Church Music Site: CDs of Wedding music

www.hymncds.com has a wide range of accompaniments for hymns and worship songs, plus organ voluntaries. Read more >>

The Sacred Flame - Cambridge Singers

I'll be honest, my mental image of the Cambridge Singers is of rather heavy handed singing, suitable for John Rutter's jolly carols, but not exactly competition for the Sixteen. However in this collection of Renaissance and Baroque they have proved they can do subtlety too. The Monteverdi pieces bounce along with just enough lightness. There's a wonderful range of the best music here. Gesualdo's O vos omnes, for example, is full of 'he can't do that!' moments - it's electrifying. Buxtehude's chunky and jubilant Magnificat adds a little light relief among the exquisite likes of Victoria and Josquin Desprez... and it runs through neatly through Schütz to the (relatively) trendy 'new' music of Mr Bach.

All in all a great collection.

CDs of Wedding Music

See our wedding music page for more information on choosing music for a wedding. We also have a total of three CDs of wedding voluntaries and hymn accompaniments in our Wedding 2 CD set and Organ Miscellany.

In the UK:

Love Divine: The Complete Guide to Music for a Church Wedding
World of Wedding Music
The Complete Wedding Album
Music for a Civil Wedding - don't be put off by the title: although may not be played by organ, the selection of music is entirely appropriate for a church wedding too
Music for a Civil Wedding volume 2 - don't be put off by the title: as above, may not be played by organ but the selection of music is entirely appropriate for a church wedding too - in fact this CD has more traditional church wedding music on it than the first one
Wedding Hymns - Queen's College, Cambridge with a wedding-oriented hymn CD featuring 22 of the most popular hymns for weddings
A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music - a strange CD in that most of the music on it is very rarely heard at weddings, but would go down well - so worth a listen, but don't expect your local church choir to perform the Bluebird (for instance)