Friday 12 June 2020

Handel - 4 Coronation Anthems. Dixit Dominus. Utrecht & Jubilate (Willcocks, Cleobury, Hill, Preston) [2CD]


G.F. Handel


4 Coronation Anthems, HWV 258-261


The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
(on modern instruments)

David Willcocks, dir.


Recording: King's College, Cambridge, 7-8/1963
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Dixit Dominus, HWV 232


Isobel Buchanan, Anne Mackay, sopranos
Michael Chance, countertenor
William Kendall, tenor
Henry Herford, bass

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
(on modern instruments)

Stephen Cleobury, dir.


Recording: King's College Cambridge, 12/1986
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Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268


Gillian Fisher, Libby Crabtree, sopranos
Charles Brett, countertenor
John Elwes, tenor

The Choir of Winchester Cathedral
The Brandenburg Consort
(on period instruments)

David Hill, dir.


Recording: Winchester Cathedral, 2/1993
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Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate, HWV 278 & 279


Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, sopranos
Charles Brett, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, tenors
David Thomas, bass

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
The Academy of Ancient Music
(on period instruments)

Simon Preston, dir.


Recording: St Jude's, Hampstead, 7/1979
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Edition: Decca 1997
TT: 147'08''