Performing Baroque Music Today: As Fresh and Alive As Ever
Baroque music first enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the 1970s and has never looked back. Nowadays, the works of major figures like Bach, Handel,…
Browsing: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Two Fallen Musicians Marking 2016: Classical Music Lives On!
Two key figures in the music world departed within the space of two months in 2016: Pierre Boulez passed away on January 5, and Nikolaus…
Lebrecht Weekly – Beethoven: Symphonies 4 and 5 (Sony)
In May 2015, visibly frail, the august Nikolaus Harnoncourt stood before his Concentus Musicus Wien and directed two Beethoven symphonies in a reading that followed…
