With a coronation on, I found myself taking down from the shelves Paul McCreesh's fascinating two-disc anthology An English Coronation: 1902-1953.
Cast in the form of the ceremony itself, it marries the coronation liturgy with some of the best music from the 20th century's four coronations.
It's all very splendid. Music by Tallis, Gibbon and Byrd sits happily alongside bespoke coronation pieces by Purcell and Handel – sung at every coronation since 1727 – Elgar, Vaughan Williams
