“Robert King’s magical history tour of Hanoverian London brings life to contemporary accounts of the coronation of George II. Outstanding accounts of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and a joyful reading of Purcell’s I was glad … a powerful experience” Classic FM Magazine
“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 is inditing, written specifically for the simultaneous coronation of Queen Caroline, the Choir of the King's Consort are at their sensitive best.” Paul Cutts, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002
“A reconstruction, complete with a plethora of fanfares, drum processions, schoolboys shouting 'Vivat Rex!', and a great deal of bell clanging … all of it impressive music, well played and sung, and vividly recorded” Sunday Times
