034571172866
034571572864

The Coronation Of King George II

Robert King: The King's Consort

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA67286

Release Date:  01 October 2001

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571172866

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

Composer/Series:  The Coronation of King George II

Release Date:  01 October 2001

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Super Jewel Case (SACD)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571572864

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

Composer/Series:  The Coronation of King George II

  • Description

    Crowning The King's Consort's celebrations of its twenty-first birthday and its millionth CD sale for Hyperion, comes a truly spectacular reconstruction, that of the Coronation of King George II in Westminster Abbey in 1727. Complete with ringing trumpet fanfares sounding from all corners of the venue, dramatic drum processions up and down the aisles, shouts of acclamation from a huge cast, pealing church bells (especially recorded at historic churches and cathedrals across England and Wales), and some of the greatest of all ceremonial music, this two-for-the-price-of-one disc is a spectacular musical and sonic tour-de-force.
    The music is fronted by Handel's four great Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest (so striking at its first 1727 hearing that it has been performed at every Coronation ever since), alongside splendid coronation music by Henry Purcell, John Blow, William Child, John Farmer, Thomas Tallis and Orlando Gibbons.

    Description

    Crowning The King's Consort's celebrations of its twenty-first birthday and its millionth CD sale for Hyperion, comes a truly spectacular reconstruction, that of the Coronation of King George II in Westminster Abbey in 1727. Complete with ringing trumpet fanfares sounding from all corners of the venue, dramatic drum processions up and down the aisles, shouts of acclamation from a huge cast, pealing church bells (especially recorded at historic churches and cathedrals across England and Wales), and some of the greatest of all ceremonial music, this two-for-the-price-of-one disc is a spectacular musical and sonic tour-de-force.
    The music is fronted by Handel's four great Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest (so striking at its first 1727 hearing that it has been performed at every Coronation ever since), alongside splendid coronation music by Henry Purcell, John Blow, William Child, John Farmer, Thomas Tallis and Orlando Gibbons.
    The album was recorded in Sony's revolutionary new "Sonoma" one-bit, DSD format, and is available in both conventional CD and the stunning new "surround-sound" SACD format.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Tolling bell of Westminster Abbey
      • 2. Trumpet fanfare
      • 3. Drum procession
      • 4. Vivat
      • 5. Trumpet fanfare
      • 6. O lord, grant the King a long life - William Child
      • 7. A grand instrumental procession - Handel
      • 8. I was glad when they said unto me - Purcell
      • 9. God save King George
      • 10. Trumpet fanfare
      • 11. Let thy hand be strengthened - Handel
      • 12. O God, the father of heaven - Tallis
      • 13. Come holy ghost - John Farmer
      • 14. Zadok the priest - Handel

      Disc 2

      • 1. Trumpet fanfare
      • 2. Behold, o God, our defender - John Blow
      • 3. Trumpet fanfare
      • 4. God save the King
      • 5. The King shall rejoice - Handel
      • 6. Te Deum (from The Second Service) - Orlando Gibbons
      • 7. Trumpet fanfare
      • 8. God spake sometime in visions - John Blow
      • 9. Drums
      • 10. Trumpet fanfare
      • 11. God save King George
      • 12. My heart is inditing - Handel
      • 13. Trumpet fanfare
      • 14. March - Handel
      • 15. Trumpet fanfare
      • 16. Drum procession
      • 17. The bells of London

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