Various Artists - The Coronation Of Their Majesties King Charles Iii And Queen Camilla - Import 2 CD

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Various Artists

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Celebration of the Coronation of the New King Charles III of Great Britain. On May 6, 2023, the coronation of the new King Charles III and Queen Camilla took place at Westminster Abbey, and Decca will release the official recording of the coronation ceremony on 2 CDs. The program features contemporary and traditional British music, including 12 recent works commissioned by His Majesty the King. The commissioned works include six orchestral works, five choral works, and one organ work, specially composed by world-renowned British composers of classical and religious music, film, television, and musicals. Artists with roots in all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are included.Judith Weir, the King's Master of Music; Welsh composer Sir Carl Jenkins; classical and film composer Sarah Klass; three composers who skillfully strung together responses to Irish hymns into a single work, Nigel Hess, Roderick Williams and Shirley Thompson; Ian Farrington, who wrote a commissioned organ piece; film composer Patrick Doyle; Christopher Robinson, who composed the ceremonial fanfare; Paul Mealer, noted for his songs sung in Welsh; television and film composer Debbie Wiseman; musical The program will feature new works by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a well-known composer of musicals, Roxanna Panufnik, a Polish-British composer, and Tariq O'Regan, who was commissioned by the King to write "Agnus Dei" for his coronation. (1/2) Universal Music/IMS

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