For the first time ever, the Royal Wedding ceremony was recorded and released immediately as a digital album.
Prince William and Kate Middleton will now qualify for the charts next week with ‘The Royal Wedding – The Official Album’.
The album features the complete ceremony and music from the ceremony performed by The Choir of Westminster Abbey, the Chapel Royal Choir, The London Chamber Orchestra and the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.
The choirs were directed by James O’Donnell and the London Chamber Orchestra was conducted by its principal conductor and music director Christopher Warren-Green.
The album was produced by classical music producer Anna Barry, who has produced over 500 albums in the past 25 years including works by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jose Carreras.
"This is a great honor and an enormous responsibility,” she said in a statement. “The wedding means so much to millions of people all over the world -- we had to capture every note and every nuance perfectly and have the recording ready within minutes of the end of the ceremony."
Tracklisting:
1. The Arrival of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh – Fanfare
2. The Procession of The Queen - March from The Birds (Parry)
3. Prelude on Rhosymedre (Vaughan Williams)
4. The Procession of the Bride - Anthem: I Was Glad (Parry)
5. Hymn: Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) (Hughes)
6. The Welcome and Introduction
7. The Marriage
8. The Vows
9. Hymn: Love Divine (Blaenwern) (Rowlands)
10. The Lesson
11. The Anthem: This is the Day Which The Lord Hath Made (Rutter)
12. The Address
13. The Motet: Ubi Caritas (Mealor)
14. The Prayers
15. Hymn: Jerusalem (Parry)
16. The Blessing
17. The National Anthem (Trad.)
18. The Signing of the Register - Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry)
19. Fanfare: Valiant and Brave (Stubbs)
20. The Procession of the Bride and Bridegroom - Crown Imperial (Walton)
21. Toccata from Symphonie V (Widor)
Universal Music has released the album digitally already. The physical CD will be released on May 10.
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