Bach: Two Cantatas BWV 82 & BWV 56 / Handel: Arias from 'Susanna' & 'Messiah'
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Bach: Two Cantatas BWV 82 & BWV 56 / Handel: Arias from 'Susanna' & 'Messiah'
Arcadian Academy and friends, The Baroque Choral Guild, Nicholas McGegan, with William Parker (baritone)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 19 May 1991
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An exquisite program of chamber music
Diapason d'Or
"Most highly recommended" - Fanfare
"Beautifully recorded" - American Record Guide
"There is a strong element of fantasy here and a marked predilection for technical display" - Gramophone
"sheer excitement" - Classic CD
Nicholas McGegan was born in England, trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and has been Music Director of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra since 1985. In 1990 he assumed artistic directorship of the Göttingen Handel Festival in Germany. He is principal Guest Conductor of Scottish Opera, and since 1993 has been Principal Conductor of the renowned Drottningholm Court Theatre in Sweden. He is also the founder, director, and harpsichordist of The Arcadian Academy, an ensemble comprised of players from Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
