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These discs present a rich and varied flavour of Britain’s capital city. Offering a diverse and wide-ranging taste of music spanning over three centuries, the pieces on this compilation are evocative of London in all its glory, whether that be light musical cameos of famous locations, to the archetypal Coronation Anthems of Handel and the eponymous symphonies of Haydn and Vaughan Williams. This 2-CD set contains music by some of Britain’s most popular native and adopted composers. The first disc on this compilation offers a nostalgic trip back through British light music, easily recognized for its emphasis on instantly accessible and catchy melodies. Tracks include the popular Yeoman of the Guard overture by Arthur Sullivan, as well as extracts from the London Suites by Dam Busters composer Eric Coates and Dankworth’s Rediffusion London Call Sign. The second disc comprises more traditional pieces, ranging from delicate lute arrangements of Henry VIII’s attributed ditty Greensleeves to Walton’s joyous coronation march Crown Imperial. | 
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| |  | Handel - Dettingen Te Deum
Richard Marlow (organ) The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Layton The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain’s great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial
Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this latest disc for Hyperion. Accompanied
throughout by the Academy of Ancient Music, the choir performs one of Handel’s most florid and dazzling works, the
Dettingen Te Deum, which was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphal return from the Battle of Dettingen in
1743. As might be imagined, much of this work is thrillingly bellicose, but some highly cultivated writing shows the
composer’s range, expressive versatility and imagination.
The disc also includes a stylish performance of the Organ Concerto No 14 in A major with Trinity’s former musical
director Richard Marlow at the organ, as well as Handel’s best-loved and most gloriously ceremonial anthem, Zadok the
Priest. “In this excellent account of Zadock the Priest by Layton, the most striking numbers are the internalised prayers for redemption and mercy, rather than the royal brown-nosing and tub-thumping. The youthful (undergraduate) voices of Trinity’s choir sing superbly throughout, and quite magnificently in Zadok, which rounds off the disc climactically after a stylish performance of the A major Organ Concerto by Richard Marlow.” Sunday Times, 22nd June 2008 **** “Composed to celebrate George II's victory against the French in 1743 - the last time a British monarch led his troops into battle - the "Dettingen" Te Deum is often dismissed as Handelian tub-thumping. Yet, in a performance as precise and exuberant as this (wonderfully expressive diction from the Trinity Choir), its trumpet-and-drum-fuelled extroversion comes across as elementally exciting rather than merely brash.
Handel is careful, though, to leaven bellicose ceremonial with moments of quiet entreaty, as in the poignant bass solo "Vouchsafe, O Lord", sensitively sung here by Neal Davies.
Zadok the Priest is duly overwhelming, without ponderousness, while Richard Marlow's nimble performance of the organ concerto makes a delightful bonus.” The Telegraph, 31st May 2008 “Trinity College Choir go a long way to restoring the [Te Deum] here, giving it the performance it failed to get first time, when, instead of St Paul's, Handel squeezed his musicians into the chapel at St James's Palace. Great singing with sprightly playing from the Academy.” The Observer, 25th May 2008 |
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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Handel - Coronation Anthems
The Holland Boys Choir, David Willcocks | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | All Angels: Into Paradise
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| |  | Royal Occasions - Music for the Royal Collection
Westminster Abbey Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Band of the Life Guards & Philharmonia Orchestra A resplendent collection of music celebrating the diamond (60th) wedding anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on 20th November 2007. Her Majesty will be the first reigning Sovereign to reach this anniversary. To mark the occasion, a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace this summer recreates the day in 1947 when Princess Elizabeth married The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey. Released to tie in with this anniversary, Royal Occasions contains music written for or associated with various regal celebrations. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Handel: Coronation Anthems
Rien Voskuilen (organ) Holland Boys Choir & The Dutch Baroque Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Essential Choral Classics
Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus | Bach, J S: | Mass in B minor, BWV232: Sanctus Mass in B minor, BWV232: Osanna Wir setzen uns (St. Matthew Passion) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata BWV147) | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Ode to joy (excerpt) | Brahms: | Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (from Ein Deutsches Requiem) | Elgar: | Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul (from The Dream of Gerontius) | Fauré: | Requiem: Sanctus Requiem: In Paradisum | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus | Handel: | Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' For unto us a child is born (from Messiah) Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah | Haydn: | Die Himmel erzaehlen (The Creation) Kyrie (Nelson Mass) | Mahler: | Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' - Finale (excerpt) | Mendelssohn: | Hear My Prayer Thanks Be To God (Elijah) | Mozart: | Laudate Dominum Requiem in D minor, K626 - Lacrimosa Ave verum corpus, K618 | Orff: | Carmina Burana: O Fortuna | Rossini: | Kyrie (Petite messe solennelle) | Tallis: | Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs '40-part Motet' | Tavener: | Song for Athene | trad.: | Simple Gifts Deep River | Verdi: | Dies irae…Tuba mirum (Requiem) | Vivaldi: | Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria in D) Et in terra pax (Gloria in D) |
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| |  | The Very Best of Handel
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