VA - Glorious Majesty: Music for English Kings & Queens (2012)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Glorious Majesty: Music for English Kings & Queens
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: EMI / Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 3:47:24
Total Size: 1.06 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Glorious Majesty: Music for English Kings & Queens
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: EMI / Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 3:47:24
Total Size: 1.06 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
1. Zadok the Priest
2. And all the people rejoic'd
3. God save the King
4. Let thy hand be strengthened
5. Let justice and judgement
6. Alleluia!
7. The King shall rejoice
8. Exceeding glad shall he be
9. Glory and worship
10. Thou hast prevented him
11. Alleluia!
12. My heart is inditing
13. Kings' daughters
14. Upon thy right hand
15. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
16. Anthem: O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth
Come ye sons of Art away, Z 323
17. Symphony (Largo - Allegro - Adagio)
18. Come ye sons of art away (ritornello, ct I verse & chorus)
19. Sound the trumpet (ct I & II verse)
20. Come ye sons of art away (ritornello & chorus)
21. Strike the viol (ct II verse & ritornello)
22. The day that such a blessing gave (bass verse & chorus)
23. Bid the Virtues (sop. verse)
24. These are the sacred charms (bass verse)
25. See Nature rejoicing (sop. & bass verse & chorus)
Funeral Music for Queen Mary
26. March Z860i
27. Canzona Z860ii - March (Recessional)
28. Thou knowest, Lord, Z.58c
CD 2
Eternal source of light divine
1. 1. Eternal source of light divine
2. 2. The day that gave great Anna birth
3. 3. Let all the wingèd race with joy
4. 4. Let flocks and herds their fear forget
5. The day that gave
6. 5. Let rolling streams their gladness show
7. 6. Kind Health descends on downy wings
8. 7. The day that gave great Anna birth
9. 8. Let Envy then conceal her head
10. 9. United nations shall combine
11. The day that gave
Music for the Royal Fireworks
12. I. Ouverture
13. II. Bourrée
14. III. La Paix
15. IV. La Réjouissance
16. V. Menuet I & II
Coronation Ode, Op.44
17. I. Crown the King
18. IIa. The Queen
19. IIb. Daughter of ancient Kings
20. III. Britain, ask of thyself
21. IV. Hark, upon the hallowed air...Only let the heart be pure
22. V. Peace, gentle Peace
23. VI. Land of hope and glory
CD 3
1. Imperial March, Op.32
2. O hearken thou (Offertory) Op.64
3. Coronation March Op.65
Nursery Suite
4. IV. The Sad Doll (Andantino)
5. I was glad
6. Crown Imperial - Coronation March (1937)
7. Coronation Te Deum
8. Orb and Sceptre - Coronation March (1953)
9. O taste and see
10. All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth)
11. Jubilate Deo (1961)
Gloriana - Symphonic Suite from the opera Op.53a
12. I. The Tournament
13. III. The Courtly Dances
14. The National Anthem (arr. Elgar)
Glorious Majesty – Music for English Kings and Queens is a 3CD collection of classical music written for English Kings and Queens through the ages. From Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II (via Queen Mary II, Queen Anne, George II, Edward VI and George V), the collection includes the much-loved classics Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks, Parry’s I was glad, Elgar’s Coronation March, Walton’s Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre, and not forgetting Elgar’s arrangement of the National Anthem.