Baroque Celebration

On this CD:

1. Fairest Isle (from "King Arthur"), aria for soprano, Z. 628/38
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Yvonne Kenny
Conducted by David Parry

2. I attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly (from "The Indian Queen"), Z630/17a
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Yvonne Kenny
Conducted by David Parry

3. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 Grief and woe all hope deny me
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English National Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

4. Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 Where'er you walk
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Bruce Ford
Conducted by David Parry

5. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 Wounded, the serpent n'er reposes
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English National Opera Orchestra with Della Jones
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

6. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49 I rage, I rage, I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by John Tomlinson
Conducted by David Parry

7. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 Hear thou my weeping (Lascia ch'io pianga)
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Yvonne Kenny
Conducted by David Parry

8. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 I shall tame your pride unbending
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English National Opera Orchestra with James Bowman
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

9. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 Flow, my tears
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English National Opera Orchestra with Valerie Masterson
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

10. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 How silently, how slyly
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English National Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

11. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 May the Fates be kind...Under thy shade
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra with Della Jones
Conducted by David Parry

12. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57 Honour and arms scorn such a foe
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by John Tomlinson
Conducted by David Parry

13. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 Condemned to grieve and cry
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Della Jones
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

14. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 Stormy winds my ship had shaken
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Valerie Masterson
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

15. Orfeo ed Euridice, (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 What is life to me without thee? (Che farò senza Euridice?)
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Diana Montague
Conducted by David Parry

Tracks:

A Centenary Celebration: Pavana No. 1 in A Minor
A Centenary Celebration: Pavana No. 6 in D Major
A Centenary Celebration: Pivana No. 4 in D Major
A Centenary Celebration: Prelude
A Centenary Celebration: Allemande
A Centenary Celebration: Bourree
A Centenary Celebration: Sarabande
A Centenary Celebration: Gavotte
A Centenary Celebration: Gigue
A Centenary Celebration: Song and Galliard
A Centenary Celebration: Melancholy Galliard
A Centenary Celebration: Prelude
A Centenary Celebration: Minuet
A Centenary Celebration: A New Irish Tune
A Centenary Celebration: Sonata in A (L. 483)
S.L. Weiss: Fantasie
Frescobaldi: Passacaglia
A Centenary Celebration: Sonata in D Minor
A Centenary Celebration: Prelude for Lute
A Centenary Celebration: Siciliano (fr. Violin Sonata No.1)
A Centenary Celebration: Gavotte en rondeau (fr. Violin Partita No.3)
A Centenary Celebration: Chaconne (fr. Violin Partita No. 2)
Sor: Study: Allegretto in E, Op.32, No.2
Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Ponce: Prelude (after S. L. Weiss)
Ponce: Allemande (after S. L. Weiss)
Paganini: Romanza

Tracks:

Albeniz: Leyenda (Trans. Segovia)
Tarrega: Estudio Brillante
Tarrega: Marieta (Mazurka)
Tarrega: Capricho Arabe
Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Granados: Tonadilla (La Maja de Goya) (Trans. Segovia)
Granados: Danza Espagnole No. 10 in G
Moreno Torroba - Two Pieces from 'Castles in Spain': Torija (Elegia)
Moreno Torroba - Two Pieces from 'Castles in Spain': Montemayer (Contemplacion)
Sonatina In A: Allegretto
Sonatina In A: Andante
Sonatina In A: Allegro
Espla (Trans. Segovia) - Dos Impresiones Levantinas: Andante
Espla (Trans. Segovia) - Dos Impresiones Levantinas: Andante
Ponce: Cancion
Ponce: Cancion y Paisage
Ponce: Prelude No. 6 (Moderato espessivo)
Prelude No. 9 (Allegretto vivo)
Ponce: Prelude No. 1 (Tranquillo)
Ponce: Theme, Variations & Finale
Lauro: Dance From Venzuela
Pedrell: Guitarreo

Tracks:

Ponce - Concierto del Sur: Allegretto
Ponce - Concierto del Sur: Andante
Ponce - Concierto del Sur: Allegro moderato e festivo
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Three Pieces from 'Platero and I' (From the Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez): Platero
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Three Pieces from 'Platero and I' (From the Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez): Melencolia
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Three Pieces from 'Platero and I' (From the Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez): Golondrinas
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Three Pieces from 'Platero and I' (From the Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez): Tonadilla For Guitar on the Name of Andres Segovia
Mompou - Two Pieces from 'Suite Compostelana': Preludio
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Three Pieces from 'Platero and I' (From the Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez): Cancion
Tansman - Two Pieces from 'Suite in Modo Polonico': Kolisanka No. 2
Tansman - Two Pieces from 'Suite in Modo Polonico': Oberek
Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1 in E Minor
Villa-Lobos: Study No. 1 in E Minor
Cassado: Sardana
Donostia: Dolor
Debussy (Trans. Segovia): Prelude: La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Scriabin (Trans. Segovia): Prelude, Op. 16, No. 4
Segovia: Study (Estudio sin luz)

Tracks:

The Guitar and I (In English): Linares
The Guitar and I (In English): Granada
The Guitar and I (In English): Cordoba
The Guitar and I (In English): My First Exposure To Classic and Romantic Music
The Guitar and I (In English): Early Concerts In Granada And Sevilla
The Guitar and I (In English): My First Concert Guitar
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Linares
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Granada
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Cordoba
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Mi Primera Revelacion de Musica Clasica y Romantica
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Primeros Conciertos en Granada y Sevilla
La Guitarra y Yo (In Spanish): Mi Primera Guitarra de Concierto

Customer Reviews:

The Maestro.......2005-07-25

Segovia was and always will be The Maestro. He was, as other reviewers say, the pioneer of modern classical guitar. To say that he has been somehow surpassed and passed by, as one previous reviewer seems to think is pure rubbish. To say that others have followed in his footsteps and become greats as well, is fact.

Music is always open to interpretation. Segovia was a great player and to understand the history of the classical guitar one must have listened to Segovia. He created the yardstick by which others are now measured.

This set not only includes great works played by the Maestro, it also includes Segovia speaking of his own life with the guitar. It is worth having along with other, more modern, gifted players such as Williams, Bream, Parkening and others who followed in the Maestro's footsteps.

Has anyone ever created melodies like this from a guitar?.......2003-07-21

Okay, my classical experience is highly limited, having been raised on a healthy diet of Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other blazing rock guitarists. But that doesn't mean I can't recognize a powerful guitarist when I see it, and Andres Segovia is just that. Sure you'll find your share of faster, more energetic playing, but you won't find any guitarist (Robert Johnson probably. George Harrison, maybe) in blues or rock that plays with as much melody, texture, and sheer, tear-jerking, beauty. And even if you have, guess what? They weren't the first to do it, and they weren't doing as far back as the 1920s. (Kicking it until the grand old age of 104) He is one of the first truly great guitarists, a virtuoso long before Satriani and Vai, playing classical on guitar long before anyone else, and playing it better then anyone else. This is him, completely solo and absolutely out of this universe in his playing. If you want to play guitar like the greats, then you can't go another day without this in your collection, deserving of a spot on your wall with Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Johnson, and all the imitators that followed him!

The Anton Rubinstein of Guitarist.......2003-06-15

Musically, it's not just guitar music that he is offering: note the exquisite emotion patterns, the languor and the nostalgia and his sighs...it's most soothing and consolating.

Technically, the subtleties and the phenomenon could partly be attributed to his insistence on the use of the fleshy part, instead of the hard part of his thumb. Like Arrau and Horszowski on the piano or Menuhin on the violin: they always stuck to the hardest way aiming at the best result.

The remastered sound is wonderful. I'm not particularly keen about the narrative part though.

I AGREE.......2003-02-21

Segovia was the greatest classical guitarist that ever lived and always WILL be the greatest that ever lived, for he was the ROCK on which the classical guitar was practically founded! These 3 CD's of his most treasured pieces cut straight through the heart with GREAT brilliance and virtuosity- Words cannot express his mastery of the instrument. I especially liked the autobiography on the fourth CD- VERY thrilling to hear the maestro's voice- In Spanish AND in English. This is a MUST HAVE for the serious classical guitarist-

this once was a great recording........2002-11-10

I totally agree with the fact that every classical guitarist
owes great respect to Segovia, but the reason I gave this recording such a low rating is a simple matter of evolution. Unlike instruments like the violin, the classical guitar as we know it today is a very young instrument (+-1 century). It also didn't get the recognition it deserved untill segovia came along. From that moment on, the classical guitar's popularity increased immensely, actually it is still growing. As a logical result of this growing popularity, the quality of the technique improved and interpretations were refined.
Though Segovia was incredible guitarist in his time and situation (he was the ONLY international preformer that played this instrument), it would just be irrational to claim that the dozens of great preformers later on never improved compared to segovia. It's like denying that einstein's theories are more accurate than those of Isaac Newton, because Newton was the rock on wich fysics were mostly build.

Tracks:

Toccata
French Suite No.6 In E, BWV.817: Allemande and Courante
Sonata In E K 380: Andante comodo
Three Lute Dances: Courante
Three Lute Dances: Pavane
Three Lute Dances: Bransles
Three Lute Dances: Le Coucou Daquin
Romeo And Juliet: Aubade
BMV.1031: Siciliano
Violin Sonata No 2: Andante
Op12 No 7: Prelude
Siciliana
B Flat K545: Sonata
Les Barricades mysterieuses
A K208: Sonata
A K 209: Sonata
BMV639: Ich ruf zu dir
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
Confusing

Customer Reviews:

A beautifully thought-out programme and stunning playing.......2007-04-18

I bought this CD (with slight trepidation) because I was sure I would enjoy most of the music. The trepidation was only because, having discovered the inimitable Andrew Lawrence-King, I wasn't sure how the sound of the modern harp would stack up against his amazing instruments and the even more amazing range of sounds he gets from them. But I needn't have worried. Nancy Allen makes a beautiful, if mostly conventional, sound on her modern harp and her virtosity takes away one's breath. Her articulation is possibly the cleanest of any player of the modern harp I've heard and her sense of rhythmn is faultless. I'm no fan at all of modern music but I even enjoyed the two pieces by Prokofiev on this CD. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Nancy Allen.......2007-04-16

Nancy Allen is the best harpist in the world and this CD reflects that.

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Amazing sound quality and excellent performances

A Celebration [includes bonus DVD]

Manufacturer: Philips
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-07-13

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Amazing sound quality and excellent performances.......2006-02-05

I haven't listened to the three audio cds all the way through, but I did listen to most of the Eine Kline Nachtmusik. I have the Phillips Duo version which I don't think is included here (It seems like they're a couple years apart), though the Phillips Duo got the coveted rosette from the Penguin Guide To Classical Music, this version on this 3CD Set, is played a little better, and it makes the Duo version sound like it's played in a wet paper sack. The sound is so darn crisp and brilliant that's it's just simply breathtaking. Get this "A Celebration" disc as fast as you can, and you'll thank me! I promise! I kind of listened to a little bit of everything, just to see if the sound quality was as good as the Mozart Serenade, and the sound quality was superb on all the pieces. There's also a bonus DVD which is very enjoyable of the Tchaikovsky Serenade and I'm forgetting the other piece, so in all your getting 4 discs. It sells here on Amazon, but I didn't check the prices it's going for, but I'll check and give you the lowest price. I just checked the used prices, and someone is selling their's for $8.00 like new, so that sounds like the bargain of bargains to me. Enjoy!!!

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Ovation 1
Lawrence Cherney , and James Campbell
Manufacturer: Cbc
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ASIN: B0000667RY
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Yvonne Kenny Sings Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 2

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Yvonne Kenny Sings Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Chandos
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Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias / Philharmonia Orchestra · David Parry [in English]

ASIN: B0000A2ZVE
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

Ah! Cruel Man
Letter Duet: How Delightful 'Tis To Wander'
Ah, Forgive, My Love, Forgive Me
He's Not The One Who Is Right For Me
By Tomorrow We'll Be Together
A Vilia Who Liv'd By A Cool Forest Glade'
Where Are They Now?
Where Is My Brother?
By Strauss
Some Day My Heart Will Awake

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Amazing sound!
Awesome double reed ensemble

A Baroque Celebration

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001QA1
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Ste From Le Mariage Force: Premier Air Pour Le Maitre A Danser
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Entree Pour Les Egyptiens Et Les Egyptiens
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Entree-Quartre Plaisants Ou Goguenards
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Gavotte
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Bouree
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Air Pour Les Mesmes
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Ritournelle
Ste From Le Mariage Force: Menuet Pour Deux Espagnols Et Deux Espagnoles
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Prld
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Hornpipe
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Dance Of The Fairies
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Air
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Rondeau
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Hornpipe
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Jig
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Prld
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Monkey's Dance
Ste From The Fairie Queen: Finale
Four Fanfares From The Court Of Louis XIV: Air Des Hautbois
Four Fanfares From The Court Of Louis XIV: Air Des Haubois
Four Fanfares From The Court Of Louis XIV: Air Des Hautbois
Four Fanfares From The Court Of Louis XIV: Marche Des Mousquetaires Du Roy De France
Six Airs: Almain
Six Airs: Pavanne
Six Airs: Courante
Six Airs: Courante
Six Airs: Almain
Six Airs: Almain
'Down, Down With Bacchus'
Three Short Trios From Almina: Rigadon
Three Short Trios From Almina: Bouree
Three Short Trios From Almina: March
Contrapunctus I From The Art Of The Fugue
Ste From The Water Music: Coro
Ste From The Water Music: Aria
Ste From The Water Music: Minuet
Ste From The Water Music: Sarabande
Ste From The Water Music: Air
Ste From The Water Music: Bouree
Ste From The Water Music: Hornpipe
Ste From The Water Music: Air
Ste From The Water Music: Air

Customer Reviews:

Amazing sound!.......2005-12-18

If you like Renaissance music, or maybe even if you don't, you're bound to love this wonderful CD. It's one of the top 10 or so out of my collection of about a thousand. I don't have the literature that came with the CD in front of me, but if memory serves me, the NY Kammermusiker group plays Renaissance music on modern double reed instruments. While I love crumhorns &c, the sound here is even better and richer. I don't know if that's due to the instruments, the players, or both. But it doesn't matter. It's fantastic. Their Renaissance Tour of Europe disk is equally good -- one of my other top 10's.

Awesome double reed ensemble.......2005-04-25

The New York Kammermusiker is one of my favorite ensembles, and I regret that they only have released to CDs. The ensemble the following instruments in various numbers: oboe, oboe d'amore, English horn, bassoon, and contrabassoon. They have a great sound...indeed, for some of the bigger pieces, such as the Lully and Handel, they sound almost orchestral. The nuancing and phrasing of the players is very satisfying, and the selection of repertoire is very nice. The Purcell suite sounds especially sweet in this arrangement.

There is a fun, short piece by Purcell that was played on thie disc with two bassoons and contrabassoon that's a delight.

This is a great disc to introduce someone to the joys of the Baroque, or to enjoy the sounds of the double reed instruments, or simply to have something lively and fun to listen to.

Three cheers for the NYKamm. !

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A good example of late-century avant-guardism

Ceremony

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Barraqué, Jean

ASIN: B000023YPP
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

Praeludium of Mystery Sonata No. 1: Annunciation
For Violin: Celebration
Four Songs for Baroque violin and double-bass: Immeasurable Sky
For Baroque Violins: Ceremony
For Double Bass: Still
Foer Baroque Violin and Double Bass: Breathing Earth

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This time, his inspiration is Biber. But don't assume that bassist Barry Guy's follow-up to In Darkness Let Me Dwell, his utterly fascinating improv take with the Hilliard Ensemble on the songs of John Dowland, will follow the same successful formula of melancholic vocals-meets-jazz. On Celebration, the emphasis is less on lyricism than austerity and tonal colors. The album opens with Biber's "Annunciation" from the first Mystery Sonata, but then quickly breaks into new territory. And Guy's five original works, performed with baroque violinist Maya Homburger, are varied affairs, to say the least. "Immeasurable Skies" is a jagged four-movement work in which the violin's long, haunting notes are briefly shattered by noisy discord. The title work uses tape overdubs to layer violin sounds on top of each other; it sounds like a 16-minute collaboration between Tony Conrad and Arvo Pärt. Guy gets the spotlight on "Still," a bluesy showcase for his vast improv skills on the bass. The final piece here--"Breathing Earth"--was influenced by Biber and somehow brings the disc full circle. All-in-all, wonderful playing and riveting music for those with adventurous ears. --Jason Verlinde

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A good example of late-century avant-guardism.......2001-02-14

Barry Guy is surely one of the most sensational musicians of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. As a composer, he works in tandem with his skills as a double-bass player to create a music that is richly inventive but daring to the point of pushing the musical envelope - at times, it becomes less like music and more of an elemental sonic utterance.

His music is of a highly improvisational character: it comes as no surprise that he has played with leading jazz ensembles, although it is worth noting that he has also recorded Purcell with early music groups! This eclectic musical mind is teamed up on this recording with Maya Homburger, a baroque violinist with a similar penchant for taking the instrument and music written for it in daring and bold new directions. The programme on the disc takes as a starting point the extraordinary sonatas of Heinrich Biber (a contemporary of Bach and Vivaldi), pairing the finest of these - number 15, "Annunciation" - with Barry Guy's "Breathing Earth" (itself based on Biber's sonata) and "Ceremony," an engrossing, beautiful and virtuosic work commissioned by Homburger for herself on violin with multi-tracked violin material.

Tracks:

Toccata From Orfeo
Hail The Conquering Hero From Judas Maccabaeus: Hail The Conquering Hero/Chor
Intradas: 1./2./3./4./5./6./7.
Son: 1. Pomposo/2. Adagio/3. Presto
Ste: 1.Sinf/2. Rondeau/3. Tpt Tune
Gammal Fabodpsalm
Voluntary
Bicinium
Ste Drottingholmsmusiquen: 1.Tpt Prld/2. Tpt Tune/3. Bouree/4. Andante/5. Tpt Finale - Richard Giangiulio/The Dallas Sym Brass And Percussion/Paul Riedo R
Silver Tpts
Ov From The Royal Fireworks
Call To Glory
Six Sons Of The Lisbon Ct Tpt Corps: 1./2./3./4./5./6.

Original Cast Recordings: Centenary Celebration

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Original Cast Recordings: Centenary Celebration

Manufacturer: Pearl
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000WNN
Release Date: 1993-12-07

Tracks:

The Dancing Years: Orchestral Pot-Pourri: Leap Year Waltz - Uniform - My Life Belongs To You - Waltz Of My Heart - Primrose - Wings Of Sleep - I Can Give You The Starlight - My Dearest Dear - Finale
The Dancing Years: Waltz Of My Heart
The Dancing Years: The Wings Of Sleep
The Dancing Years: My Life Belongs To You
The Dancing Years: I Can Give You The Starlight
The Dancing Years: My Dearest Dear
The Dancing Years: Primrose
Glamorous Night: Orchestral Pot-Pourri: Her Majesty Militza - Shine Through My Dreams - Fold Your Wings - When The Gipsy Played - Far Away In Shanty Town - Royal Wedding
Glamorous Night
Glamorous Night: When The Gipsy Played
Careless Rapture: Why Is There Ever Goodbye?
Careless Rapture: Studio Scene
Crest Of The Wave: Rose Of England
Crest Of The Wave: Haven Of Your Heart
Crest Of The Wave: Why Isn't It You?
Crest Of The Wave: If You Only Knew
Theodore & Co.: What A Duke Should Be
Theodore & Co.: Oh, How I Want To Marry

Wedding Classics: The Ideal Soundtrack for a Great Wedding Celebration

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Wrong music for a wedding
Great Classics, and not just for a Wedding
More like funeral classics

Wedding Classics: The Ideal Soundtrack for a Great Wedding Celebration

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B00005IA22
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

Trumpet Overture From 'The Indian Queen' - Andrew Parrott
Adagio In G Minor For Organ & Strings - Christopher Warren-Green
Oboe Concerto In C Minor: II. Adagio - Academy Of London
Ave Verum Corpus, K.618 - Roger Norrington
Air From Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068 - English Chamber Orchestra
Preludio Religioso From Petite Messe Solennelle - Wayne Marshall
Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude From Cantata, BWV 147 - Andrew Parrott
Canon - Andrew Parrott
Ave Maria After The Well Tempered Keyboard - Arie Van Beek
Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Alleluia From Exsultate Jubilate, K.165 - Monika Frimmer
Gloria In Excelsis (The Great Doxology) - Tonu Kaljuste
Cantabile In B Major - Nicholas Danby
Hallelujah From Messiah - Andrew Parrott
Wedding March From A Midsummer Night's Dream - Charles Mackerras

Tracks:

Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Overture - English Chamber Orchestra
Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Gavottes - English Chamber Orchestra
Organ Concerto In G Minor, FP 93: I. Andante - Allegro Giocoso - City Of London Sinfonia
Dixit Dominus - Andrew Parrott
Serenade In D Major, K. 239 'Serenata Notturna': Menuetto - Yehudi Menuhin
Die Jahreszeiten - Der Herbst: Hort, Hort, Das Laute Geton - Sigiswald Kuijken
El Corregidor Y La Molinara: Danza - Nicholas Cleobury
The Planets: Venus, The Bringer Of Peace - Charles Mackerras
Scene 3 - No.5 'Giv Alle Guder Gammens Ofg Gloedes Skal'/No.6 'Alfer Og Vaetter'/No.7 'Evige Asastro' - Ole Kristian Ruud
The Fairy Queen - Second Music: Overture - Roger Norrington
Gavotte 'Sehet In Zufriedenheit' From Wedding Cantata, BWV 202 - Nancy Argenta
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No.5 - Charles Mackerras
Pavane - City Of London Sinfonia
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - David Hill

Customer Reviews:

Wrong music for a wedding.......2005-08-29

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.......2003-04-04

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.

More like funeral classics.......2002-06-10

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.

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