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Music of the Kingdom

3/31/2014, 18 Tracks, 1:15:47

Featuring

  • Harry Christophers
  • Neil MacKenzie
  • Simon Berridge
  • Elin Manahan Thomas
  • Eamonn Dougan
  • The Sixteen
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Thomas Tomkins
  • Thomas Tallis
  • William Byrd
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Henry Purcell
  • Edmund Turges
  • Robert Ramsey
  • Robert Carver
  • Orlando Gibbons
  • Pelham Humfrey

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Performer Biography

The Sixteen won the Classic FM Gramophone Artist of the Year Award and the Baroque Vocal Award for Handel's Coronation Anthems in 2009.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The compilation "Music of the Kingdom" spans 500 years of music associated with English, Scottish, and British royalty, from Robert Carver to Benjamin Britten.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Sixteen, the ensemble performing this music, has a special reputation for early English polyphony, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods, as well as 20th- and 21st-century music.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Handel's "Zadok the Priest" has been played at every British monarch's coronation since 1727 and is also the theme tune for the Champions League football game.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This compilation, "Music of the Kingdom," includes one newly recorded track: William Byrd's "O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen to rejoice in thy strength."

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Harry Christophers, the founder and conductor of The Sixteen, was appointed Artistic Director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society in 2008.

Source: Booklet

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