Various Artists - Coronation of the First Elizabeth / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This recording of the BBC's broadcast of the coronation service from Westminster Abbey was taken by means of a direct line to Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London. The splendid ritual of the coronation rite has offered to composers of succeeding generations an opportunity to provide music of fitting beauty and to the choirs taking part an incentive to excel in presenting music in which Britain has a rich and unique tradition. Some of this music had been heard in earlier coronations, some was composed especially for this occasion. Old and new were woven into the fabric of the ceremony with great skill, and the recording provides a sound-picture representing some five centuries of the finest of English church music. The Coronation Choir was a large one of over four hundred singers, the voices, with the exception of a few sopranos and contraltos from the Commonwealth, being those of men and boys. Certain famous choirs were present in full force, having a prescriptive right to sing at the coronation. Among these were the choirs of Westminster Abbey, HM Chapel Royal, St George's Chapel, Windsor, and St Paul's Cathedral; the remaining singers were drawn from choirs throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland with a considerable number of 'additional' altos, tenors, and basses who were well known soloists or who at some time had been members of famous choirs. As each member of these choirs was thoroughly at home with church music of every degree of difficulty, the resultant tone was of singular beauty rich, majestic and of great flexibility. The accompaniments were shared by the fine organ of the abbey and a full orchestra made up of eminent soloists and of players nominated from leading orchestras. The special fanfares, composed by Sir Ernest Bullock, were played by massed trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, under their c

This new from The University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony and conductor Bradley J. Genevro features world premiere recordings of wind band works by Anthony O'Toole, Chris Pilsner, Steven Bryant, Mark Ford, Eric Richards, Jodie Blackshaw, and Bruce Yurko. UTEP WIND SYMPHONY - The University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony is the top concert band in the music department at the University of Texas at El Paso. The Wind Symphony performs a wide variety of literature for the wind band including transcriptions, and works from the standard and contemporary wind repertoire. The ensemble frequently tours the Southwest region. The Wind Symphony has been active in the commissioning of new works for wind band and strives to deliver powerfully expressive performances. The ensemble has been invited to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association convention three times, and the College Band Directors National Association convention twice and recently accepted an invitation to perform at the American Bandmasters Association National Convention in 2019 in Colorado. Their premier recording under Bradley Genevro in Fanfare Magazine rendered the following review The University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) Wind Symphony plays all of this repertoire with crackerjack precision and evident commitment and enthusiasm under it's new conductor.

Album Tracks 1. Work(S) Trumpet Tune 2. I Was Glad (Psalm 122), Anthem for Chorus & Organ (Or Orchestra) 3. Behold, O God Our Defender for Chorus 4. Let My Prayer Come Up 5. Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1 for Chorus & Orchestra, HWV 258 6. Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare) 7. Rejoice in the Lord Always, for Chorus 8. Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace, for Chorus & Organ 9. The Old 100th Psalm ('All People That on Earth Do Dwell'), for Chorus, Unison Chorus, Orchestra & Organ 10. Mass for Soloists & Chorus in G minor Sanctus 11. O Taste and See, Motet for Chorus & Organ (Psalm 34) 12. Gloria in Excelsis 13. Coronation Te Deum, for Soloists, Chorus, Organ & Orchestra 14. Fanfare 15. God Save the Queen (National Anthem, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland) 16. Orb and Scepter, Coronation March for Orchestra