Nicholas McGegan
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His virtuosity is remarkable, not only in terms of surmounting the technical challenges that Mozart threw at his favourite horn player, Joseph Leutgeb, but also for the expressive and dynamic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passsion
Tom Cooley (Evangelist), Paul Max Tipton (Jesus), Harrison Hintzsche (Pilatus), Sherezade Panthaki, Reginald Mobley, James Reese, Cantata Collective, Nicholas McGegan
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Berlioz Les Nuits d’Eté & Handel Arias
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
her warm and maternal tone combine with her interpretative commitment and spontaneity to produce wonderful results...Hunt Lieberson's inimitable approach makes a wonderful thing, for instance,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Haydn: Symphonies 88, 101 ‘Clock’ & 104 ‘London’
Recorded live First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA 2007-9
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Rameau: Orchestral suites from Le Temple de la Gloire & Naïs
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Avery Amereau’s sonorous contralto is ideal for this repertoire. ‘Cara sposa’ from Rinaldo is exquisitely shaded with a beautifully ornamented da capo, and the two arias from Giulio Cesare are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Scarlatti, A: La Gloria di Primavera
Diana Moore (mezzo-soprano), Suzana Ograjenšek (soprano), Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Nicholas Phan (tenor) & Douglas Williams (baritone)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorale, Nicholas McGegan
McGegan and his ensemble are responsive to the varied instrumental shades, and their alert playing highlights Scarlatti’s fleet, dancing rhythms. Of the soloists, soprano Suzana Ograjensek (Summer)... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Susanna, HWV66
RecommendedLorraine Hunt, Drew Minter, Jennifer Lane, Jeffrey Thomas, David Thomas
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Ariodante
RecommendedLorraine Hunt Lieberson (Ariodante), Juliana Gondek (Ginevra), Jennifer Lane (Polinesso), Jörn Lindemann (Odoardo), Lisa Saffer (Dalinda), Nicolas Cavallier (Il Re di Scozia), Rufus Müller (Lurcanio)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan
Handel's Ariodante contains some achingly beautiful music. Here it is given the finest of performances. Lorraine Hunt as Ariodante is a compelling hero, tender in love and bitter in suspicion….... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Early Opera
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Shakespeare's Englande
Music of his Plays & People
James Griffett (tenor), Brian Wright (lute)
English Consort of Viols, Nicholas McGegan
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