Sony's 2016 collection For Queen and Country: Music for a Royal Celebration is a double CD of songs, marches, and anthems long associated with British patriotism and royalty. The selections evoke the nation's love of monarchy and pageantry, so Rule, Britannia and God Save the Queen are de rigueur , as are Hubert Parry's Jerusalem, two of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches, William Walton's Crown Imperial, and Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary (also known by its original title, the Prince of Denmark's March). ...
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Sony's 2016 collection For Queen and Country: Music for a Royal Celebration is a double CD of songs, marches, and anthems long associated with British patriotism and royalty. The selections evoke the nation's love of monarchy and pageantry, so Rule, Britannia and God Save the Queen are de rigueur , as are Hubert Parry's Jerusalem, two of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches, William Walton's Crown Imperial, and Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary (also known by its original title, the Prince of Denmark's March). Strewn among these obvious royal standards are songs of a soft and reverent character, such as the hymns Abide with Me and Amazing Grace, the songs Danny Boy and Greensleeves, and various other pieces that are moving, rather than martial. The performers include Russell Watson, Carl Davis and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Antoine, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Nicholas Cleobury and the Britten Sinfonia, Paul Daniel and the London Philharmonic...
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Add this copy of For Queen & Country to cart. $25.43, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Sony.
