Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Monteverdi

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Cathy Berberian, Lajos Kozma, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Eiko Katanosaka, Nigel Rogers, Rotraud Hansmann Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Ladislaus Anderko, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Olof Eliasson, Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood, Kai Hansen, Rotraud Hansmann, Norma Lerer, Nigel Rogers Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Jane Gartner, Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Paul Esswood, Giancarlo Luccardi, Philip Langridge Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Se i languidi miei sguardi Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Con che soavità (Book 7) Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire' Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: In un fiorito prato (from 'Orfeo', arr. Bent Lorentzen) Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea) Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Tu che dagli Avi miei … Maestade, che prega (from L'incoronazione di Poppea) Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt Monteverdi: Addio Roma! (from L'incoronazione di Poppea) Cathy Berberian Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei Nikolaus Harnoncourt About Explore Warner Classics releases Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s first Monteverdi Cycle (1968-74) He conducts Brucker and Gershwin, Beethoven, Verdi and Johann Strauss – but at the beginning of his career Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the most renowned Maestros of our time, was a major pioneer of historical performance practice. With his ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien he reestablished the “Original Sound“ into the Concert Hall of the 20th Century. From 1968 to 1974 he rediscovered the “opera founder” Claudio Monteverdi, resulting in three studio recordings of his operas. Among the vocalists are Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz and Max van Egmond but also popular opera singers, such as Elisabeth Söderström, Helen Donath, and Sven-Olof Eliasson. These highly esteemed recordings are now re-released in a box set together with Harnoncourt’s Monteverdi album of the legendary Cathy Berberian that has been unavailable for some years. Featuring L’Orfeo, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and L’incoronazione de Poppea plus the great scene Lamento d 'Arianna - the sole surviving fragment of an Ariadne opera of 1608 - the release is a complete edition of Monteverdi’s dramatic works. These productions are still regarded as milestones that should not be labelled as “historical recordings” – after all they sound as fresh and sensual as ever! Artists Cathy Berberian, Lajos Kozma, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Eiko Katanosaka, Nigel Rogers, Rotraud Hansmann, Ladislaus Anderko, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Olof Eliasson, Paul Esswood, Kai Hansen, Norma Lerer, Jane Gartner, Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Giancarlo Luccardi, Philip Langridge Concentus Musicus Wien, Capella Antiqua München & Junge Kantorei, Nikolaus Harnoncourt