Best Historically Informed
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt was an Austrian conductor and cellist who pioneered the early music movement, founding the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien in 1953.
John Eliot Gardiner is an English conductor celebrated as a leading figure in historically informed performance, notably founding the Monteverdi Choir in 1964.
Dutch conductor and virtuoso recorder player Frans Brüggen co-founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in 1981, becoming a major figure in early music.
French conductor Marc Minkowski founded the period instrument ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre in 1982, specializing in French Baroque and operatic repertoire.
Roger Norrington is a British conductor notable for his advocacy of historical performance practices with modern orchestras, founding the London Classical Players in 1978.
