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Handel - Coronation Anthems Nos. 1-4
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These uplifting Baroque anthems are the high-water mark of music for royalty. More pomp and swagger may be found elsewhere, but Justin Doyle leads lively and stylish performances. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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With St Paul's Deptford standing in for Westminster Abbey the acoustic is ideally focused - no 'billow' blurring the edges of a wonderfully buoyant 'The King Shall Rejoice' (its ensuing 'Exceeding... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Niquet’s fluid lines heighten the drama by drawing out crucial words in long, upswelling crescendos, punctuated at climaxes by pungent brass and woodwinds...His performers apply dynamics with... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Fireworks Music & Coronation Anthems
The Choir of New College Oxford & The King's Consort, Robert King
Mightily impressive — More…
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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... — More…
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Coronation Anthems
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Dean (bass)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Special offer. A Handel Celebration
The Sixteen’s sell-out Proms concert
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Alastair Ross (organ)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Harry Christophers's crack team pulls out all the stops...if the pomp and regal circumstance undoubtedly impress, Christophers's tender shaping of the sighing phrase, his expressive dynamic... — More…
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Handel: Peace & Celebration
Alex Potter (countertenor)
European Union Baroque Orchestra & Choir Of Clare College Cambridge, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
The Coronation Anthems come over pretty well. The Clare College Choir is homogenous and mainly assured, though the technical balance does not always allow the voices to shine through the instrumental... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2014, Editor's Choice
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