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New Live Album Celebrates Conductor Harnoncourt's Legacy

2/28/2026

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A newly released live recording from the 1999 Styriarte festival honors conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's innovative musical style, ten years after his death.
The album features works by Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, and Robert Schumann.
He opens with Mendelssohn’s Die Schöne Melusine, then offers a lighter take on Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture.
The concert concludes with Schumann’s Requiem für Mignon.
The recording streams on Apple Music and Spotify.

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A newly released live recording from the 1999 Styriarte festival honors conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's innovative musical style, ten years after his death.
The album features works by Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, and Robert Schumann.
He opens with Mendelssohn’s Die Schöne Melusine, then offers a lighter take on Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture.
The concert concludes with Schumann’s Requiem für Mignon.
The recording streams on Apple Music and Spotify.