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
