The Wedding Collection

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Album Summary

Performers

• Andrew Ball (Piano)
• Andrei Gavrilov (Piano)
• Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Daniel Chorzempa (Piano)
• Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• John Lenehan (Piano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Alfie Bo (Voice)
• Hayley Westenra (Voice)
• Elizabeth Drury (Voice)
• Katherine Jenkins (Mezzo Soprano)
• Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Madeleine Mitchell (Violin)

Conductors

• Ball, Andrew
• Bateman, Paul
• Bruggen, Frans
• Chailly, Riccardo
• Darlington, Stephen
• De Waart, Edo
• Fancourt, Daisy
• Hancock, Gerre
• Hawes, Patrick
• Hickox, Richard
• Inglis, Anthony
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Levine, James
• Lole, Simon
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• McCreesh, Paul
• Pinnock, Trevor
• Rose, Barry
• Sinopoli, Giuseppe
• Vivian, James

Ensembles

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• Gabrieli Consort

Composers

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Rolf Lovland (1955 - )
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Craig Armstrong (1959 - )
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Howard Goodall (1958 - )
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Ludovico Einaudi (1955 - )
• Stephen Warbeck

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Works Details

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Act 3. Bridal Chorus

• Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

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

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Parry, Charles Hubert : Lady Radnor's Suite :: Prelude

• Conductor: Patrick Hawes
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Mors et Vita :: Judex

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Parry, Charles Hubert : Jerusalem

• Performer: Alfie Bo (Voice)
• Conductor: Gerre Hancock
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1916

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Hayley Westenra (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Goodall, Howard : Psalm 23 (Theme from "The Vicar of Dibley" TV series), for chorus, strings & organ

• Performer: Elizabeth Drury (Voice)
• Conductor: Daisy Fancourt
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1994

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Katherine Jenkins (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Sancte Deus (after Nimrod)

• Conductor: Simon Lole
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

• Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Conductor: James Vivian
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1865

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Pie Jesu, for soprano, treble & orchestra (from the Requiem)

• Performer: Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1985

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50

• Performer: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
• Conductor: Frans Brüggen
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1802

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

• Conductor: Barry Rose
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Vivaldi, Antonio : Gloria :: In Excelsis Deo

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

Handel, George Frideric : The Messiah :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Purcell, Henry : Trumpet Tune (from "The Indian Queen (as Z. 630/4a")) for harpsichord in C major ZT 698

• Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

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

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1773

Widor, Charles-Marie : Symphony no 5 in F minor :: Toccata

• Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

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

• Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D :: Air

• Conductor: Andrew Ball
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour

• Performers: Madeleine Mitchell (Violin); Andrew Ball (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65

• Performer: Andrei Gavrilov (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicci :: O Mio Babbino Caro

• Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76

• Performer: Daniel Chorzempa (Piano)
• Conductor: Edo De Waart
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Gadfly :: Romance

• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Armstrong, Craig : Romeo and Juliet :: Balcony Scene

• Conductor: Paul Bateman
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1996

Einaudi, Ludovico : Le Onde :: Excerpt

• Performer: Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Lovland, Rolf : You Raise Me Up

• Performer: John Lenehan (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Flower Duet

• Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); Katherine Jenkins (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Anthony Inglis
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Warbeck, Stephen : Captain Corelli's Mandolin :: Pelagia's Song

• Performer: Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

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

• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici (Drinking Song)

• Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853