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An English Coronation, 1902-1953

Paul McCreesh · Rowan Pierce

Signum Records2019Cat. SIGCD5691h 46m23 tracks

An English Coronation, 1902-1953 (2019), CD, on Signum Records. Music by Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Orlando Gibbons, William Walton, performed by Paul McCreesh, Rowan Pierce; 23 tracks.

Composers

Edward Elgar3 Ralph Vaughan Williams3 Orlando Gibbons2 William Walton2 Charles Villiers Stanford1 Charles Wood1 David Matthews1 George Frideric Handel1 Henry Purcell1 Herbert Howells1 John Merbecke1 Louis Bourgeois1 Samuel Sebastian Wesley1 Thomas Tallis1 Walter Parratt1 William Byrd1 William Croft1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Coronation March

Edward Elgar - Coronation March, op. 65

10:43

02

The King’s Herald

Herbert Howells - King’s Herald

4:11

04

O most merciful

Charles Wood - O most merciful

1:47

05

Thomas Tallis - Litany "O God, the Father of Heaven"

9:02

06

O God, our help in ages past

William Croft - O God, our help in ages past

3:51

08

Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

5:45

13

Edward Elgar - O hearken thou, op. 64

2:25

16

Henry Purcell - Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

2:26

18

Creed (Mass in G minor)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor

6:52

21

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

5:13

Disc 2

02

Confortare: Be strong and play the man

Walter Parratt - Confortare

1:15

07

I will not leave you comfortless

William Byrd - I will not leave you comfortless

1:54

08

O clap your hands together

Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands

4:37

09

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

Samuel Sebastian Wesley - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

3:21

11

The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune

Louis Bourgeois - Old Hundredth

5:15

15

Sanctus (Mass in G minor)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor

2:45

17

O taste and see

Ralph Vaughan Williams - O taste and see

1:50

18

The Lord’s Prayer

John Merbecke - The Lord’s Prayer

1:30

20

“Coronation” Gloria in B-flat

Charles Villiers Stanford - Festal Communion Service in B-flat major, op. 128: Gloria

Paul McCreesh, Rowan Pierce

5:06

22

Orlando Gibbons - Great King of Gods (Lord of Lords), anthem for voices

1:05

23

Coronation Te Deum

William Walton - Coronation Te Deum

9:04

24

Recessional and National Anthem

David Matthews - Recessional and National Anthem, op. 150

10:12

25

William Walton - Crown Imperial

6:28