Nicholas McGegan, Freiburger Barockorchester - George Frideric Handel: Radamisto (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 925 Mb | Total time: 62:16+72:21+55:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907111.13 | Recorded: 1993
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 925 Mb | Total time: 62:16+72:21+55:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907111.13 | Recorded: 1993
The impressive discography of Handel operas and oratorios from Nicholas McGegan continues with this recording of Radamisto, made following staged performances of the opera at the 1993 Göttingen Handel Festival. Generally speaking, McGegan has derived better results in those sets using the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (as here) than in those made with his Californian forces. The German players sustain his brisk tempi with relative ease, though McGegan’s penchant for spiky staccato and short, snatched phrases rather than long lines does not always do the music full justice. The stars are the countertenor Ralf Popken in the title role and Juliana Gondek as his long-suffering wife, Zenobia.