Since you are interested in Handel: Coronation Anthems [Zadok the Priest, etc] / Royal Fireworks Music, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) Carolyn Sampson / Rebecca Outram (sopranos) / Daniel Auchlincloss, Nicholas Mulroy (high tenor) etc. / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS TOP 10 CLASSICAL CDs of 2006 / TIME OUT NEW YORK BEST OF 2006 / FANFARE BEST OF 2006 |
BRITTEN / LEIGHTON / CHARPENTIER / DANDRIEU / TRADITIONAL
Carols for Christmas Morning The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom [ Festive Music and Carols / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Under Edward Higginbottom's leadership, the Choir of New College Oxford has gained a worldwide reputation and is known particularly for its stylish performances of Renaissance and Baroque music. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 6, 7, 8 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - 'Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded' (Early Music Review) |
HANDEL
Messiah / Saul (complete oratorios) Soloists / RIAS Kammerchor / Concerto Kohn / Clare College Choir / Freiburger Barockorchester / Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Handel Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A wonderful achievement, bursting with youthful energy." The Independent (on Saul) - "a model of period-instrument style, with ravishing ornaments, intelligent accents and crystal-clear diction from the mixed-voice Choir" (Financial Times on Messiah) |