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The coronation of King George II.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 29090
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- King's Consort. Choir, performer.
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Coronation music.
- Anthems.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Fanfares.
- Orchestral music.
- Genre:
- Orchestral music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hyperion, [2001]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Tolling bell of Westminster Abbey
- The preparations. Trumpet fanfare ; Drum procession ; Vivat ; Trumpet fanfare ; O Lord, grant the king a long life / William Child
- The procession. A grand instrumental procession / George Frederic Handel
- The entrance. I was glad when they said unto me / Henry Purcell
- The recognition. God save King George ; Trumpet fanfare ; Let thy hand be strengthened / George Frederic Handel
- The litany. O God, the father of heaven / Thomas Tallis
- The anointing. Come Holy Ghost / John Farmer ; Zadok the priest / George Frederic Handel
- The investiture. Trumpet fanfare ; Behold, O God, our defender / John Blow
- The crowning. Trumpet fanfare ; God save the King ; The King shall rejoice / George Frederic Handel
- Te Deum. Te Deum (from the Second service) / Orlando Gibbons
- The inthronisation. Trumpet fanfare
- The homage. God spake sometime in visions / John Blow ; Drums ; Trumpet fanfare ; God save the King
- The coronation of the Queen. My heart is inditing / George Frederic Handel
- The recessional. Trumpet fanfare ; March / George Frederic Handel ; Trumpet fanfare ; Drum procession
- The bells of London.
- Participant:
- Choir of the King's Consort ; King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor.
- Notes:
- Possible reconstruction of the ceremony celebrating the coronation of George II of Great Britain in 1727.
- Recorded Feb. 3-7, 2001, St. Jude-on-the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Robert King and texts, in English with French and German translations (55 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Child, William, 1606?-1697. O Lord, grant the king a long life (Full anthem).
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Occasional oratorio. Ouverture
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I was glad when they said unto me (1685)
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Coronation anthems.
- Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585. Litany, voices (5)
- Farmer, John, active 1591-1601. Come Holy Ghost.
- Blow, John, -1708. Behold, O God, our defender (1689)
- Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625. Services, no. 2. Te Deum
- Blow, John, -1708. God spake sometime in visions.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Occasional oratorio. Marche
- OCLC:
- 48687429
- Publisher Number:
- 034571172866
- CDA67286 Hyperion
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