Article: Mozart: Requiem. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.(Sound Recording Review)

Article: Classical HHHHI DISCS: Handel Messiah " Harnoncourt/ ...
The Independent on Sunday;  December 11, 2005 ;     409 words ... ... Handelians, their contributions are well-detailed and intelligent. The singing of the Schoenberg Choir is clear and bright, the playing of Concentus Musicus Wien exceptional. Excepting a bizarre accelerando through the 'Hallelujah Chorus ...

Article: CD Reviews: Fragment of beauty; Mozart: Requiem - ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 11, 2004 ;     502 words ... ... the opening, most authentically Mozartian movements, where both the period instruments of Concentus Musicus Wien and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir are tremendously assertive, their delivery forcefully accented, rhythms fiercely defined and ...

Article: DISCS: CLASSICAL HHHHI Mozart Early Symphonies: Concentus ...
The Independent on Sunday;  September 26, 2004 ;     296 words ... ... his sister. The readings and musical performances are agile and stylish; the former notable for the exquisite chill of Concentus Musicus Wien's oboes, the latter notable for the unforced charm of the Harnoncourt children. Wonderful.

Article: Music at the Court of Emperor Maximilian I.(Concentus ...
Notes;  December 1, 2003 ;     548 words ...Concentus Musicus Wien; Wiener Sangerknaben; Chorus Viennensis/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Archieve 474 233-2, 2003. Originally released on LP ...

Article: CULTURE: CLASSICAL MUSIC: Sustained Haydn note; Haydn: The Paris ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 21, 2005 ;     597 words ... ... sitting. Auditioning only one left me breathless and elated, on a reeling high, for these are readings from the expert Concentus Musicus under the galvanising direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt which zing with energy, taking no prisoners, but bowling the ...

Article: Haydn: Armida Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by ...
The Independent - London;  July 28, 2007 ;     261 words ...Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Warner Classics) [pound]15.99 This tale of a Saracen sorceress and her love for the knight Rinaldo comes from Torquato Tasso; Haydn's opera was his most frequently performed at the court where he was resident composer. Scored for six singers with a predominance of high voices,

Article: Discs: CLASSICAL HHHHH Mozart Requiem K626: Concentus ...
The Independent on Sunday;  June 20, 2004 ;     298 words ...Franz Sussmayr's 1792 completion of Mozart's Requiem has fallen out of favour as musicologists from Duncan Druce to Robert Levin have produced new performing editions. But Franz Beyer's subtle revision of the Sussmayr score may be the most pragmatic solution and is certainly the edition that