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Handel: Coronation Anthems
Artist: RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin
Format: CD
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1. Handel: An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Overture
2. Handel: An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Allegro
3. Handel: An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Adadio
4. Handel: An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Marche
5. Handel: The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield: No.1, Chorus "The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield"
6. Handel: The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield: No.2, Verse "Now I Know That the Lord Saveth His Anointed"
7. Handel: The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield: No.3, Chorus "For the King Trusteth in the Lord"
8. Handel: The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield: No.4, Verse "His Salvation Is Nigh Them That Fear Him"
9. Handel: The Lord Is a Sun and a Shield: No.5, Chorus "Blessed Be the Lord God of Israel"
10. Handel: Chaconne in G Major
11. Handel: Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
12. Handel: Coronation Anthems, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259: No.1, Let Thy Hand
13. Handel: Coronation Anthems, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259: No.2, Let Justice and Judgment
14. Handel: Coronation Anthems, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259: No.3, Alleluia
15. Handel: Coronation Anthems, the King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260: No.1, the King Shall Rejoice
16. Handel: Coronation Anthems, the King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260: No.2, Exceeding Glad Shall He Be
17. Handel: Coronation Anthems, the King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260: No.3, Glory and Great Worship
18. Handel: Coronation Anthems, the King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260: No.4, Alleluia
19. Handel: Coronation Anthems, My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: No.1, My Heart Is Inditing
20. Handel: Coronation Anthems, My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: No.2, King's Daughters
21. Handel: Coronation Anthems, My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: No.3, Upon Thy Right Hand
22. Handel: Coronation Anthems, My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: No.4, Kings Shall Be Thy Nursing Fathers

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In 1727, having just become a naturalised British subject, Handel was commissioned to write a set of anthems for the coronation of George II. Since he could hardly have expected ever to see a more majestic occasion, the composer took full advantage of it to put on a musical firework display of unprecedented splendour. The RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin give thrilling accounts of these flamboyant works - some of which are still used today at each new coronation.
        
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