Likes: He sure stretches the envelope, if not rips it open. Willful or justified?
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Harnoncourt, love him or hate him.......
He sure stretches the envelope, if not rips it open. Willful or justified?
He justifies what he does quite eloquently. Neither love nor hate seem, ah, justified.
I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people don't like me anyway.
Love him. Full name: Count Nikolaus de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt
Johnnie Burgess liked this post
Right on the money there, ComposerOfAvantGarde. the man is a legend!! And he always talks to the audience in Vienna before starting any concert!!
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I like his recordings of Johann Strauss II's music, THIS album in particular. He also conducted the Vienna New Year's Day concert about 10 years ago.
But I'm not a huge fan of the wig things he does (in terms of the repertoire itself, not his playing or interpretation), so I neither love or hate him to the max, so an in-between option for this poll would have been good, but anyway...
Last edited by Sid James; Jan-30-2012 at 06:16.
Genuine ersatz classical listener since 1981.
He's my favourite conductor.
He's been the most influential conductor from the second half of the 20th Century on.
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Favourites are his Mozart symphonies/Concertgebouw, his Mozart "Abduction from the Seraglio", his Bach vocal works, the Schumann Piano Concerto with Argerich.
His interpretation of the later Romantic repertoire is often less to my taste, there´s usually a good dose of classicism.
Last edited by joen_cph; Jan-31-2012 at 00:05.
He quits touring:
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i haven't liked anything i've heard of his.
Never mind! As Prince Orlofsky would say: chacun à son goût!
At the beginning, he was way too committed to HIP performances, even down to listing in the liner notes all the instruments and their pedigrees. Lately, he has loosened up, and I like him more than I used to.
My father has got in the '60 the 1st box of Brandenburg concertos so it's almost 50 years that I have to say thanks for been existed to Graf Nikolaus .
Harnoncourt, I'd say a Top 40 conducting recording legacy.
I assume you still like them then?Originally Posted by itarbrt
I bought almost all avaliable of him with label telefunken/teldec " das alte werk " . I vote love .
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