Nikolaus Harnoncourt: The Complete Sony Recordings brings together for the first time Harnoncourt’s complete recordings from 2002–2015 with his Concentus Musicus Wien, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

The Sony Classical edition features his famous symphony recordings of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bruckner, alongside his celebrated performances of great choral works such as the Verdi, Brahms and Mozart Requiems and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, as well as Mozart’s opera Zaide, Haydn’s Orlando paladino and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Also included are previously authorized but unreleased recordings of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas Nos. 26 & 36, Beethoven’s Christus am Ölberge and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater.

The set comes with a 136-page coffee-table book featuring a newly written essay on Nikolaus Harnoncourt – musician, conductor and researcher – plus all of his own liner notes and interviews that came with the original releases. The edition also contains Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte on DVD, the DVD documentary Mission Mozart with pianist Lang Lang, rehearsal excerpts, interviews and lectures by Harnoncourt on CD and DVD, and finally the complete sung texts on CD-ROM.

61 CDs and 3 DVDs – the authoritative artistic legacy of one of the most charismatic and significant figures in the world of classical music.

Set Contents:

Discs 1-2:
JS Bach - Cantatas BWV 36*, 26*, 140, 61, 29 (*previously unreleased)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 3-4:
JS Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
Schäfer, Fink, Güra, Finley, Gerhaher
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 5-6:
Handel/Mozart - Timotheus oder die Gewalt der Musik, K591
Invernizzi, Güra, Finley
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 7-8:
Handel - Messiah, HWV 56
Schäfer, Larsson, Schade, Finley
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 9-10:
Haydn - Orlando Paladino
Petibon, Gerhaher, Schade, Güra
Kalpers, Hartelius, Schäfer, von Magnus
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 11-13:
Haydn - ‘Paris’ Symphonies
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 14-15:
Haydn - Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Röschmann, Schade, Gerhaher
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 16-17:
Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)
Kühmeier, Güra, Gerhaher
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 18-24:
Mozart - Early Symphonies
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 25-29:
Mozart - Early Symphonies: Music & Letters
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 30-31:
Mozart - Zaide, K344
Damrau, Schade, Moretti, Schasching, Boesch, Scharinger
Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 32:
Mozart - March in D Major, K335 no.1, Serenade in D major, K320 ‘Posthorn’,
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 ‘Haffner’
Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 33:
Mozart - Piano Concertos 25 & 23
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 34:
Mozart - Piano Concertos 24 & 17
Lang Lang (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker

Discs 35-36:
Mozart - Symphonies 39-41
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 37:
Mozart - Requiem, K626
Schäfer, Fink, Streit, Finley
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 38:
Beethoven - Christus am Ölberge, op.85 (previously unreleased)
Aikin, Lippert, Boesch
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 39:
Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 5
Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 40:
Beethoven - Missa solemnis, op.123
Aikin, Fink, Chum, Drole
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 41-42:
Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri, op.50
Röschmann, Strehl, Fink, Gerhaher
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks

Discs 43-44:
Verdi - Messa da Requiem
Mei, Fink, Schade, D’Arcangelo
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker

Discs 45-46:
Bruckner - Symphony no.5 in B flat major (plus rehearsal excerpts)
Wiener Philharmoniker

Discs 47-48:
Bruckner - Symphony no.9 in D minor (plus a workshop concert)
Wiener Philharmoniker

Discs 49-50:
Smetana - Má vlast
Wiener Philharmoniker

Disc 51:
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem, op.45
Kühmeier, Hampson
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker

Disc 52-53:
Dvořák - Stabat Mater, op.58 (previously unreleased)
Orgonášová, Remmert, Beczala, Hawlata
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Disc 54:
Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz106,
Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz113
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Discs 55-57:
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
Lemalu, Kabatu, Nwobilo, Forest
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Discs 58-59:
Neujahrskonzert (New Year’s Concert) 2003
Wiener Philharmoniker

Discs 60-61:
Walzer Revolution
Concentus Musicus Wien

Discs 62-63 (DVDs):
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte
Zeppenfeld, Fredrich, Richter, Kleiter, Werba
Concentus Musicus Wien

Disc 64 (DVD):
Mission Mozart
Lang Lang (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker

Disc 65:
CD-ROM with Libretti