Cantata Collective, Nicholas McGegan – Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Live) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:47:07 minutes | 4,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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San Francisco-based early music ensemble Cantata Collective continues its major series of J S Bach’s choral works with the Mass in B Minor, a towering testament of sacred music and the composer’s crowning achievement of his final years. With celebrated conductor Nicholas McGegan, four of today’s most distinguished early music vocal soloists and a refined chamber choir, this live recording exudes a spontaneity that reveals the depth and passion of Bach’s glorious affirmation of faith.
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Cantata Collective, Reginald Mobley, Nicholas McGegan – J.S. Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 58:07 minutes | 2,02 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Centaur Records, Inc.
This is Volume 2 in the anticipated complete set of Cantatas of JS Bach, performed by Cantata Collective, a period instrument vocal and instrumental ensemble based in San Francisco. Cantata Collective consists of some of the finest early music performers based in the U.S., including, for example, Nicholas McGegan.
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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104, 88, 101 (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:12 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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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 recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras, as well as one of the most exciting period instrument ensembles, in the country. This trio of Haydn symphonies displays the remarkably consistent quality and inventiveness of the composer’s output: from the clever and concise symphony No.88 to the humorous ‘Clock’ to the dazzling and sonorous Symphony No.104 (Haydn’s swan song to the genre), this superb collection bears eloquent witness to Haydn’s consummate mastery.
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Gil Shaham, SWR Symphonieorchester, Nicholas McGegan – Mozart: Violin Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:06:02 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SWR Classic
Although Mozart’s five violin concertos represent only a very small part of his output (when compared to the 27 piano concertos and the 41 symphonies), they nevertheless belong to the core repertoire of all violinists. As with his piano concertos, Mozart’s violin concertos were all written in his younger years and are built on a constant dialogue between the solo instrument and the orchestra. Even in the first concerto, the violin is integrated into the orchestral texture, which in itself is much more than a mere accompaniment. Gil Shaham, one of today’s foremost violinists, creates gems of performances with these works. He is accompanied by the SWR Symphony Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan, who is renowned for his expertise in historically informed performance style.
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Capella Savaria, Zsolt Kalló & Nicholas McGegan – Mozart: Double Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:19 minutes | 759 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton
Capella Savaria has earned its fame as the first period- instrument chamber orchestra of Hungary. The ensemble’s objectives were, from the onset, to play baroque and classical music in an authentic way. This time they perform Mozart’s double concerto (including additions by Robert D. Levin) together with conductor Nicholas McGegan.“Ideally it should not only sound Mozartean in every bar, but should also produce a feeling of balance in both rhetorical and structural domains—a great challenge.”
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