Handel: The Coronation of King George II

This is a ‘normal’ concert, and filmed as such, the focus being very much on its 21st-century performers…The singing and playing here are of predictable high quality. A college or cathedral choir... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

Release Date: 25th Jan 2019
Catalogue No: CVS005
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Handel: The Coronation of King George II

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The Coronation of King George II was a magnificent event, deploying great pomp and ceremonial, elevated by music of an equal splendour. Handel, the celebrated opera composer, was commissioned by the new king to compose the music for this grand ceremony which was due to be held at Westminster Abbey. His antiphons stood by ceremonial works by other composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, Thomas Tallis, John Farmer, Orlando Gibbons and William Child, intermingled with superb fanfares and processions of drums. The result is one of the most beautiful ceremonial works ever written for a coronation in England.

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April 2019

This is a ‘normal’ concert, and filmed as such, the focus being very much on its 21st-century performers…The singing and playing here are of predictable high quality. A college or cathedral choir might have set a more atmospheric tone but the singing of The King’s Consort’s adult professionals is excellent.

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