25 Wedding Favorites [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Jeremiah Clarke (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Richard Wagner (Composer), Charles-Marie Widor (Composer), David Zinman (Conductor), Donald Neuen (Conductor), Gunter Kehr (Conductor), Jörg Faerber (Conductor), Maurice de Abravanel (Conductor), Richard Auldon Clark (Conductor), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Conductor), Mainz Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Mainz Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: David Zinman, Donald Neuen, Gunter Kehr, Jörg Faerber, Maurice de Abravanel, et al.
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Jeremiah Clarke, Cesar Franck, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, et al.
• Audio CD (September 5, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B00004Y6T1
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,335 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 25 Wedding Favorites, February 24, 2006

By	A. Dodge (Colorado Spgs., CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent CD for a formal wedding, so-so for a casual one.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Source of Ideas But ..., May 10, 2004

By	S. Woudenberg "Tulips" (Rotterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The best I can say about this CD is that there are many different styles represented & one can at least get a sense of which pieces merit further investigation. My overall impression is that most of the selections are given a heavy-handed treatment(one might say ultra-formal) or are downright silly--I could swear I've heard 2 of the tracks in Disney's Electrical Parade. I don't blame the composer, of course, but the arranger & compiler. I'm planning my own wedding & found a few ideas of songs I'd like to hear in *other* versions, but nothing on this CD sounded like what I wanted to hear at my wedding, let alone anyone else's. If you have limited exposure to classical music, or don't know where to begin in planning your wedding selections, this might be a good place to begin, simply because of the variety. But I wouldn't recommend it as the source of your wedding music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good selection, February 23, 2006

By	Stacie Tourville "Stacie Tourville" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This CD has a good selection of songs on it.
We will use one of the songs for the ceremony.
We found a couple of other wedding CDs on amazon.com too
One of them is "Classical Wedding Traditions"
The sound on this CD is simply amazing.
I will enjoy this one long after the wedding.
Amazon.com has helped us a lot in planning our wedding music.