50 Best Wedding

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Album Summary

Performers

• Erik Lundkvist (Organ)
• Barbara Hendricks
• Alfie Bo
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Charles Craig (Tenor)
• Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
• Philip Ledger (Organ)
• Ian Wells (Organ)
• Elizabeth Atherton (Soprano)
• Thomas Trotter (Organ)
• John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone)
• Natasha Marsh (Soprano)
• Michael Ball (Voice)
• John Lenehan (Piano)
• Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Kenneth Smith (Flute)
• Gordon Hunt (Oboe)
• Christopher Warren-Green (Violin)
• Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet)
• Jane Parker-Smith (Organ)
• Nicholas Kynaston (Organ)
• Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Frederic Bayco (Organ)
• Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Ole Antonsen (Trumpet)
• Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Pamela Coburn (Soprano)
• John Dickinson (Trumpet)
• Sioned Williams (Harp)

Conductors

• Cleobury, Stephen
• Collins, Michael
• Edwards, John O.
• Ericson, Eric
• Faerber, Jorg
• Fischer, Georg
• Halsey, Simon
• Hughes, Owain Arwel
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Lehan, Fritz
• Lysy, Alberto
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Montgomery, Kenneth
• Munrow, David
• Muti, Riccardo
• Parrott, Andrew
• Plasson, Michel
• Roth, Francois-Xavier
• Stevens, Denis
• Willcocks, David

Ensemble

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Composers

• Henry George Ley (1887 - 1962)
• John Stanley (18th cent. Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Albert Hay Malotte (1895 - 1964)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gerry McColl
• John Newton ("Amazing Grace" Composer) (1725 - 1807)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Padre Giovanni Battista Martini (1706 - 1784)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Andrea Gabrieli (circa 1532 - 1585)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Norwegian Traditional
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Gaelic Traditional
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• John Hughes (1873 - 1932)
• Guy d'Hardelot (circa 1858 - 1936)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)

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Works Details

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Bridal Chorus

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

Martini, Giovanni Battist : Toccata for trumpet & organ (or ensemble)

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ); Ole Antonsen (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 17th Century

Traditional, Norwegian : Wedding March from Nordmose

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ); Ole Antonsen (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Form: March

Ley, Henry George : Trumpet Tunes (2) & Air (arranged from Purcell)

• Performer: Ian Tracey (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

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

• Performer: Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1896

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

• Performer: 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. 27 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

Telemann, Georg Philipp : Concerto for Trumpet in D :: 4. Allegro

• Performer: Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1708-1714

Purcell, Henry : Come, Ye Sons of Art - Symphony :: Largo - Allegro

• Conductor: David Munrow
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Grand March

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

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

• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Gabrieli, Andrea : Ricercar del duodecimo tono, for 4 parts

• Conductor: Denis Stevens
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Spring

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 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. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1733

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Samson :: Let the Bright Seraphim

• Performers: Pamela Coburn (Soprano); John Dickinson (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Owain Hughes
• Notes: Composition written: 1741.
• Running Time: 8 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

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

• Performer: Sioned Williams (Harp)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

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

Rutter, John : A Gaelic Blessing

• Performer: Alfie Bo
• Conductor: John Edwards
• Notes: Composition written: 1978.
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1978

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

Malotte, Albert Hay : The Lord's Prayer

• Performer: Charles Craig (Tenor)
• Conductor: Michael Collins
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

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

Hughes, John (I) : Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

• Performer: Ian Wells (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hear my prayer

• Performers: Elizabeth Atherton (Soprano); Thomas Trotter (Organ)
• Conductor: Simon Halsey
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 01/25/1844

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Call ("Come, my way"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (or organ) (Mystical Songs

• Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1911

d'Hardelot, Guy : Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Charles Craig (Tenor)
• Conductor: Michael Collins
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1902

McColl, Gerry : The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

• Performer: Natasha Marsh (Soprano)
• Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Unexpected Song, song (for the musical Tell Me on a Sunday)

• Performers: Michael Ball (Voice); John Lenehan (Piano); Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1979

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

• Performers: Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Newton, John : Amazing Grace

• Performer: Alfie Bo
• Conductor: John Edwards
• Notes: Composition written: 1779.
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1779

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Antiphon (Let all the world in every corner sing)

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1911

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

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 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

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 :: 3. Allegro assai

• Performers: Kenneth Smith (Flute); Gordon Hunt (Oboe); Maurice Andre (Trumpet); Christopher Warren-Green (Violin)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Mulet, Henri : Byzantine Sketches (10) for Organ

• Performer: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 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. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1733

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Marche de triomphe, for instruments, H. 547

• Conductor: Fritz Lehan
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: ?1691

Elgar, Edward : Coronation Ode, Op. 44

• Performer: Noel Rawsthorne (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1901

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 68, "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68 :: Mein gläubiges Herz

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 05/21/1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for two trumpets in C :: 1. Allegro

• Performers: Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742

Widor, Charles-Marie : Marche pontificale

• Performer: Nicholas Kynaston (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Violin Partita in E :: Gavotte en rondeau

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1737

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 4 :: Bourrée

• Performers: Jane Parker-Smith (Organ); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

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

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