Various - A Choral Wedding

A new release in the Naxos wedding music series, 'A Choral Wedding' is a 2 CD collection of popular choral anthems and favourite hymns which have been chosen specifically as suggestions for brides and grooms planning church weddings with a choir. CD 1 includes a variety of anthems from the popular Anglican tradition such as Wesley's Blessed be the God and Father and Parry's I was glad through to classical evergreens such as Mozart's Laudate Dominum and Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine. There are some seasonal items too - Stainer's God so loved the world for an Easter wedding and Lauridsen's O magnum mysterium for a Christmas wedding. CD 2 is a re-packaged version of Abide with Me (8.557578), and includes a wide selection of congregational hymns such as sing-along favourites Jerusalem and Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven.