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Nikolaus Harnoncourt presents the composer’s music as a raw and honest clash between religious awe and human defiance
Nikolaus Harnoncourt mixes humour, melodrama and his flair for controversy in what he declares is his final recording
Under Nézet-Séguin, the orchestra generated a sizzling performance of Beethoven’s Seventh
A round-up of performances of the work that has become a hardy annual in Christmas schedules
Though the production is somewhat conservative, there are musical revelations from the historic-instrument orchestra
The idea behind period performance has always seemed quite odd, and in a way touchingly romantic, and not really historical at all
This was a performance that encapsulated Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s journey from ‘period’ pioneer to grand old maestro
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