Handel Coronation Anthems
Sixteen Christophers
Handel Coronation Anthems
Sixteen Christophers
Gramophone Awards 2009 - Best Baroque Vocal
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Harry Christophers and The Sixteen add a brand new recording of\nHandel’s Coronation Anthems to their stunning catalogue of Handel\ndiscs.
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In one of his last undertakings before his death in 1727, King\nGeorge I signed an ‘Act for the naturalising of George Frideric\nHandel’ amongst others. One of Handel’s first tasks as a\nnaturalised British Citizen was to write the music for the\nCoronation of the new monarch - King George II which was to take\nplace later that year. Rarely did a composer of the day have such\nan audience for his new works and Handel’s four Anthems were\nwritten to match the pomp and grandeur of the occasion and, of\ncourse, the venue – Westminster Abbey. The Coronation Anthems have\ndelighted audiences ever since and appear in all their glory on\nthis recording interspersed with a selection of Handel favourites\nincluding Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Handel’s Organ Concerto in\nF Major Op. 4 No. 4 and two extracts from Messiah.
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