Essential Wedding

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jane Parker-Smith (Organ)
• Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Erik Lundkvist (Organ)
• Barbara Hendricks
• Sioned Williams (Harp)
• Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
• Philip Ledger (Organ)
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone)
• Alfie Bo
• Leon Goossens (Oboe)
• George Thalben-Ball (Organ)
• Thomas Bullard (Baritone)
• Kun-woo Paik (Piano)
• Philip Ledger (Piano)
• Ian Wells (Organ)
• Jane Gilchrist (Mezzo Soprano)
• Fergus Thirlwell (Boy Soprano)
• Simon Gibson (Organ)
• Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
• Stephen Layton (Organ)
• Harry Bramma (Organ)
• Laurence Dale (Tenor)
• Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• David Reichenberg (Oboe)
• Markus Klinko (Harp)
• Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Piers Lane (Piano)
• Frederic Bayco (Organ)

Conductors

• Cleobury, Stephen
• Edwards, John O.
• Ericson, Eric
• Faerber, Jorg
• Fischer, Georg
• Kilbey, Reginald
• Ledger, Philip, Sir
• Lysy, Alberto
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Montgomery, Kenneth
• Muti, Riccardo
• Parrott, Andrew
• Pretre, Georges
• Robinson, Christopher
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Tracey, Ian
• Trevor, Kirk
• Willcocks, David

Ensembles

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• Cambridge Classical Players
• Camerata Lysy Gstaad
• Liverpool Cathedral & Brass Ensemble
• Nash Ensemble
• Taverner Players

Composers

• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897)
• New English Hymnal
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• John Stanley (18th cent. Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• John Newton ("Amazing Grace" Composer) (1725 - 1807)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Anonymous, English
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Jessie Seymour Irvine (1836 - 1883)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)

Notes & Reviews:

This program covers favorite pieces of liturgical music suitable for all types of religious wedding services, as well as secular works for non-religious occasions, including civil ceremonies. The works are grouped as follows for all the various stages of a wedding, although most of the pieces could also be used during other parts of the ceremony.

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208 :: Sheep may safely graze

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite no 3, BWV 1068 :: Air 'on the G string'

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156 :: Sinfonia

• Performer: David Reichenberg (Oboe)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 01/23/1729

Debussy, Claude : Arabesques (2) for Piano

• Performer: Markus Klinko (Harp)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Gadfly :: Romance

• Performers: Tasmin Little (Violin); Piers Lane (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Handel, George Frideric : Serse :: Largo

• Conductor: Reginald Kilbey
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Bridal March

• Performer: Frederic Bayco (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite no 2 in D :: Alla Hornpipe

• Performer: Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Stanley, John : Trumpet Tune

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1754

Vivaldi, Antonio : Gloria :: in excelsis deo

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1715

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum :: Prelude

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1692

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Handel, George Frideric : Music for the Royal Fireworks :: Réjouissance

• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons 'Spring' :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Ensemble: Camerata Lysy Gstaad
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Handel, George Frideric : Suite for trumpet and strings in D :: March

• Performer: Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Jörg Faerber
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1733

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: Erik Lundkvist (Organ); Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Eric Ericson
• Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Anonymous, English : Morning Has Broken, song (Tune :: Bunessan)

• Performer: Sioned Williams (Harp)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1931

Parry, Charles Hubert : Jerusalem

• Performers: Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano); Philip Ledger (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1916

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) :: Alleluia

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georg Fischer
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1773

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Five Mystical Songs :: The Call

• Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Notes: Composition written: 1911.
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1911

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performers: Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano); Philip Ledger (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Newton, John : Amazing Grace

• Performer: Alfie Bo
• Conductor: John Edwards
• Notes: Composition written: 1779.
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1779

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Five Mystical Songs :: Let all the world in every corner sing

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Notes: Composition written: 1911.
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1911

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Performers: Leon Goossens (Oboe); George Thalben-Ball (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Irvine, Jessie Seymour : The Lord's My Shepherd, hymn ("Crimond")

• Performers: Sioned Williams (Harp); Thomas Bullard (Baritone)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897) : Suite gothique Op. 25 :: Prière à Notre-Dame

• Performer: Frederic Bayco (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1895

Tallis, Thomas : If ye love me

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1565

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

• Performer: Kun-woo Paik (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

Schubert, Franz : Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132

• Performer: Philip Ledger (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 12/1820

Hymnal, New English : Thine be the glory (tune Maccabeaus, after Handel), no 120

• Performer: Ian Wells (Organ)
• Conductor: Ian Tracey
• Ensemble: Liverpool Cathedral & Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Eric Ericson
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Requiem :: Pie Jesu

• Performers: Jane Gilchrist (Mezzo Soprano); Fergus Thirlwell (Boy Soprano); Simon Gibson (Organ)
• Conductor: Kirk Trevor
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1984

Schubert, Franz : Deutsche Messe :: Heilig, heilig, heilig

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1826-1827

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Solemn Vespers :: Laudate Dominum

• Performers: Lynne Dawson (Soprano); Stephen Layton (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: Cambridge Classical Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1780

Elgar, Edward : Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1

• Performer: Harry Bramma (Organ)
• Conductor: Christopher Robinson
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Gounod, Charles : St Cecilia Mass :: Sanctus

• Performer: Laurence Dale (Tenor)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Wedding March

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Widor, Charles-Marie : Symphony no 5 :: Toccata

• Performer: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Karg-Elert, Sigfrid : March Triomphale "Now thank we all our God", for organ, Op. 65/13

• Performer: Philip Ledger (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March

Mulet, Henri : Byzantine Sketches (10) for Organ

• Performer: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1911

Handel, George Frideric : Suite for trumpet and strings in D :: Overture

• Performer: Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Jörg Faerber
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1733

Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925) : Grand choeur dialogué for organ

• Performer: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern