25 Wedding Favorites [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Jeremiah Clarke (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Charles-Marie Widor (Composer), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Conductor), Jörg Faerber (Conductor), Richard Auldon Clark (Conductor), Günter Kehr (Conductor), Donald Neuen (Conductor), David Zinman (Conductor), Maurice de Abravanel (Conductor), Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra
• Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Jörg Faerber, Richard Auldon Clark, Günter Kehr, Donald Neuen, et al.
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner, George Frederick Handel, Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Pachelbel, Antonio Vivaldi, 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 (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Miscellaneous > Wedding Music
  • #33 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Brass > Trumpet
  • #40 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750)

Track Listings

1. Wedding March

2. Allegro I

3. The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) for brass, winds & percus

4. Minuet

5. Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337

6. 1st Movement, Spring

7. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

8. Air

9. Sheep May Safely Graze

10. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

11. Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried St

12. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass

13. Weichet Nur

14. Silent Worship

15. Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with o

16. Sehet in Zufriedenheit

17. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52

18. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174)

19. Air on the G String

20. Pastorale

See all 25 tracks on this disc

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

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A. Dodge (Colorado Spgs., CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Wedding Favorites (Audio CD)

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

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S. Woudenberg (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Wedding Favorites (Audio CD)

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

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

This review is from: 25 Wedding Favorites (Audio CD)

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.