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Lowell Greer, Philharmonia Baroque, Nicholas McGegan - Mozart: Horn Concertos; Rondeau K 371; Rondo K 514 (1988)

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Lowell Greer, Philharmonia Baroque, Nicholas McGegan - Mozart: Horn Concertos; Rondeau K 371; Rondo K 514 (1988)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concertos; Rondeau K 371; Rondo K 514 (1988)
Lowell Greer, horn; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 294 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907012 | Time: 01:02:13

"Greer is a highly accomplished player of the natural horn… I find Greer's playing very musicianly: unusually graceful in the phrasing of the quick movements, with gentle, thoughtful playing in K417 and some lovely smooth and clear lines in K495, while the slow movements are all beautifully done—the Romance of K447 refined and graceful, that of K495 often truly poetic with happy details of timing. And there is no shortage of wit in the finales, or of high spirits. Greer improvises his cadenzas: in the first movement of K495 he does, rightly I think, simply a longish flourish, with no reference to the themes of the movement." (Stanley Sadie, Gramophone Magazine)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorale - Alessandro Scarlatti: The Cecilian Vespers (2005)

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Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorale - Alessandro Scarlatti: The Cecilian Vespers (2005)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorale - Alessandro Scarlatti: The Cecilian Vespers (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 620 Mb | Total time: 64:21+66:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Avie | # AV 0048 | Recorded: 2004

This delectable work, premiered in 1721, shows composer Alessandro Scarlatti at his most brilliantly varied. Solo passages are punctuated with choral interjections and vice-versa, an antiphon duet for oboe and the lovely soprano Suzanne Ryden at first seems like one between two singers; Scarlatti fools the ear. Soprano Dominique Labelle brings a grace to her fluent singing in both solo and ensemble passages which manages to be energetic and tender at once. The setting of the Dixit Dominus never rests; a tenor solo is interrupted by the chorus; an intricate soprano-soprano-counter-tenor trio in the "Dominus a dextris" is rendered even more complex by the chorus, which then, in an entirely different meter, nervously jumps its way to the end and then melts into a gentle baritone solo, with long, legato lines.

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Arianna in Creta (1999)

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Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Arianna in Creta (1999)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Arianna in Creta (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 942 Mb | Total time: 64:36+78:55+55:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: NDR kultur | Recorded: 1999

Nach dieser Produktion könnte man durchaus auf den Gedanken kommen, die Oper müsse eigentlich Teseo in Creta heissen, so beherrschend und überlegen gestaltet Wilke te Brummelstroete die Partie des Teseo! Neben ihrer Fähigkeit, sich dem Stil von Händels Musik anzupassen kommt ihre ungeheure Bühnenpräsenz und Ausdruckskraft, die sie zur alles beherrschenden Figur der Oper werden liess.

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Dafne (1985)

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Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Dafne (1985)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Dafne (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 250 Mb | Total time: 51:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 905157 | Recorded: 1985

Apollo and Dafne tells the story of the nymph that gets turned into a laurel tree as a means of expiating her grief over the death of her lover. Strauss set the story as one of his late operas, and here you get the same deal in a third of the time. Nicholas McGegan's direction of this charming cantata keeps the story hopping along, the two protagonists sing well, and the music is delightful.

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)

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Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 761 Mb | Total time: 73:42+53:28+42:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907060.62 | Recorded: 1992

The recent Glyndbourne staging of this oratorio demonstrated how well it worked as an opera, and this recording by Nicholas McGegan creates a similar dramatic intensity out of the tragic story of oppression and resistance. He finds excellent tempi for the arias, and keeps the recitatives cracking along at a good pace. And though he has a very good ensemble team of soloists, the star of the show is definitely soprano Lorraine Hunt (who, interestingly enough, sang the mezzo role of Irene for Glyndebourne) as Theodora. She uses the rich, throaty quality of her voice to bring out all the terrible pathos of Theodora's plight, while still suggesting that she is a character lit by an inner fire of joy. Unfortunately the acoustic lacks a certain bloom, and this makes the sound world sometimes seem a little flat and dry.

Philharmonia Baroque, Nicholas McGegan - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Gloria di Primavera (2015) 2 CDs

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Philharmonia Baroque, Nicholas McGegan - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Gloria di Primavera (2015) 2 CDs

Alessandro Scarlatti - La Gloria di Primavera (2015) 2 CDs
Diana Moore (Mezzo Soprano), Suzana Ograjenšek (Soprano), Clint Van Der Linde (Countertenor)
Nicholas Phan (Tenor), Douglas Williams (Bass Baritone)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale; Nicholas McGegan, director

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 648 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 322 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Baroque | Label: philharmonia BAROQUE | # PBP09 | Time: 02:18:32

The San Francisco Chronicle called Scarlatti’s La Gloria di Primavera a “feast of vocal invention, supplemented by wondrous instrumental writing for a strikingly large orchestra” after Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan presented acclaimed western hemisphere premiere performances in October 2015. PBO and McGegan are delighted to be the first to record this newly-discovered 300 year old serenata. After Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI acquired the kingdom of Naples in a treaty, the Neapolitans commissioned their court composer, Alessandro Scarlatti, to compose a grand serenata to celebrate the birth of Charles VI’s son, prince John Leopold. Scarlatti wrote the piece within a few weeks and it was performed to audiences in Naples immediately following the birth. Unfortunately, just months after La Gloria di Primavera premiered, the celebrated infant died and the incredible work was forgotten.

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel : Judas Maccabaeus (2006)

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Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel : Judas Maccabaeus (2006)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel : Judas Maccabaeus (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 688 Mb | Total time: 77:49+78:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMX 2907374.75 | Recorded: 1993

Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746).