{"product_id":"1341710","title":"Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Legendary Concert (November 2011) [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROSPERO presents Nikolaus Harnoncourt's legendary Zurich farewell concert of November 2011.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAfter 36 years of opera and concert activities at Lake Zurich, the maestro bid farewell to his orchestra and his audience with Mozart's Wind Serenade K. 361 and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. \u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe conductor originally intended to work on the Gran Partita at the performance venue, the Zurich Tonhalle. However, as he was already in poor health, the meticulous rehearsals typical of the maestro were moved to his home in St. Georgen in Upper Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe musicians of the Philharmonia Zurich (formerly the Zurich Opera House Orchestra), who were able to experience how the interpretation was fine-tuned there, still talk today with shining eyes about this intensive and immensely enriching collaboration. So it is not surprising that the orchestra gave literally 'everything' at the farewell concert for one of the most important of his guild, in order to give its conductor a worthy musical farewell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eSwiss radio raved at the time about a 'breathtaking moment of the concert year 2011'. One critic even spoke of the 'craziest performance of Beethoven's Fifth ever heard in the Tonhalle Zurich'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThis concert event is now available in a sonically carefully restored 'splendid edition'- a hardcover book with 44-page booklet, including many illustrations and never-before-published visual material. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAs a special musical bonus, the edition contains a rehearsal recording of Beethoven's Fateful Symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWA Mozart: Serenade Nr. 10 Fur Blaser, 'Gran Partita'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWA Mozart: Sinfonie Nr. 5 In C-Moll\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven: NH Probt Den 2. Satz Aus Beethovens 5. Sinfonie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55469966819713,"sku":"1341710","price":29.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/4154ZlvainL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774471313","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1341710","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}