Handel: Coronation Anthems

Tout juste naturalisé sujet britannique, Haendel se voit confier la composition d’hymnes pour le couronnement de George II (1727). N’imaginant pas connaître un jour d’occasion plus majestueuse, le musicien en profite pour déployer un feu d’artifice musical d’une luxuriance inouïe. Le RIAS Kammerchor et l’Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin exaltent ces pages flamboyantes – dont certaines continuent à être utilisées aujourd’hui encore pour chaque nouveau couronnement !

#	Nom	Durée	Version
1	An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Overture	02:32
2	An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Allegro	02:30
3	An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Adagio	02:31
4	An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Marche	01:36
5	The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 1, Chorus "The Lord is a sun and a shield"	01:41
6	The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 2, Verse "Now I know that the Lord saveth his anointed"	02:13
7	The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 3, Chorus "For the king trusteth in the Lord"	01:20
8	The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 4, Verse "His salvation is nigh them that fear him"	01:35
9	The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 5, Chorus "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel"	01:19
10	Chaconne in G Major	05:09
11	Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest, HWV 258	05:31
12	Coronation Anthems, Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 1, Let thy hand	02:59
13	Coronation Anthems,Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 2, Let justice and judgment	03:23
14	Coronation Anthems, Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 3, Alleluia	01:58
15	Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 1, The King shall rejoice	02:45
16	Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 2, Exceeding glad shall he be	02:51
17	Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 3, Glory and great worship	02:33
18	Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 4, Alleluia	02:38
19	Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 1, My heart is inditing	02:43
20	Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 2, King’s daughters	03:26
21	Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 3, Upon thy right hand	03:05
22	Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 4, Kings shall be thy nursing fathers	02:49