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This document provides an overview and track listing for a classical music album featuring George Frideric Handel's four Coronation Anthems and Music for the Royal Fireworks. The four Coronation Anthems were composed for the coronation of King George II and include "Zadok the Priest", "My Heart is Inditing", "Let Thy Hand be Strengthened", and "The King Shall Rejoice". The album also includes Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks composed in 1749 to celebrate the peace treaty between Britain and France. Reviews praise the album for its mighty and shattering recreation of the large scale instrumentation used in the original outdoor performances.

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Handel

This document provides an overview and track listing for a classical music album featuring George Frideric Handel's four Coronation Anthems and Music for the Royal Fireworks. The four Coronation Anthems were composed for the coronation of King George II and include "Zadok the Priest", "My Heart is Inditing", "Let Thy Hand be Strengthened", and "The King Shall Rejoice". The album also includes Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks composed in 1749 to celebrate the peace treaty between Britain and France. Reviews praise the album for its mighty and shattering recreation of the large scale instrumentation used in the original outdoor performances.

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  • The Four Coronation Anthems
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1. Zadok The Priest, HWV258 2. My Heart Is Inditing Of A Good Matter; I Speak Of The Things Which... 3.

King's Daughters Were Among Thy Honorable Women 4. Upon The Right Hand Did Stand The Queen In Vesture Of Gold; And The... 5. Kings Shall Be Thy Nursing Fathers, And Queens Thy Nursing Mothers. 6. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, And Thy Right Hand Be Exalted. 7. Let Justice And Judgement Be The Preparation Of Thy Seat. 8. Alleluia. Listen 9. The King Shall Rejoice In Thy Strength, O Lord. 10. Exceeding Glad Shall He Be Of Thy Salvation. 11. Glory And Great Worship Hast Thou Laid Upon Him. Thou Hast... 12. Alleluia. 13. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351 - Overture 14. Bouree 15. La Paix 16. La Rejouissance 17. Menuet I And II Contents: THE FOUR CORONATION ANTHEMS Zadok the Priest (HWV258) [5'33] (after I Kings 1,39-48) 1. Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon King. And all the people rejoiced and said: God save the King! Long live the King! May the King l ive for ever. Alleluia. Amen. My heart is inditing (HWV261) [11'58] (after Psalm 45: 1, 10, 12 and Isaiah 49:23) 2. My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. Andante [2'46] 3. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women. Andante [2'57] 4. Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold; And the King s hall have pleasure in thy beauty. Andante [3'03] 5. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers. Allegr o e staccato [3'08] Let thy hand be strengthened (HWV259) [7'51] (Psalm 89:13-14) 6. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand be exalted. [3'00] 7. Let justice and judgement be the preparation of thy seat. Larghetto [2'58) 8. Alleluia. [1'50] The King shall rejoice (HWV260) [10'54] (Psalm 21: 1, 2, 3, 5) 9. The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord. Allegro [2'43] 10. Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. Allegro [3'00] 11. Glory and great worship hast thou laid upon him. A tempo giusto - non tant o allegro. Thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness and hast set a crown of pure gold upon his head. Allegro [2'35] 12. Alleluia. Allegro [2'33] 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. MUSICK FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS [20'10] Ouverture [9'45] Bourre [1'38] La Paix [3'33] La Rjouissance [2'17] Menuet I and II [2'46]

CD COMPACT AWARD, SPAIN 'Mightily impressive' (The Guardian) 'This recording recreates the scale of [the] original outdoor performance with 2 4 oboes, nine each of horns and trumpets, a dozen bassoons, and a mighty percuss ion of four pairs of timpani including a unique pair of extra-large 'double drum s' and four side-drummers. The effect is shattering, the clearest justification for 'authenticity' in performance' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) 'Those two dozen oboes make magnificent and surprisingly clear sound, and the in clusion of the glorious Coronation Anthems composed for George II's coronation m akes the disc one of unashamed musical splendour' (The Sunday Times)

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