Royal Handel
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Label: Naive
Cat No: V5307
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 30th July 2012
Contents
Works
Alcina, HWV34Theodora, HWV68
Artists
Sandrine PiauTopi Lehtipu
Patricia Petibon
Robert Expert
Bernarda Fink
Maria Bayo
Lucy Crowe
Richard Croft
Karina Gauvin
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Deborah York
Sara Mingardo
Les Musiciens di Louvre-Grenoble
Il Complesso Barocco
Concerto Italiano
La Grande Ecurie du Roy
Les Talens Lyriques
Capriccio Stravangante
Concerto Koln
Accentus
Conductors
Marc MinkowskiAlan Curtis
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Jean-Claude Malgloire
Christophe Rousset
Skip Sempe
Laurence Equilbey
Works
Alcina, HWV34Theodora, HWV68
Artists
Sandrine PiauTopi Lehtipu
Patricia Petibon
Robert Expert
Bernarda Fink
Maria Bayo
Lucy Crowe
Richard Croft
Karina Gauvin
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Deborah York
Sara Mingardo
Les Musiciens di Louvre-Grenoble
Il Complesso Barocco
Concerto Italiano
La Grande Ecurie du Roy
Les Talens Lyriques
Capriccio Stravangante
Concerto Koln
Accentus
Conductors
Marc MinkowskiAlan Curtis
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Jean-Claude Malgloire
Christophe Rousset
Skip Sempe
Laurence Equilbey
About
These words were sung by the combined choirs of the Chapel Royal and Westminster Abbey at the coronation of King George II of England on 11 October 1727. The impact of the first choral entry after a long instrumental introduction is so unforgettable that since then the anthem 'Zadok the Priest' has been sung at the Unction of each new British sovereign.
The event thus marked a consecration of sorts for its composer, born Georg Friedrich Händel in 1685 at Halle in Saxony and transformed into George Frideric Handel, British subject, by Act of Parliament dated 20 February of that same year 1727. He was to enjoy his most lasting success with a work devoid of action and dramatic protagonists, which set out the very basis of Christian doctrine in words drawn entirely from the Bible: 'Messiah', given its first performance in Dublin in 1742. The grandeur and sublime simplicity of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ so moved King George II that he rose from his seat; ever since then, it has been the tradition in Britain for the audience to stand for this movement.
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