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Nicholas McGegan: Serenades Nos 1 & 2 - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Serenades Nos 1 & 2

Artist:

Nicholas McGegan

Label:

Philharmonia Baroque

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

852188003072

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2012-10-09

Number of Discs:

1

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 at First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California. In the late 1850s, Brahms took on the post of choral director at the court of Lippe-Detmold. The position provided him access to an orchestra, and Brahms took full advantage of his good fortune. The two orchestral Serenades were the great composer's first efforts in the genre, and in the tradition of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, they are light-hearted, lyrical and sunny. The second is notable for scoring that excludes violins. In both works, color, charm, wit (and a nod to Classical formal traditions) are present in abundance.

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