Various performers. "Music from the wedding services of every British royal, from Queen Victoria to the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana"--Container. Reissues.
Contents:
Dubois Widor (2:31) (Marie-Claire Alain, organ). Canon / Pachelbel ; arr. Paillard (Orchestre de Chambre ; Jean-François Paillard) (6:14) -- Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (English Chamber Orchestra and Choir ; Raymond Leppard) (4:02) -- Concerto for trumpet and organ in F major. Adagio / Albinoni (Maurice André, trumpet ; Marie-Claire Alain, organ) (7:11) -- Requiem. Pie Jesu / Fauré ; ed. Rutter (Oxford Choir of New College ; Capricorn ; Edward Higginbottom) (3:16) -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré (Chorale Philippe Caillard ; Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo ; Louis Frémaux) (4:42) -- Samson. Let the bright seraphim -- Let their celestial concerts all unite / Handel (Helen Watts, contralto ; London Voices ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Raymond Leppard) (7:06) -- Turandot. Nessun dorma / Puccini (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Nello Santi) (3:23) -- Jerusalem / Parry ; orch. Elgar (BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis) (2:25) -- Enigma variations. Nimrod / Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis) (4:14) -- Requiem. The Lord is my shepherd / Howells (i Fagiolini ; Robert Hollingworth) (2:27) -- Panis angelicus / Franck (Camille Maurane, Marie-Claire Alain) (4:21) -- Trumpet voluntary / Clarke ; arr. Faerber (Maurice André, trumpet ; Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn ; Jörg Faerber) (2:46) -- Solomon. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel (il Giardino armonico) (3:12) -- Lohengrin. Wedding march / Wagner (Jörgen Ernst Hansen, organ) (2:18) -- Organ symphony no. 5. Toccata / Widor (5:27) ; Toccata in G major (excerpt) / Dubois (2:31) (Marie-Claire Alain, organ).
Summary:
A compilation of the most famous and recognisable pieces of music fromt he wedding services of every British royal, from Queen Victoria to the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
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