Ultimate Wedding Collection [EMI Classics]

All the music you need for your special day is available in this exclusive 2-CD set. The joy, grandeur and intimacy of this ceremony of love is celebrated by great composers on a collection of music which is organized to take the listener through each part of the wedding service. The repertoire in The Ultimate Wedding Collection is grouped for all the various stages of a wedding. From the Trumpet Voluntary to Widor's Toccata, all the most famous wedding music is here, in performances drawn from the unique riches of the EMI Classics catalogue.

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, 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 : Orchestral Suite no 4, 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 Suite :: Romance

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

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

Performers: Susan Tomes (Piano); Ian Brown (Piano)
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: Maurice Andre (Trumpet); Jane Parker-Smith (Organ)
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: Maurice Andre (Trumpet); Jane Parker-Smith (Organ)
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 : Spring :: 1. Allegro

Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Alberto Lysy
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: Barbara Hendricks; Erik Lundkvist (Organ)
Conductor: Eric Ericson
Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1825

Traditional, Gaelic : Morning has broken (Bunessan), song

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

Parry, Charles Hubert : Jerusalem

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate, jubilate, K 165 :: 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, song for voice & piano in B flat major

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

Traditional, American : New Britain (Amazing Grace) [The Sacred Harp] (Philadelphia)

Performer: Alfie Bo
Conductor: John Edwards
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Written: 1860

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

Conductor: David Willcocks
Notes: EMI Records Ltd. (1969); EMI Records Ltd. (1989)
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: George Thalben-Ball (Organ); Leon Goossens (Oboe)
Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 07/02/1723

Traditional, Scottish : The Lord's my shepherd (Psalm 23 "Crimond", attributed to David Grant)

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

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

Handel, George Frideric : Judas Maccabaeus :: Thine be the Glory

Performer: Ian Wells (Organ)
Conductor: Ian Tracey
Notes: Composition written: 1746.
Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1746

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: Simon Gibson (Organ); Fergus Thirlwell (Boy Soprano); Jane Gilchrist (Mezzo Soprano)
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: Stephen Layton (Organ); Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
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 : Carillon-Sortie for Organ in D major

Performer: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: circa 1912

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

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