Nikolaus Harnoncourt obituary

One of the most influential conductors of the 20th century who brought a historical perspective to his workNikolaus Harnoncourt, who has died aged 86, was one of the most innovative and influential conductors of the second half of the 20th century, bringing the scholarship and sensibility of historical performance to the mainstream repertoire with sometimes controversial, but always illuminating results.With the Concentus Musicus of Vienna, an ensemble he formed in the early 1950s, he recorded,