The Coronation of King George II

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King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices...And in the lovely anthem My heart... — Paul Cutts, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

Catalogue No: CDA67286
Label: Hyperion
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

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Bells

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Trumpet fanfare

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King's Consort
Robert King

Drums

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King's Consort
Robert King

Vivat (acclamation)

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Trumpet fanfare

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Child, W: O Lord, grant the King a long life

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Handel: The Occasional Oratorio

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Act 1 No 01. Overture. Overture

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Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me (1685, previously attributed wrongly to John Blow)

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God save King George

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Trumpet fanfare

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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 2, HWV259 'Let Thy Hand be Stengthened'

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I. Let thy hand be strengthened

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II. Let justice and judgement be the preparation of thy seat

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III. Alleluia

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Tallis: Litany

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King's Consort, King's Consort Choir
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Farmer: Come, Holy Ghost

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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'

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Trumpet fanfare

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Blow: Behold, O God our defender

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Trumpet fanfare

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God save the King

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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice'

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I. The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord

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II. Exceeding glad shall he be

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III. Glory and great worship

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IV. Alleluia

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Gibbons, O: Second Service

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Morning Canticle. Te Deum

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Trumpet fanfare

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Blow: God spake sometime in visions

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Trumpet fanfare

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God save King George

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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 4, HWV261 'My Heart is Inditing'

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I. My heart is inditing of a good matter

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II. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women

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III. Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold

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IV. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers

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Trumpet fanfare

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Handel: March

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Trumpet fanfare

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Drums

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Bells

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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.

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20th November 2002

King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices...And in the lovely anthem My heart is inditing, written specifically for the simultaneous coronation of Queen Caroline, the Choir of the King's Consort are at their sensitive best.

Robert King’s magical history tour of Hanoverian London brings life to contemporary accounts of the coronation of George II. Outstanding accounts of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and a joyful reading of Purcell’s I was glad … a powerful experience

A reconstruction, complete with a plethora of fanfares, drum processions, schoolboys shouting 'Vivat Rex!', and a great deal of bell clanging … all of it impressive music, well played and sung, and vividly recorded

The Coronation of King George II

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