CD 1:
French Medieval Music - Secular & Sacred [MC197]
Instrumental Music in 1600 - France, England, Germany & Italy

CD 2:
Marin Marais:
Suite from "Alcyone"
Pieces de Viol, Livre 2 - Suite I

Francois Couperin:
Concerts Royaux, 2nd Concert

Jacques Hotteterre:
First Book of Pieces for the Transverse Flute

Johann Josef Fux:
Overture in D Minor

CD 3:
Johann Josef Fux:
Sonata (Canon)

Heinrich Biber:
Fidicinium sacro-profanum - Sonata X in E Major, C. 87

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer:
Sonata No. 4 in D Major

Giovanni Legrenzi:
Sonata for 4 violas da gamba
16 Sonatas, Op. 8 - Sonata No. 13 a 6, ‘La Buscha’

Georg Muffat:
String Sonata No. 5 in G Major

Heinrich Biber:
Balletti Lamentabili, C. 59

CD 4:
Heinrich Biber:
Sonata No.10 in G Minor ‘The Crucifixion’
Mensa Sonora, Part 1 in D Major, C 69
Harmonia artificioso-ariosa:
Partia I in D minor, C.62
Partia III in A Major, C. 64
Partia V in G Minor, C. 66
Partia VI in D Major, C. 67

CD 5:
Henry Purcell:
The Masque in Dioclesian
Fantasias & In nomines, Z.732-47

CD 6:
Henry Purcell:
Fantasias & In nomines, Z.732-47 (cont.)

Jean Philippe Rameau:
Clavecinen Concerts - Premier Concert, RCT 7
Deuxieme Concert, RCT 8
Troisieme Concert, RCT 9
Quartrieme Concert, RCT 10
Cinquieme Concert, RCT 11

CD 7:
Telemann:
The Paris Quartets 1730:
Suite a 4, TWV 43:e minor (Paris Quartet No. 5)
Concerto a 4, TWV 43:G major (Paris Quartet No. 1)
Concerto a 4, TWV 43:D major (Paris Quartet No. 2)
Sonata a 4, TWV 43:g minor (Paris Quartet No. 4)
Suite a 4, TWV 43:b minor (Paris Quartet No. 6)

CD 8:
Telemann:
The Paris Quartets (cont.):
Sonata a 4, TWV 43:A major

Overture (Suite) No. 1 in B-flat Major, TWV 55:B
Concerto for two horns, strings & continuo in E-Flat Major (Tafelmusik III/3), TWV 54:Es

CD 9:
Telemann:
Sonata (“Solo”) for oboe & continuo in G Minor (Tafelmusik III/5), TWV 41:g
Quartet for flute, violin, cello & continuo in E Minor (Tafelmusik III/2), TWV 43:e
Trio for 2 flutes & continuo in D Major (Tafelmusik III/4), TWV 42:D

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Branderburg Concerto No.6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051

CD 10:
Bach:
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

CD 11:
Bach:
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Suite for Violincello Solo No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, (Count Nikolaus de la Fontaine und d’Harnoncourt-Unverzagt), cellist and conductor, 1929-2016, was one of the most innovative and influential conductors of the second half of the 20th century, bringing the scholarship and sensibility of historical performance to the mainstream repertoire with sometimes controversial, but always illuminating results.

With the Concentus Musicus of Vienna (Wien), an ensemble he formed in the early 1950s, he recorded, in collaboration with his friend Gustav Leonhardt, the complete sacred cantatas of JS Bach and continued with the group in later years. But he also began to operate with modern instrumental ensembles, notably the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and, later, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, in classical and Romantic repertoire. Performances of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Dvořák, among others, were distinguished by their bracingly astringent qualities. While some found readings mannered and idiosyncratic, others relished their freshness and vigour. He made more than 500 recordings.

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Recorded stereo 1960's in Amadeo Studios, Vienna.