We often refer to the highest achievement of a person’s life, as their “crowning moment.”
It’s a reference, of course, to the coronation of a monarch—be it king, queen, emperor or empress.
In the next hour, music for eight coronations—real, imaginary, and somewhere in between—by Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Walton, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| Walton: Symphony No. 1, etc. [for “Crown Imperial” and “Orb & Sceptre”] | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn | Telarc CD-80125 | 089408012525 |
| Coronation Music for Napoleon I [for Le Sueur’s “Marche”] | Orchestre de la Capella de Saint-Petersbourg, Vladislav Tchernouchenko | Koch Schwann 3-1208-2 H1 | 099923120827 |
| Cherubini: Messa Dell'incoronazione,[for “Marche religieuse”] | Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti | EMI Classics CDC 7 49302 2 | 077774930222 |
| Glazunov: Symphony No. 2, etc. [for Coronation Cantata] | Russian State Orchestra and Chorus, Valeri Polyansk | Chandos CHAN 9709 | 095115970928 |
| A Venetian Coronation 1595 [for Gabrieli Canzona #13] | Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh | Erato 26782 | 5099960267825 |
| Elgar: The Crown of India, etc. [for Coronation March] | BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis | Chandos CHAN 10570 | 095115157022 |
| Pomp & Pizazz [ for Tchaikovksy’s Coronation March for Czar Alexander III] | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel | Telarc CD80122 | 089408012228 |
| Meyerbeer Overtures and Entr’actes [for the Coronation March from Le Prophete] | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang | Naxos 8.573195 | 747313319572 |
| The Complete Mozart Vol 19: Missae, Requiem [for “Coronation” Mass] | Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chorus, and Vienna Boys' Choir; Uwe Christian Harrer, cond. | Philips Classics 422 519-2 | 028942251922 |
| Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, etc.[for Zadok the Priest] | Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton | Hyperion CDA67678 | 034571176789 |
