Coronation Music for Charles II

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Locke's five-part suite for the reconstituted royal wind band...it is performed here with nuanced shading and flawless technique...The aromatic tint of Westminster Abbey's bells and library soundscapes...all... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

Release Date: 9th Feb 2015
Catalogue No: ACC24300
Label: Accent
Length: 66 minutes

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Parsons, R: The Song Called Trumpets

Work length2:03

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

The Songe called Trumpetts, "Lusti gallant and Cante cantate"

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Mersenne: Harmonie universelle

Work length2:23

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Harmonie universelle: L'Entree - A Cheval - Cavalcade - Double Cavalcade - La Retraite

Track length2:23

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Locke: For his Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts

Work length12:55

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

I. Almand

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II. Courant

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III. Almand

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IV. Saraband

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V. Almand

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VI. Courant

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VII. Almand

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Fantini: Modo per Imparare a sonare di Tromba

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Modo per imparare a sonare di tromba: Entrata (e) Imperiale per sonate in Concerto

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

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Psallentes, Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Byrd: In nomine a5

Work length2:15

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

In Nomine a 5 No. 5

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Humfrey: The King shall rejoice

Work length9:49

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Psallentes, Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Byrd: Miserere a4

Work length1:30

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Humfrey: Te Deum 'The King' Bells of Westminster Abbey

Work length6:34

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Psallentes, Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Te Deum

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Soundscape, "The King" - Bells of Westminster Abbey

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Bassano, A: Pavan and Gailiard

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Pavan

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Galliard

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Bassano, A: Pavana

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Bassano, A: Galiarda and Coranto a 5 (arr. P. Philips for chamber ensemble)

Work length2:45

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Lawes, W: Fantazia 2 a 6

Work length4:26

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Bassano, A: Pavana

Work length2:42

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

anon.: Almand a 6 (arr. P. Holman for chamber ensemble)

Work length0:55

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Byrd: Browning a 5

Work length4:54

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

Adson: Courtly Masquing Ayres

Work length3:58

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Oltremontano
Wim Becu
Recorded: 11-17 July 2014
Recording Venue: Recorded at Eglise Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste, Chaudfontaine, Beaufays, Belgium

No. 19 a 5

Track length1:29

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No. 20 a 5

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No. 21 a 5

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The coronation of Charles II was the glorious celebration of the restoration of the monarchy following a coup d'ètat, civil war and an 11-year government of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. The return of the monarch was sealed in early 1660 and the official coronation took place in London just a year later. It was a large-scale political spectacle and a festive patriotic statement. The sequence of the coronation festivities is well documented in texts and pictures, but contemporary statements concerning the music that was played are imprecise. The ensemble Oltremontano under the direction of Wim Becu, specialists in the wind music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, have evaluated this music and reconstructed the ceremony. They now present the various stations of the ceremonial act in sound: the arrival of the King in London, the triumphal procession to the cathedral, the solemn coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, the ensuing royal banquet and the royal masques that followed. The result is a gripping sonic painting - supported by carefully incorporated background noise – that allows us to immerse ourselves in a magnificent event of the early baroque English monarchy.

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July 2015

Locke's five-part suite for the reconstituted royal wind band...it is performed here with nuanced shading and flawless technique...The aromatic tint of Westminster Abbey's bells and library soundscapes...all seem a bit pointless when this album clearly isn't a credible reconstruction of events - but on their own terms these excellent performances are highly enjoyable.

12th February 2015

The performances, directed by Wim Becu, are consistently good; there’s some lovely choral singing from Psallentes.

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