterpiece was made from material captured at the Graz concerts and rehearsals.
As a result of his life-long research on Beethoven, he conducted the work for the first time with the Concentus Musicus Wien on period instruments, the Concentus is joined by the Vienna based Arnold Schoenberg Choir and a handpicked solo quartet.
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