Composers: Elgar, Howells, Luther, Wood, Tallis, Croft, Parry, Bullock, Vaughan Williams, Handel, Parratt, Redford, Byrd, Gibbons, Wesley, John Merbecke, Stanford, Walton, Matthews
Performers: Gabrieli Consort and Players, Gabrieli Roar, Chetham’s Symphonic Brass Ensemble/
Paul McCreesh
Catalogue Number: Signum SIGCD569 (2CD)

Most people, regardless of what they may think about religion or royalty, love a good spectacle, and it doesn’t get more spectacular than an English coronation. Given the longevity of the current monarch, there hasn’t been such a ceremony for 66 years. That has not stopped the indefatigable Paul McCreesh. Having twice recreated the splendours of a Venetian coronation, the man...