Handel - Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - 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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Special offer. Handel: Coronation Anthems
Rias Kammerchor, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
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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The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 coronation. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement
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Les Grandes Eaux de Versailles: Music of the Royal Festivities
Collegium 1704, Galilei Consort, Le Poème Harmonique, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Stradivaria, The King's Consort, Vaclav Luks, Robert King, Benjamin Chénier, Vincent Dumestre, Sébastien d'Hérin, Gaétan Jarry, Daniel Cuiller
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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 - 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 Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Handel - Dettingen Te Deum
Richard Marlow (organ)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Layton
Layton fervently rethinks every detail. His tempos are faultless, the Academy of Ancient Music plays as though possessed, and Neal Davies's solos lend an authority complementing the more soft-grained... — More…
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they make a tremendous noise – Zadok is absolutely thunderous, its drumbeats sounding like cannons going off outside somewhere, and Handel’s My heart is inditing (lit by glittering bursts from... — More…
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