Album review: ‘The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’

Adrian Edwards
Monday, May 22, 2023

Taken as a souvenir of a ritual of a unique inaugural installation that has survived for over a millennium, this Decca recording will reap many rewards

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