classical music: Nicholas McGegan     classical music:     Nicholas McGegan      Tutti!, Orchestral Sampler Malcolm Arnold, Anton Bruckner, ... Reference Recordings, 1998 Tutti Although a compilation of various pieces, this CD has the drama and sonic impact which will test the limits of your system. The orchestral presentations are first class. The sound stage presentations with the left to right width and the front to back depth give the ...             Lorraine Hunt - Handel Arias George Frideric Handel, Nicholas McGegan, ... Harmonia Mundi, 1994 An Ode to Beauty and Artistry (Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, 1954-2006) I've been meaning to review this album for the longest time, but haven't because of my committments at work and other things. Lieberson's voice, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful instruments of our generation. It is, unlike a certain Renaaay who tries to ...             Handel Ariodante Hunt Gondek Saffer Lane Muller Cavalier Freiburg McGegan Harmonia Mundi, 1996 A sensational recording! This is one of the finest recordings ever made of a Handel opera, and a great vehicle for the star mezzosoprano. Lorraine Hunt has turned into one of the great singers of our time, and as Ariodante she shines with confidence through out this very demanding role. She ...             Handel: Water Music George Frederick Handel, Nicholas McGegan, ... Hmf Classical Exp., 2002 Sheer loveliness! Handel's "Water Music" is, of course, the most popular piece of baroque music around, its wonderful combination of regal-sounding horn pieces and English folk and dance melody being so attractive that even people who are not fans of classical music love it. But the ...             Romanza: Works for Trumpet, Corno da Caccia, Bassoon & Orchestra Nadina Mackie Jackson, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, ... MSR Classics, 2008 ROMANZA is the second disc in the long term recording and commissioning project directed by Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few with the Toronto Chamber Orchestra, pairing double concerti with solo concerti for trumpet and bassoon. The title of this recording is inspired by the lyrical slow movements that figure in each of these nineteenth century ...             Handel: Ariodante (Highlights) Nicolas Cavallier, George Frederick Handel, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2002 Elegant and refined with sublime singing by Hunt The overall effect of this interpretation of Ariodante by McGegan is one of elegance, refinement and emotional intensity that flows without being pushed and touches the soul with its singing without being overcontrolled and calculated. This is the main difference ...             A. Scarlatti Cantatas, Volume III / McGegan, Brian Asawa Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcadian Academy, ... Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2000 Best of the Three . . . If you must have one CD of Alessandro Scarlatti's cantatas, here is the one to get. Cantatas I and II are collecting dust in my CD tower, but I gave this disc a permanent slot in my jukebox. Nicholas McGegan and the Arcadian Academy are competent as usual, but what ...             Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Music for "The Gordian Knot Unty'd" Henry Purcell, Nicholas McGegan, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1994 Excitement, Entertainment, Theatrics Henry Purcell (1659 ? 1695): Dido and Aeneas. Opera in 3 Acts. Music for ?The Gordian Knot Unty?d?. Performed by: Lorraine Hunt[-Lieberson] (Dido); Lisa Saffer (Belinda); Donna Deam (Second Woman); Ellen Rabiner (Sorceress); Christine Brandes (First Witch and Spirit); ...             Handel: Judas Maccabaeus David Thomas [bass], George Frederick Handel, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006 The Best for Less! Harmonia Mundi is one of the best labels in the world, but very expensive, especially with the dollar vs. euro. This may well be the best performance on CD. It came out in 1995, and still sells for sixty something dollars. This is a recent re-release on their 1+1 ...             Bach - Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook (highlights) / Hunt-Liberson, McGegan Johann Sebastian Bach, C.P.E. Bach, ... Harmonia Mundi Classical Express, 2001 Anna Magdalena Notebook-- a treasure trove of Baroque music This is music for contemplating number and time and not realize you are doing that. These pieces from Anna Magdalena Bach's notebook are a significant part of the history of western culture, and the music is brilliant, lucid, and passionate. Just as, I suppose, Bach's ...             Vivaldi for diverse instruments / PBO · McGegan Antonio Vivaldi, Nicholas McGegan, ... Reference Recordings, 1997 Immense pleasure Vivaldi has been accused of writing the same concerto over-and-over again. He wrote so many that you can always get the feeling that you have heard it all before. However, the unusual instrumental combinations on this disk dispense of the above doubts and offer an ...             Handel: Judas Maccabaeus David Thomas [bass], George Frederick Handel, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006 The Best for Less! Harmonia Mundi is one of the best labels in the world, but very expensive, especially with the dollar vs. euro. This may well be the best performance on CD. It came out in 1995, and still sells for sixty something dollars. This is a recent re-release on their 1+1 ...             Corelli: Concertos, Vol. 1 Arcangelo Corelli, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, ... Hmf Classical Exp., 2001 Spectacular recording, spectacular price To hear this recording of the Corelli concerti for the first time is eye opening. The clarity is unsurpassed by any orchestral recording I have ever heard. I have had the experience several times, of putting this (or its companion disc II) on with people visiting, ...             Mozart: Horn Concertos Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lowell Greer, ... Hmf Classical Exp., 2001 Glorious sound of the cor naturel For this recording, Lowell Greer himself reconstructed a natural horn of the type that was invented during Mozart's later years and was generally played in orchestras at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He is pictured holding the horn in the booklet, and the ...             Arne - Alfred / J. Smith · Brandes · D. Daniels · MacDougall · PBO · McGegan Thomas Arne, Nicholas McGegan, ... RCA, 1999 Could not be much better You all know "Rule Britannia" when you hear it and some of you probably know the words to the refrain, if not the verse. Those of you who do crosswords might even know that the composer was (Thomas) Arne. And now that Deutsche Harmonia Mundi has released a CD of ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music highlights, hunt-liberson, instruments, maccabaeus, macdougall, orchestral      toavi.com    web randomly chosen music: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Lt. Kije Suite [DVD Audio]