Brahms: Serenades No 1 & 2 / McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque

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Label
Philharmonia Baroque Productions
Release Date
July 15, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS, JOHANNES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Mcgegan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 15, 2015
    • UPC
      852188003072
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PBP05
    • LABEL
      Philharmonia Baroque Productions
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    2. II. Scherzo. Vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    3. III. Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    4. IV. Quasi menuetto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    5. V. Rondo. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    6. I. Allegro molto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    7. II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    8. III. Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    9. IV. Menuettos I & II

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    10. V. Scherzo. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan

    11. VI. Rondo. Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas McGegan


Music Director Nicholas McGegan and the 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.