McGegan, Nicholas

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2013-05-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

On this release from the orchestra's own label, Music Director Nicholas McGegan and his period instrument Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra perform Beethoven's fourth and seventh symphonies...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA (11/10/2012-11/11/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor; Symphony no 4 "Italian" / Zsolt Kallo, violin

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-05-03

Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Capella Savaria

Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto nos 2, 6, 12, 14, 23, 25, 26, 27 / Nadina Jackson, bassoon; Nicholas McGegan, keyboards

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2013-03-13

Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas

One of the world's most visible bassoonists, Nadina Mackie Jackson is a passionate performer with a repertoire that runs from unaccompanied baroque to electronica. A...continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Brahms: Serenades (2) for orchestra / Philharmoonia Baroque Orchestra, McGegan

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2012-10-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Philharmoonia Baroque Orchestra

Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra bring to life the depth and brilliance of Brahms' two orchestral Serenades on this disc, recorded live...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA....continue...

Handel: Atalanta / Dominique Labelle, Susanne Ryden, Cecile van de Sant

2 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2012-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Atalanta
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

In its first year of performance, Handel's 1736 opera Atalanta, recently revived for the first time since the 18th century, concluded with a spectacular display...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA (09/10/2005-09/11/2005)....continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos RV 375, RV 277, et al. / Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2011-10-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 375; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E minor ("I...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Our familiarity with Vivaldi's music makes it a particular challenge to any soloist not only to measure up to the virtuosity of past performers, but...continue...
Recording information: Scoring Stage, Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA (12/09/2010-12/10/2010)....continue...

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute / McGegan

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Messiah; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96; Susanna; Radamisto; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Arianna; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Gottfried Heinrich Stölz...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Bowles, David; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Collel, Bjorn; David Tayler [Lute/Guitar]; Freiberg, Sarah; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; LeGuin, Elisabeth; Linsenberg, Judith; McGe...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

This set is a tribute to the supreme artistry of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006). It gathers together some of the finest recordings of arias...continue...

Musik Aus Der Frauenkirche: 2005-2010

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto d-Moll BWV 596; Markus-Passion BWV 247; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 294; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; J...
Performers: Grünert, Matthias; Johannsen, Kay; Kühmeier, Genia; Kircheis, Friedrich; Korondi, Anna; Kummer, Samuel; Lorenz, Andreas; Markert, Annette; Mertens, Klaus; Rubens, Sibylla; Saelens, Yves; Sc...
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander; Güttler, Ludwig; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McGegan, Nicholas; Immerseel, Jos van; Kreile, Roderich; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Blechbläserensemble; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Carus presents musical highlights from the critically acclaimed 18 Disc series entitled Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden. The recordings in this series not only document...continue...
Recording information: Frauenkirche Dresden....continue...

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 & 104 / McGegan

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2011-06-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas

San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra celebrates its 30th Anniversary Season in 2010-11. Led by Music Director Nicholas McGegan since 1985, Philharmonia Baroque is recognized as...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA....continue...

Best Handel 50 / EMI

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ariodante; Arianna in Creta; Radamisto; Orlando; Armino; Serse; Giulio Cesare; Teseo; Alcina; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Wa...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Auger, Arleen; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Genaux, Vivica; Gilchrist, Jane; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jaroussky, Ph...
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; ; Norrington, Roger; Rousset, Christophe; Hickox, Richard; Nelson, John; Briger, Alexander; Linde, Hans-Martin; McGegan, Nicholas; P...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

British Anthems

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-04-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Gustav Holst: The Planets; I vow to thee, my country; William Henry ...
Performers: Allsop, Christopher; Church, Charlotte [Vocals]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; King, Peter [Organ]; Lamb, Andrew; Rushforth, Philip
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Daniel, Paul; Leaper, Adrian; Halsey, Simon; Marlow, Richard; Leppard, Raymond; Edwards, Sian; Ormandy, Eugene; McGegan, Nicholas; Fraser, Donald
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensembl

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été; Handel: Arias / Hunt Lieberson

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2011-03-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Ottone; Arianna; Radamisto; Agrippina
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas

In conjunction with the Orchestra’s 30th Anniversary Season, Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra announce the launch of the ensemble’s own recording label,...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA (1991-10-19&1995-11-11_1995-)....continue...

Essential Handel

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Organ Concerto no 13 in F "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"; Sarabande; Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Aveling, Valda; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Coburn, Pamela; Dickinson, John [trumpet]; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Herincx, Raimund; Jones, Dell...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bicket, Harry; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Armand, Georges; Briger, Alexander; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel; McGegan, Nicholas; Menuhin, Yehudi; Auriacombe, Louis; Barb...

Included are many familiar pieces from the enormous output of George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. They range from...continue...

Handel: Admeto / Endo, Mead, Arnet, McGegan [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-05-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22
Performers: Arnet, Marie; Bates, David; Berger, William; Blaise, Kirsten; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Mead, Timothy; Radley, Andrew
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra

For Handel's Admeto, Oscar-nominated film director Doris Dorrie - winner of the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival's prestigious Herald Angel Award - returns to her beloved...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French
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Handel: Admeto / Endo, Mead, Arnet, McGegan [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-05-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22
Performers: Arnet, Marie; Bates, David; Berger, William; Blaise, Kirsten; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Mead, Timothy; Radley, Andrew
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as CME 702008. For Handel's...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Handel: Dettinger Te Deum

1 CD / Carus / 2010-02-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Storm ("Hark! The wild uproar of the winds), cantata for 4 voices, chorus, and orchestra, H. 24a; Luigi Cheru...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas

These exceptional performances were recorded live in June 2009. The forces are led by Nicholas McGegan, one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation....continue...
Recording information: Galerie, Hannover-Herrenhausen (06/05/2009-06/06/2009)....continue...

Handel: Acis and Galatea (Arr. by Mendelssohn) / McGegan, Kleiter, Pregardien, Slattery, Friedrich, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2009-01-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Performers: Friedrich, Wolf [Bass Voice]; Kleiter, Julia; Prégardien, Christoph; Slattery, Michael
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas;
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra; North German Radio Chorus

This recording was prompted by a happy source discovery. In 2005 a music antiquarian offered for sale a hitherto almost unknown copyist's version of Mendelssohn's...continue...

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings / 2008-10-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (i), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Roc...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; McGegan, Nicholas; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

This is the first SACD from Reference Recordings! It contains the world premiere recording of Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in his own composition,...continue...

Handel: Water Music / McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Romanza - Hummel, Weber, Lachner: Works for Trumpet, Hunting Horn and Bassoon / Few, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E or E flat major, WoO 1, S. 49; Concerto for Bassoon in F major, WoO 23, S. 63; Ignaz Lachner: Concertino for Hunting Horn and Bassoon in E flat major,...
Performers: Few, Guy; Jackson, Nadina Mackie
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Romanza is the second disc in the recording and commissioning project directed by Nadina Jackson and Guy Few with the Toronto Chamber Orchestra, pairing double...continue...

Music for Driving [RCA]

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; George Fr...
Performers: Bachmann, Maria; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chen, Evelyn; Clark, James; Domingo, Placido; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Hattori, Joji; Hudson, John; Marwood, Anthony; Philogene, Ruby; Watson, Jani...
Conductors: Wand, Günter; Ermler, Mark; McGegan, Nicholas; Morricone, Ennio; Robinson, Peter; Paillard, Jean-François; Hattori, Joji; Davis, Carl; Leppard, Raymond; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Slatkin, Leona...
Ensemble: ; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ensemble

Music for Fitness

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Antoni...
Performers: Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Hooker, Chris; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lowbury, Pauline; Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Sheffer, Jonathan; Wojciechowski, Tadeusz; Slatkin, Leonard; Gerhardt, Charles; McGegan, Nicholas; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Eichhorn, Kurt; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Szell, George; Watkinson, Andre...

Handel: Solomon / McGegan, Mead, Labelle, McFadden, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-09-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67
Performers: Labelle, Dominique; Mead, Timothy; Slattery, Michael; Williams, Roderick
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra ; Winchester Cathedral Choir

With its splendidly colorful, finely balanced instrumentation, effective choral writing and virtuoso solos, the masterful oratorio Solomon displays the complete range and variety of Handel's...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / McGegan, Hunt, Gondek, Saffer, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cavallier, Nicolas; Gondek, Juliana; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Lane, Jennifer; Lindemann, Jorn; Muller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Saffer, Lisa
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

"McGegan directs in his usual spirited style. There is a real theatrical sense to his conducting: this is one of those opera sets where, after...continue...

English Church Music - Byrd, Humphrey, Gibbons

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Regina coeli, motet for 3 voices (SAT); Propers for the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 1); Ave regina caelor...
Performers: Bhattacharya, Robi; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Deam, Donna; Hardy, Jonathan; Harpin, William; Harrold, Steven; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hickman, Michael; Minter, Drew [Counter...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Romanesca

"Considerable care has been taken in this recording to illuminate every detail." -Gramophone...continue...

A KDFC Classical Christmas 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Traditional: Gabriel's message; Sans Day Carol; In dulci jubilo; King Jesus hath a garden; Fum, fum, fum; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; ...
Performers: Bakkila, Ted; Baun, Nancy; Bloss, Michael; Botto, Louis; Bower, Michael; Burdick, Owen; Eaken, John; Freeman, Kevin; Hosea, Fred; Johnston, Raymond; Keller, Mark; Larsen, Terry; Maund, Peter; Pö...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; ; Burdick, Owen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Scribner, Norman; Edison, Noel; McMane, Susan; George, Vance; Hunt, Donald; Hayman, Richard; Botto, Louis; Sutherland, Gavin; Sackett, Andrew; Bre...
Ensemble: American Bach Soloists; Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Chanticleer; Eaken Piano Trio; Elora Festival Singers; Philharmoni...

1+1 Handel: Judas Maccabaeus / McGegan, de Mey, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-08-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Kromm, Leroy; Mey, Guy de; Saffer, Lisa; Spence, Patricia; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Vivaldi for diverse instruments / McGegan, Blumenstock, etc

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns and Bassoon in F major, RV 569; Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Concerto per l'orchestra di Dresda, for violin, 2 oboes, 2...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Kyme, Katherine; Ruiz, Gonzalo X.; Schachman, Marc; Weiss, Lisa
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra