Crown & Glory -Various Artists (2CD CD DOUBLE SLIMLINE)

Crown & Glory -Various Artists (2CD CD DOUBLE SLIMLINE) This brand-new double album features music of pomp, pageantry, ceremony, and celebration, and is designed to set the mood for this May’s much-anticipated coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort, Camilla. ‘Crown and Glory’ houses 42 tracks – over two and a half hours - of British orchestral, instrumental, and choral music from across four centuries. Music enjoyed at coronations, jubilees and state occasions sits alongside evergreens of the Great British classical songbook heard throughout the year at annual national events such as the Last Night of the Proms. Melodies reflecting the close tie between the monarchy and the armed services also feature, as do select songs and tunes beloved by each country of the Union. Historical classics such as George Frideric Handel’s epic anthem Zadok the Priest (written for the coronation of King George II in 1727) and Hubert Parry’s I Was Glad (first heard at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902) all prominently. Further popular tracks include Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia, I Vow To Thee My Country and selections from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and the Water Music Suites, as well as coronation classics such as Walton’s Orb and Sceptre and A Coronation March, a new rendition of the National Anthem, and unique musical medleys from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Featuring performances drawn from the rich Decca and Universal Music catalogue, artists include Freddie De Tommaso, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and The Sixteen, as well as Sir Bryn Terfel, who will perform at the coronation, and the Central Band of the RAF, whose Fanfare Trumpeters will also take part. TRACKLISTINGS CD1 Handel Zadok the Priest - The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock Elgar Land of Hope and Glory - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth Parry Jerusalem - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth Arne Rule Britannia - Della Jones, BBC Concert Orchestra Elgar Pomp and Circumstance Op 39: March No 4 - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth Holst I Vow To Thee My Country - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth Ulrich Roever, Michael Korb - Highland Cathedral - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Eric CoatesLondon Suite - 3 - Knightsbridge (March) - BBC Concert Orchestra, Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks - Suite HWV351 - 3: La Paix- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks - Suite HWV351 - 4: La rejouissance - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Trad. All People That On Earth Do Dwell - Various Walford Davies - RAF March Past Central Band of the Royal Air Force Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth William Boyce - The King Shall Rejoice - Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom Edwin Franko Goldman - On The Mall- Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell Anon Scotland the Brave - Bay State Pipes and Drums, Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams Mai Jones, Lyn Joshua, James Harper We'll Keep A Welcome - Bryn Terfel Jeremiah Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Holdsworth Trad. - Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy) - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner Various - Nation's Pride - The Band of the Coldstream Guards Richards - God Bless The Prince of Wales - Morriston Orpheus Choir CD2 Trad. God Save The King - Freddie De Tomasso Trad. The British Grenadiers - The Band of the Coldstream Guards Handel -Water Music Suite No 1 in F Major - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Handel - Water Music Suite No 1 in F Major - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Handel - Water Music - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Charles Wood O Thou the Central Orb - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers Trad. - Scottish Medley - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Walton - Spitfre Prelude Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Cmdr Duncan Stubbs John Goss - Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Wallingford Parish Church Choir John Mervyn Addison Reach for the Sky - Central Band of the Royal Air Force Evan JollyGuide Me O Thou Great Redeemer - Wallingford Parish Church Choir Thomas Arne, Edward Elgar - Britannia Salute - The Band of HM Royal Marines, Nick Grace Walton - Orb and Sceptre - Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams Peter Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness - Piano Collective Trad. Land of my Fathers - The Fron Male Voice Choir Handel - My Heart is Inditing - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Henry Russell A Life On The Ocean Waves - The Band of HM Royal Marines Trad. - All Through The Night - The Fron Male Voice Choir Walton - Crown Imperial: A Coronation March - BBC Concert Orchestra Parry - I Was Glad - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers Handel - Hallelujah Chorus - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner