The British Choral Tradition Volume Two: Choirs Royal
Choral Music recorded at the 1937 Coronation of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, Westminster Abbey and the Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor recorded 1926-1933. Track Listing: Choral Music from the 1937 Coronation I was glad (Parry) Let my Prayer come up (Bairstow) Zadok the Priest (Handel) Confortare: Be strong and play the Man (Walford Davies) O Praise God in His Holiness (Dyson) Thou will keep him (S.S. Wesley) O hearken Thou (W. H. Harris) Gloria in Excelsis in B flat (Stanford) Festival Te Deum in F Major (Vaughan Williams) The Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Recorded 1926-1933 Glorious and Powerful God (Stanford) Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G (Stanford) Easter Processional- O filii et filiae (arr. Walford Davies) O Saviour of the World (Goss) Hosanna to the Son of David (Orlando Gibbons) O thou the central orb (Charles Wood) O strength and Stay (Bourgeois arr. Harris) The Manger throne (C. Steggall) Lord it belongs not to thy care (Walford Davies) Coronation Offertorium of 1910: O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling (Elgar) National Anthem (arr. Caley) & Psalm of thanksgiving (Allington & Walford Davies) Total Playing Time: 79:00