Händel: Coronation Anthems HWV 258-261 und andere Werke

Handel s Coronation Anthems have delighted audiences ever since their first performance in 1727. They appear in all their glory on this recording interspersed with a selection of Handel favourites including an interesting version of his Organ Concerto in F Major Opus 4 in its original version with the finale of an Hallelujah chorus. One of Handel s first tasks as a naturalized British Citizen was to write the music for the Coronation of the new monarch King George II. Rarely did a composer of the day have such an audience for his new works and Handel composed his four Anthems to match the pomp and grandeur of the occasion and, of course, the venue Westminster Abbey.