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Henry Purcell, Tomaso Albinoni, Alessandro Marcello
Wedding Classics: The Ideal Soundtrack for a Great Wedding Celebration
Genres: Special Interest, New Age, Soundtracks

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Trumpet Overture From 'The Indian Queen' - Andrew Parrott
2. Adagio In G Minor For Organ & Strings - Christopher Warren-Green
3. Oboe Concerto In C Minor: II. Adagio - Academy Of London
4. Ave Verum Corpus, K.618 - Roger Norrington
5. Air From Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068 - English Chamber Orchestra
6. Preludio Religioso From Petite Messe Solennelle - Wayne Marshall
7. Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude From Cantata, BWV 147 - Andrew Parrott
8. Canon - Andrew Parrott
9. Ave Maria After The Well Tempered Keyboard - Arie Van Beek
10. Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir
11. Alleluia From Exsultate Jubilate, K.165 - Monika Frimmer
12. Gloria In Excelsis (The Great Doxology) - Tonu Kaljuste
13. Cantabile In B Major - Nicholas Danby
14. Hallelujah From Messiah - Andrew Parrott
15. Wedding March From A Midsummer Night's Dream - Charles Mackerras
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Overture - English Chamber Orchestra
2. Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Gavottes - English Chamber Orchestra
3. Organ Concerto In G Minor, FP 93: I. Andante - Allegro Giocoso - City Of London Sinfonia
4. Dixit Dominus - Andrew Parrott
5. Serenade In D Major, K. 239 'Serenata Notturna': Menuetto - Yehudi Menuhin
6. Die Jahreszeiten - Der Herbst: Hort, Hort, Das Laute Geton - Sigiswald Kuijken
7. El Corregidor Y La Molinara: Danza - Nicholas Cleobury
8. The Planets: Venus, The Bringer Of Peace - Charles Mackerras
9. Scene 3 - No.5 'Giv Alle Guder Gammens Ofg Gloedes Skal'/No.6 'Alfer Og Vaetter'/No.7 'Evige Asastro' - Ole Kristian Ruud
10. The Fairy Queen - Second Music: Overture - Roger Norrington
11. Gavotte 'Sehet In Zufriedenheit' From Wedding Cantata, BWV 202 - Nancy Argenta
12. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No.5 - Charles Mackerras
13. Pavane - City Of London Sinfonia
14. Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - David Hill

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CD Details

All Artists: Henry Purcell, Tomaso Albinoni, Alessandro Marcello, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gioachino Rossini, Johann Pachelbel, Charles Gounod, Samuel Barber, Sergey Rachmaninov, Cesar Franck, George Frederick Handel, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Franz Joseph Haydn, Manuel de Falla, Gustav Holst, Edvard Grieg, Alexander Borodin, Gabriel Faure
Title: Wedding Classics: The Ideal Soundtrack for a Great Wedding Celebration
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Release Date: 3/12/2002
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Special Interest, New Age, Soundtracks
Styles: Wedding Music, Meditation
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 724356189027

CD Reviews

More like funeral classics

06/09/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"If I wasn't looking for wedding music, I think this compilation would have been fine as a standard classical music compilation. However, many of the selections sound too dire, dramatic, and depressing to be played at a wedding in any setting. There are some wedding classics (like Pachelbel's Canon, etc.), but these are sung by choirs. If you are looking for a CD to play directly for your processional, recessional, etc., I would not recommend this one."

Wrong music for a wedding

E. Kelch | Alexandria, VA United States | 08/28/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I should have read all the selections before purchasing this--Orff's "O Fortuna"?! I'm sorry I spent money on this. Many of these selections are completely inappropriate for a wedding, unless you don't mind songs that set a dire mood. Bride's magazine's compilation and "A Brides Guide to Wedding Music" (3 CDs) had many more useful selections."

Great Classics, and not just for a Wedding

John H. Kilbourne | New York, NY United States | 04/03/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This turns out to be a fabulous compilation of musical classics, of all different moods, from lilting romance to terrifying drama. Wonderful, intelligent selection, not just the usual cliche stuff, and good sound, and should be bought for use as such a compilation, but tough to use more than a part of it directly for weddings. Some tracks have some of the best deep bass on CD, for any audiophiles. This would be a terrific CD to take to the store when trying out music systems -it has every kind of sound, from massive chorus to mighty organ to small groups. Highly recommended, for the music."