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Table of Contents:

• Coronation anthems. Zadok the priest, HWV 258 ; Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259 ; The king shall rejoice, HWV 260 ; My heart is inditing, HWV 261
• Esther : choruses from the 1732 version. Sinfonia ; Shall we the God of Israel fear ; Ye sons of Israel mourn ; Tyrants may a while presume ; Save us, o Lord ; God is our hope.

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 , composer

Contributors:

Cummings, Laurence , instrumental conductor

Ahmann, Philipp , choral conductor

Norddeutscher Rundfunk > Chor , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

FestspielOrchester Göttingen , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

Sung in English; also printed separately as text with German translations on insert in container.

Main Work:

Coronation anthems [by Handel, G.F.]

Included Works:

Coronation anthems [by Handel, G.F.] > Zadok the priest

Coronation anthems [by Handel, G.F.] > Let thy hand be strengthened

Coronation anthems [by Handel, G.F.] > King shall rejoice

Coronation anthems [by Handel, G.F.] > My heart is inditing

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Sinfonia

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Shall we the God of Israel fear

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Ye sons of Israel mourn

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Tyrants may a while presume

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Save us, o Lord

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > God is our hope

Subjects:

Anthems

Oratorios — Excerpts

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Coronation music

Oratorios

Genres:

Anthems

Oratorios

Excerpts

Coronation music

Live sound recordings

Performers:

NDR Chor ; Philipp Ahmann, chorus master ; FestspielOrchester Göttingen ; Laurence Cummings, direction.

Production Credits:

Hans-Ulrich Bastin, Michael Havenstein, recording producers ; Martin Lohmann, Katja Zeidler, recording engineer ; Tobias Wolff, Michael Sawall, executive producers.

Performance Medium:

Mixed chorus; orchestra
Orchestra
5 ensembles: mixed chorus [SATB]; orchestra
1 ensemble: orchestra

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Program and biographical notes in English and German on insert in container.
(1st work) recorded live 2014 June 7, Stadthalle Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
(2nd work) recorded live 2014 May 17, Stadthalle Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
HWV 258 HWV
HWV 259 HWV
HWV 260 HWV
HWV 261 HWV
HWV 50b HWV

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 153,172

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 4015023264052
Publisher Number, Accent: ACC 26405

OCLC Numbers:

1053494067
953152089 [Invalid]