V/A: Great British Anthems
Celebrate Britain’s glorious musical heritage with this double album of festive favourites. From the grandeur of coronations, to the simple beauty of the English countryside, to the exuberance of the Last Night of the Proms, this collection brings together all the iconic anthems of the British spirit.
CD1
1 HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance
2 HOLST The Planets: Jupiter
3 BINGE The Watermill
4 WALTON Crown Imperial
5 CLARKE The Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary)
6 COATES Youth of Britain: The Princess Elizabeth
7 DYKES Eternal Father, Strong to Save
8 ALFORD Colonel Bogey – March
9 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
10 HANDEL Zadok the Priest
11 ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod
12 COATES The Dam Busters – March
13 DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
14 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3
15 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending – excerpt
16 ARNE Rule, Britannia!
CD2
1 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)
2 PURCELL Fairest Isle
3 BINGE Elizabethan Serenade
4 HANDEL Messiah: Hallelujah!
5 HANDEL Let the Bright Seraphim
6-13 SULLIVAN Pineapple Poll
14 HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
15 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Bright is the Ring of Words
16 COATES Knightsbridge – March
17 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
18 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Somerset: Folk Songs – March
19 LENNON / McCARTNEY / LANCHBERY The Yesterday Concerto
20 GOODWIN 633 Squadron – Main Theme
21 PARRY Jerusalem
22 TRADITIONAL God Save the Queen
23 TRADITIONAL Auld Lang Syne
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