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Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) is an Austrian baroque music ensemble based in Vienna. The CMW is recognized as being a progenitor of the period-instrument performance movement. Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Alice Harnoncourt co-founded the CMW in 1953, along with several musicians from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The CMW did research and rehearsal for 4 years before their first official concert;〔 although the ensemble made its 'unofficial' debut at the Konzerthaus, Vienna in 1954 with a production of Claudio Monteverdi's ''Orfeo'', the CMW's first public concert was in May 1957 at the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna. The CMW gave a regular concert series at the Schwarzenberg Palace from 1958 to 1962. The CMW made its formal debut in the ''Mozart-Saal'' of the Vienna ''Konzerthaus'' in February 1962, and performed concerts regularly there until 1971. The CMW staged its first opera at the 1971 Wiener Festwochen with Monteverdi's ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria''. The CMW's first concert at the ''Musikverein'', Vienna, was in 1973. The orchestra has continued to perform regularly at the ''Musikverein'' since then. Nikolaus Harnoncourt directed the ensemble from the cello until 1987, and has continued to lead the CMW as its conductor and artistic director. The CMW has performed at European music festivals in such cities as Salzburg and Lucerne, as well as the Styriate Festival in Graz which Harnoncourt founded. The CMW first toured North America in 1966, including its Boston debut for the Peabody Mason Concert series,.〔Michael Steinberg, "Concentus Musicus gives a beautiful concert". ''Boston Globe'', 7 January 1966.〕 Subsequent American tours followed in 1968 and in 1971.〔Michael Steinberg, "Vienna group fuses skill with delight". ''Boston Globe'', 13 November 1971.〕 The CMW made their first recording in 1962, of music for viols by Henry Purcell, for the Telefunken label.〔 This recording began a long recording relationship with Telefunken, later Teldec, that continued into the 1990s. Among the CMW's recording projects with Telefunken and Teldec were the complete cycle of cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, over the period from 1972 to 1990, recorded by the CMW and Harnoncourt, as well as Gustav Leonhardt and the Leonhardt-Consort. In addition to their long series of recordings for Telefunken and Teldec, the CMW has made commercial recordings for other labels such as Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Sony Classical. ==Honors and awards== * 1990 and 1991, German Record Critics' Prize – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ''Lucio Silla'' and George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''Theodora'', respectively * 1990, Gramophone Award for Special Achievement – Recording of the complete Bach cantatas * 1995, Cannes Classical Award – J.S. Bach's ''St John Passion'' (BWV 245) * 1996–1997, top awards from three different French music publications – recordings of Mozart's ''Il re pastore'', Antonio Vivaldi concertos, and J.S. Bach motets 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Concentus Musicus Wien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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