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A Bride’s Guide to Wedding Music BACH: Cantata BWV 147:Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring; Sheep May Safely Graze; Air on the G String BOCCHERINI String Quartet Op.11: Minuet VIVALDI Four Seasons: Winter, Largo; Spring, Allegro SATIE Gymnopédie #1 GLUCK Dance of the blessed Spirits PACHELBEL Canon WAGNER Lohengrin: Wedding March CLARKE Trumpet Voluntary HANDEL Royal Fireworks Music: Overture; Chandos Anthem: Zadok the Priest; Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Let the Bright Seraphim; Water Music: Air, Hornpipe; Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade CHARPENTIER Te Deum PURCELL Trumpet Tune GOSS Praise my soul, King of heaven TRADITIONAL Immortal, Invisible PARRY Dear Lord and Father of Mankind POSTON Jesus Christ the Apple Tree FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine; Requiem: Pie Jesu; Sicilienne, Op 78 MOZART Laudate Dominum; Ave Verum Corpus FRANCK Panis Angelicus STANFORD The Blue Bird SCHUBERT Ave Maria MASSENET Thaïs: Méditation WIDOR Toccata WALTON Crown Imperial BRITTEN Jubilate Deo MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night’s Dream music, Op 61: Wedding March NAXOS 8.557246/7 [72.28 + 72.26]

Most people getting married seem to know what music they want for their ceremony. It was fifty years ago that I met the couple who got married at a nudist colony to the recorded strains of Stravinsky’s "Rite of Spring." At the last actual wedding I attended (my niece’s, in a Catholic cathedral) she wanted Ave Maria and a piano jazz arrangement of "We’ve Only Just Begun." When I once actually prepared a music tape (remember cassettes?) for a wedding, the request was for just simply the Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches, both presented here in big churchy organ renditions very suitable for ceremonies, in contrast to the original orchestral/choral versions which are entirely too light-hearted. This is the version of the Wagner piece that we used to sing to as children with the words: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide..." Well, things have certainly changed recently. These disks provide an enormous assortment of tunes to use in setting up the ceremony with minute by minute suggestions as the most effective pieces to use for which function. Clearly very elaborate weddings are envisioned. Mothers of brides, more than brides themselves, are likely to salivate over these CDs and the 32 page booklet of suggestions and advice. The lack of artist information on the disk or notes is partly justified by the inclusion of publisher’s information and suggestions as to the ability level required for amateur musicians to perform the music live. Most of the music on these disks is in the public domain, but the recordings presented here are not. With all due regard for Naxos’ making the music available at low cost, remember that Naxos owns all these tapes. I can see a lot of people who want a big public ceremony buying this disk and getting all excited about arranging the music. Ah, but you are at once directed to page 24 of the booklet. Beginning with "Nobody wants to break the law...." (This is a big improvement over "FBI WARNING! Interpol and FBI investigate all allegations....) is a description of the procedures which must be complied with in the U.K. before any of this music can be performed in public, live or recorded, even in a church. There is a danger that most people who buy the disk will assume they also bought a licence to play it in public. I would suggest that record dealers make purchasers aware that they can’t do what they most likely want to do, and that is play this CD at their big public wedding ceremony. Paul Shoemaker Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage There will be NO VAT Rises [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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