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Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, Celesta / Harnoncourt

2 CD / RCA Import / 2004-04-06

Works: Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for ...
Performers: Gerhaher, Christian; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Concentus Musicus Wien; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The Chamber Orchestra of Europe... boasts one of the finest string sections in the business. Harnoncourt, moving ever further from his Baroque/Classical roots, proves himself...continue...

Smetana: Ma Vlast / Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonic

2 CD / RCA Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The first things that struck me about Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 'Ma Vlast' were its leisurely gait and mellow demeanour. Then, as 'Vysehrad' started to build, the...continue...