Church Bells of England

Track Listings

1. St. Mary Redcliffe

2. St. Paul's Cathedral

3. St. Vedast, Foster Lane

4. St. Lawrence, Jewry

5. St. Giles, Cripplegate

6. St. Clement Danes, Strand

7. St. Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct

8. St. Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside

9. St. Olave, Hart Street

10. St. Michael, Cornhil

11. St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield

12. Westminster Abbey

13. St. Martins in the Fields

14. St. John the Baptist, Burford, Oxon

15. St. Leonard, Blediinton, Gloucestershire

16. St. David, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Tracks:

St. Mary Redcliffe
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Vedast, Foster Lane
St. Lawrence, Jewry
St. Giles, Cripplegate
St. Clement Danes, Strand
St. Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct
St. Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
St. Olave, Hart Street
St. Michael, Cornhil
St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield
Westminster Abbey
St. Martins in the Fields
St. John the Baptist, Burford, Oxon
St. Leonard, Blediinton, Gloucestershire
St. David, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Customer Reviews:

Church Bells of England.......2007-03-30

As I am British by birth I thoroughly enjoy this CD. There is nothing quite like English church bells on a Sunday morning to remind me of home. We are also using the CD for our local church on Sunday mornings and it is lovely to hear the bells played from the church tower. Enclosed with this CD is a very detailed explanation of each church's bell configuration and information on the changes and chimes etc.

The Coronation of King George II / The King's Consort · Robert King

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Thumbs up for King's Consort!!

The Coronation of King George II / The King's Consort · Robert King
George Frideric Handel , Henry Purcell , and Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons John Blow
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QIT8
Release Date: 2001-11-13

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George II's coronation, which is depicted on this Hyperion two-CD set, took place in 1727 amid chaotic circumstances, and it's hard to know how much of the surviving documentation indicates what actually happened as against what was meant to happen. So Robert King's musical recreation of the event is inevitably a mixture of scholarship and speculation, throwing in items from past coronation ceremonies (like Purcell's I was glad) on challengeable evidence. But never mind. If you take this exercise in broad terms--and you should--it's brilliantly effective, with clear, sharp-edged performances of the four coronation anthems (including Zadok the Priest) that Handel definitely did write for the event. Along with that is what would in 1727 have been old music by Tallis, Gibbons, and Blow, plus spatial sound effects of grand processions, fanfares, shouts of acclamation, and the bells of London, all recorded in rural locations west of Swindon, because the real thing is drowned out these days by 21st-century traffic noise. One reservation: it's all a touch staid with overly stately tempi and less atmosphere than it could happily sustain. You just don't believe it's happening in Westminster Abbey (nor is it: most of the material was recorded in a Lutyens church in Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London). Also, over two CDs, the endless trumpet fanfares get a little wearing. But that's probably authentic. And since the second CD comes free, there's nothing to complain about. --Michael White

Customer Reviews:

Thumbs up for King's Consort!!.......2002-03-01

Well, this is just fascinating! Absolutely fascinating! (Sorry for repeating myself, it's a point that I just cannot seem to stress enough!! lol)

Of course, I'm a little biased too, towards the content of this compilation (being a monarchist), yet the musical and historical value of such a recording cannot be effectively conveyed in words. I will admit that I am only vaguely familiar with the sound of the king's consort choir and orchestra, but as they say, first impressions last, and this was a great first impression.

I am usually quite partial to the recordings of the King's college choir, but the King's consort choir has certainly proved an unbelieveable equality to me, with little of the usual vibrato in the high soprano lines, that tend to get on my nerves.

Of particular interest, are the coronation anthems, that Handel actually composed for the purpose of this very coronation. They are all wonderfully portrayed in all their splendour and grandeur, and yes, with a blaze of Handelian glory. They are all enjoyable to listen to, with the typical lyricism and melodious writings of Handels pen.

More unfamiliar, are anthems composed for earlier coronations and incorporated into the service for King George II. This is a great insight to the earlier styles of the renaissance anthem writing. At times they do seem to anticipate choral masterpieces of a later 'baroque' generation.

I must urge all to try this recording, and experience the pomp and ceremony of the crowning of the British Monarch.

Church Bells of England
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1989 Saydisc recording.1996 MHS release. 16 Tracks. "Traditional Change ringing from some of England's most famous peals-" Includes St. Paul's Cathedral,Westminster Abbey,...

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1. St. Mary Redcliffe
2. St. Paul's Cathedral
3. St. Vedast, Foster Lane
4. St. Lawrence, Jewry
5. St. Giles, Cripplegate
6. St. Clement Danes, Strand
7. St. Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct
8. St. Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
9. St. Olave, Hart Street
10. St. Michael, Cornhil
11. St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield
12. Westminster Abbey
13. St. Martins in the Fields
14. St. John the Baptist, Burford, Oxon
15. St. Leonard, Blediinton, Gloucestershire
16. St. David, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire