God Save The King – Music For A Royal Celebration je kompilácia slávnostnej britskej orchestrálnej a zborovej hudby vydaná na 2 CD pri príležitosti kráľovskej korunovácie. Album predstavuje výber z diel klasikov britskej hudby – od Händela cez Elgara až po Vaughana Williamsa.
Nahrávky zahŕňajú ikonické skladby ako Zadok the Priest, Elgarovu Nimrod z Enigma Variations, Jerusalem, Crown Imperial či Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. Na albume sa podieľajú prestížne súbory vrátane King's Division Normandy Band, Band of the Life Guards, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge a ďalšie. Kompiláciu dopĺňajú svetské i duchovné skladby – od Händelovej La Réjouissance cez Deliusovu On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring až po záverečnú Rule Britannia.
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CD1
1 God Save the King - Various
2 Trumpet Voluntary - King's Division Normandy Band
3 Pt. 2, Scene 7: Hallelujah Chorus - Various
4 IX (Adagio) 'Nimrod' - Various
5 Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258) - King's Division Normandy Band
6 Jupiter - Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band
7 Jerusalem - Various
8 The Lark Ascending - Various
9 Crown Imperial - Band of the Life Guards / Household Cavalry Band of the Life Guards
10 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major - King's Division Normandy Band
CD2
1 March No. 4 in G Major. Allegro marziale - Nobilmente - Grandioso - Various
2 La Rejouissance - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
3 Chanson de matin - Various
4 Fantasia on Greensleeves - Various
5 No. 12. Alla Hornpipe - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
6 Orb and Sceptre - Instrumental - Band of the Life Guards
7 Abide with Me - Watson, Russell / Synergy Vocals / Haslam, Micaela
8 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Various
9 I Was Glad - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, The
10 Act III : Rule Britannia - Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Philharmonia Chorale
