Haydn: Orlando Paladino. Soloists, Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2 CDs, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 73370 2, full price. WE tend to forget that Haydn wrote operas: this ...

Thrilling new interpretations of Mozart's final symphonies. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 4 August 2014. The great conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt sees Mozart's last three symphonies effectively as ...

It is, astonishingly, 50 years since a young Austrian cellist called Nikolaus Harnoncourt first set up his Concentus Musicus Wien to explore the possibilities of period-instrument performance. Ever ...

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the conductor, who has died aged 86, was a scion of the Hapsburg family, pioneer of the period instrument movement and one of the most important collectors of historical musical ...

Learn more about the full cast of Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Bach - Brandenburgische Konzerte/Kaffee-Kantate with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide ...

Old-instrument orchestras have flourished in recent years, but the fortepiano has had a harder time because its special qualities are at odds with our modern concert halls. Here, however, a veteran ...

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