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Das Alte Werk

Das Alte Werk was inaugurated in 1958 with the release of 7” discs of Gregorian chant and music by Machaut, and quickly gained a reputation for historically informed, high-quality recordings. There soon followed LPs of harpsichord sonatas by Scarlatti, Concerti grossi by Handel and Partitas for unaccompanied violin by Bach.

The signing up of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen and Jaap Schröder ushered in a new era: the rediscovery of the authentic sound of period instruments, scholarly research into original sources and the obvious delight the label’s young artists had in their music-making combined to offer the listener new and fascinating musical experiences.

As the field of early music spread wider and wider and new paths were constantly broken, Das Alte Werk rapidly became the touchstone by which other labels were judged, not least for its epoch-making complete recording of Bach’s sacred cantatas. In 2008, Das Alte Werk celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by reissuing some of its finest recordings.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 31 results
  • Haydn: Armida

    Haydn: Armida

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    Cecilia Bartoli (Armida), Christoph Pregardien (Rinaldo), Patricia Petibon (Zelmira), Oliver Widmer (Idreno), Scot Weir (Ubaldo), Markus Schäfer (Clotarco)

    Concentus Music Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    • Release Date: 27th Jul 2018
    • Catalogue No: 9029561472
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk

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    2 CDs

    $15.00

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  • Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

    Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

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    Il Giardino Armonico

    • Release Date: 12th Nov 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698123
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk

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    2 CDs

    $11.00

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  • Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

    Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

    Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Bert van t'Hoff & Siegfried Schneeweis

    Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    • Release Date: 10th Mar 2008
    • Catalogue No: 2564696444
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

    2 CDs

    $11.00

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  • Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

    Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

    Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    • Release Date: 26th Oct 2009
    • Catalogue No: 2564687080
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

    2 CDs

    $11.00

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  • Mozart - Wind Concertos

    Mozart - Wind Concertos

    Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    A very musical and appealing performance… altogether a disc with much polished and sensitive playing. — Gramophone Magazine More…
    • Release Date: 15th Oct 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698556
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 77 minutes

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  • Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080

    Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080

    Herbert Tachezi (organ)

    Released as part of Das Alte Werk's 50th anniversary 'pat on the back' to itself, Herbert Tachezi's Art of Fugue harnesses a pungent Ahrend & Brunzema organ to lend clarity to a reading which... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 15th Oct 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698534
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Schmelzer & Fux - Music at the Habsburg Court

    Schmelzer & Fux - Music at the Habsburg Court

    Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    Colourful music by Schmelzer and Fux, pungent sounds from the end of Harnoncourt's pioneering 1960s… — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 3 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 12th Nov 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698524
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 95 minutes

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  • Bach - Cantatas

    Bach - Cantatas

    Agnes Giebel, Sheila Armstrong, Rotraus Hansmann (sopranos), Julia Falk, Helen Watts (altos), Bert van t’Hoff, Kurt Equiluz (tenors) & Jacques Villisech, Max van Egmond (basses)

    Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens

    Patches of engaging music-making here, though giving more insight into 1960s Hamburg than 1720s Leipzig. Choruses are often woolly, soloists vary from off-the-voice big voices to insecure, boyish... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 6th Oct 2008
    • Catalogue No: 2564695992
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

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  • Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Jaap Schröder

    Concerto Amsterdam Ensemble

    Ravishing playing by a born Boccherinian… — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 12th Nov 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698530
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 60 minutes

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  • Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe 1764

    Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe 1764

    Chanticleer

    • Release Date: 15th Oct 2007
    • Catalogue No: 2564698587
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Das Alte Werk
    • Length: 68 minutes

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