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The Four Coronation Anthems: “My heart is inditing”, HWV 261

The Four Coronation Anthems: “My heart is inditing”, HWV 261 by George Frideric Handel, composed 1727. 50 recordings in this catalogue, from 1963 to 2021.

Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir · 12 recordings

David Hill

Conductor · 8 recordings

David Willcocks

Conductor · 8 recordings

Robert King

Conductor · 8 recordings

English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra · 8 recordings

The King's Consort

Orchestra · 8 recordings

Edward Higginbottom

Conductor · 4 recordings

Harry Christophers

Conductor · 4 recordings

Most reissued catalogue entries

Ranked by linked albums in the catalogue, with compilations left out and at most two entries per conductor or soloist. Some entries are candidate groups of movements with shared publications and credits. These connections do not establish a shared recording session, equivalent mastering or recording quality.

Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert
catalogue year 1981 · on 5 albums
Browse 1 recording and 5 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
- Recording 1
Linked albums
David Willcocks, Holland Boys Choir
catalogue year 1996 · on 5 albums
Browse 1 recording and 5 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
- Recording 1
Linked albums
David Willcocks, Holland Boys Choir
catalogue year 1996 · on 5 albums
Browse 1 recording and 5 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
- Recording 1
Linked albums
Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1983 · on 4 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 4 catalogue recordings
Browse 4 recordings and 4 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
Linked albums

Recordings (50 of 50)

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers	Year	Label
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261): I. My heart is inditingDavid Hill Year: 1993	1993	Decca Classics	2:57
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261): III. Upon thy right handDavid Hill Year: 1993	1993	Decca Classics	2:58
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261): IV. Kings, kings shall be thy nursing fathersDavid Hill Year: 1993	1993	Decca Classics	3:06
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261): II. King's daughters were among thy honourable womenDavid Hill Year: 1993	1993	Decca Classics	2:55
My heart is inditing, HWV 261: Allegro e staccato "Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers"Edward Higginbottom, Robert King, The King's Consort Year: 1989	1989	Hyperion	3:11
My heart is inditing, HWV 261: Andante "Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold; And the King shall have pleasure in thy beauty"Edward Higginbottom, Robert King, The King's Consort Year: 1989	1989	Hyperion	3:05
My heart is inditing, HWV 261: Andante "Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women"Edward Higginbottom, Robert King, The King's Consort Year: 1989	1989	Hyperion	2:58
My heart is inditing, HWV 261: Andante "My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made unto the King"Edward Higginbottom, Robert King, The King's Consort Year: 1989	1989	Hyperion	2:47
Third Movement–from Coronation Anthem 'The Heart is Inditing'John Pritchard, Northern Sinfonia, Huddersfield Choral Society Year: 1987	1987	Academy Sound and Vision Ltd	3:12
My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: King’s Daughters Were Among Thy Honorable WomenNeville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Year: 1984	1984	Philips	2:36
My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: Kings Shall Be Thy Nursing FathersNeville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Year: 1984	1984	Philips	2:53
My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: My Heart Is InditingNeville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Year: 1984	1984	Philips	2:40
My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261: Upon Thy Right HandNeville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Year: 1984	1984	Philips	3:19
Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing: IV. "Kings shall be thy nursing fathers"Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1983	1983	EMI Digital	3:13
Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing: III. "Upon thy right hand"Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1983	1983	EMI	3:07
Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing: II. "King's daughters"Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1983	1983	EMI	2:53
Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing: I. "My heart is inditing"Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1983	1983	EMI	3:06
The Anthems for the Coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline: III. My heart is inditing, HWV 261Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Year: 1981	1981	Decca Classics	12:00
Coronation Anthems: II. My heart is inditing: King's daughtersDavid Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1963	1963	Decca Records	3:04
Coronation Anthems: II. My heart is inditing: Kings shall be thy nursing fathersDavid Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge Year: 1963	1963	London Records	3:06

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