Handel: Coronation Anthems & Dixit Dominus
Simon Preston (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, Trevor Pinnock
A new coupling which brings together some of Handel's finest and best loved sacred music in performances which hae remained unsurpassed since their recordings in the 1980s. —
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Work length32:20
- Arleen Auger (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Diana Montague (contraltovocalist), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass)
- Orchestra of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1987-07-10
- Recording Venue: St. Bartholomew the Great,W.Smithfield, London
I. Dixit Dominus
Track length6:05
II. Virgam virtutis tuae
Track length2:48
III. Tecum principium in die virtutis
Track length2:53
Handel: Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258
Work length5:15
- Trevor Pinnock (organ)
- The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1981-10-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice, Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV 260
Work length10:49
- Trevor Pinnock (organ)
- The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1981-10-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Handel: My Heart Is Inditing, Coronation Anthem No. 4, HWV 261
Work length11:53
- Trevor Pinnock (organ)
- The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1981-10-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Handel: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, Coronation Anthem No. 2, HWV 259
Work length8:56
- Trevor Pinnock (organ)
- The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1981-10-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
