The #1 Wedding Album

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Performers

• Maurice André (Trumpet)
• Hedwig Bilgram (Organ)
• Michael Laird (Trumpet)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• John Scott (Organ)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Wolfgang Marschner (Violin)
• Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Philip Jones (Trumpet)
• James Watson (Trumpet)
• Roger Delmotte (Trumpet)
• Pierre Cochereau (Organ)
• Randall Wolfgang (Oboe)
• Régis Pasquier (Violin)
• Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Patricia Spero (Harp)
• Lisa Otto (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• José Carreras (Tenor)
• Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Wolfgang Läubin (Trumpet)
• Norbert Schmitt (Timpani)
• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet)
• Hannes Läubin (Trumpet)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• John Wilbraham (Trumpet)

Conductors

• Adler, Kurt Herbert
• Arndt, Günther
• Baumgartner, Rudolf
• Benzi, Roberto
• Bernstein, Leonard
• Dearnley, Christopher
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Hogwood, Christopher
• Howarth, Elgar
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kubelik, Rafael
• Loges, Karl-Heinz
• Münchinger, Karl
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Molinari-Pradelli, F.
• Steiner, Heinrich

Ensembles

• Academy of Ancient Music
• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Berlin Handel Chorus
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Lucerne Festival Strings
• Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Nordmark Symphony Orchestra
• Orchestra
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
• Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Wandsworth School Boys Choir

Composers

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Anonymous
• Traditional
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Jean Joseph Mouret (1682 - 1738)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1636 - 1704)
• James Horner (1953 - )
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674 - 1707)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
• Nicholas Brodszky (1905 - 1958)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• John Stanley (Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gio Bonaventura Viviani (1638 - 1690)
• Michael Nyman (1944 - )
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Helen Guy (1858 - 1936)
• Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)

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Works Details

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Treulich geführt "Bridal Chorus"

• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Studio

Stanley, John : Voluntaries (10) for Organ, book 2, Op. 6 :: no 6 in D major

• Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1752
• Studio/Live: Studio

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Trumpet Tune and Air

• Performers: Philip Jones (Trumpet); James Watson (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695
• Studio/Live: Studio

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum in D major, H 146 :: Prelude

• Performers: Roger Delmotte (Trumpet); Pierre Cochereau (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa ?1690
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1729-1731
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Serse, HWV 40 :: Ombra mai fu "Largo"

• Performer: Randall Wolfgang (Oboe)
• Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1738
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208) :: Schafe können sicher weiden

• Conductor: Karl Münchinger
• Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1713
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 :: 2nd movement, Largo ma non tanto

• Performers: Régis Pasquier (Violin); Zino Francescatti (Violin)
• Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
• Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings
• Running Time: 7 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1717-1723
• Studio/Live: Studio

Horner, James : Titanic :: My heart will go on

• Performer: Patricia Spero (Harp)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1998
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Lisa Otto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Günther Arndt
• Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1859
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Franck, César : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Ensemble: Wandsworth School Boys Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1872
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story :: One hand, one heart

• Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1773
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Joshua, HWV 64 :: See the conqu'ring hero comes

• Performers: Wolfgang Läubin (Trumpet); Norbert Schmitt (Timpani); Simon Preston (Organ); Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet); Hannes Läubin (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Samson, HWV 57 :: Let the bright Seraphim

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: F. Molinari-Pradelli
• Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1743
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349 :: no 2, Alla Hornpipe

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1715-1717
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mendelssohn, Felix : Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 :: Wedding March

• Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1842
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Treulich geführt "Bridal Chorus"

• Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Studio

Clarke, Jeremiah : Suite in D major :: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"

• Performer: John Wilbraham (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1700
• Studio/Live: Studio

Purcell, Henry : Trumpet Tune

• Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
• Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani : Capricci armonici da chiesa...et sonate, Op. 4 :: no 1, Sonata for Trumpet in C major - Allegro

• Performers: Maurice André (Trumpet); Hedwig Bilgram (Organ)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1678
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Die Bankelsangerlieder

• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1684
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Conductor: Karl Münchinger
• Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 :: no 1, Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

• Performers: Michael Laird (Trumpet); Peter Hurford (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1731
• Studio/Live: Studio

Nyman, Michael : The Piano :: The Heart Asks for Pleasure First

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1993
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Greensleeves

• Performer: Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 :: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"

• Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
• Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1723
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schubert, Franz : Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1825
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

• Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1918
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

• Performer: John Scott (Organ)
• Conductor: Christopher Dearnley
• Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Running Time: 6 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1854-1868
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Brodszky, Nicholas : The Toast of New Orleans :: Be My Love

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Roberto Benzi
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1949
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Guy, Helen : Because

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Karl-Heinz Loges
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1902
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mouret, Jean-Joseph : Symphony de Fanfare :: Rondeau

• Performers: Norbert Schmitt (Timpani); Simon Preston (Organ); Wolfgang Läubin (Trumpet); Hannes Läubin (Trumpet); Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1729
• Studio/Live: Studio

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65 :: no 6, Wedding day at Trolhaugen

• Performer: Wolfgang Marschner (Violin)
• Conductor: Heinrich Steiner
• Ensemble: Nordmark Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1897
• Studio/Live: Studio

Scheidt, Samuel : Ludi musici, Book 1 :: Cantus no 26, Canzon à 5 ad imitationem Bergamasca

• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1621
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 :: no 4, Réjouissance

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mendelssohn, Felix : Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 :: Wedding March

• Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
• Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1842
• Studio/Live: Studio