Credits:

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Description:

Bold and radical sonic drama, Arnoncourt's masterpiece "Baroque Theme Music" is back!　Among the many recordings by Arnoncourt and the Vienna Konzentus Musicus, which made its first visit to Japan in 2010 after a 30-year absence, "Baroque Theme Music" stands out as a masterpiece. The music is both bold and radical, as is Arnoncourt's description of one aspect of theme music: "the imitation of sound," "the musical depiction of picturesque scenes," and "the musical expression of ideas and emotions. The drama of sound is vividly unfolded in this performance, including Marais's "Bladder Stone Surgery," with his brother Franz Arnoncourt as narrator.