A Windham Hill

Wedding Album

Various Artists

TRACKS:
  1.  Arioso

          Paul McCandless
  2.  Wedding Rain

          Liz Story
  3.  Canon

          James Galway
  4.  Menuet (from Le Tombeau De

       Couperin)

          Paul McCandless
  5.  Processional

          William Ackerman
  6.  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3:1

          Modern Mandolin Quartet
  7.  Loreta And Desiree's Bouquet, Part 1

          George Winston
  8.  Gymnopedie No. 1

          Tim Story
  9.  Nocturne From String Quartet No. 2

          Turtle Island String Quartet
10.  Ave Maria

          Paul McCandless
11.  If You Believe

          Jim Brickman
12.  Nocturne In E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1

          Steve Erquiaga
13.  Intermezzo From "Carmen"

          Tracy Scott Silverman / Thea

          Suits-Silverman
14.  Ave Verum Corpus

          Paul McCandless

Whether it’s music that ushers the bride down the aisle, sets the tone for a memorable reception or simply creates a glorious musical mood for any occasion, A Windham Hill Wedding Album is one of the most exquisite new instrumental offerings of the season.

Featuring some of the most popular and innovative artists on the Windham Hill imprint, A Windham Hill Wedding Album is a collection of fourteen classic and original compositions perfect for any marriage ceremony.  Included in its all-star line-up are such standout composers and performers as Sir James Galway, Paul McCandless, Liz Story, George Winston, Jim Brickman, Will Ackerman, the Turtle Island String Quartet and many others. 

With executive production by Dawn Atkinson, A Windham Hill Wedding Album is an appealing mix of classic wedding favorites and new material especially written for any and all aspects of the marriage ceremony. Including such perennials as Pachelbel’s Canon in D, Bach’s Arioso and the first movement of his Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria, A Windham Hill Wedding Album also includes such new originals as “Wedding Rain” by acclaimed pianist Liz Story; “Processional” by guitar virtuoso Will Ackerman and “If You Believe” and “Loretta and Desiree’s Bouquet, Part 1” by, respectively, Jim Brickman and George Winston, two of Windham Hill’s most accomplished keyboardists.

Other standout tracks on A Windham Hill Wedding Album include four selections by famed instrumentalist Paul McCandless on oboe and French Horn: the above mentioned Arioso and Ave Maria, as well as Ravel’s Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin and Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus. Also highlighted is legendary Irish flutist Sir James Galway backed by the Munich Radio Orchestra, with a unique rendition of Pachelbel’s Canon.

One of Windham Hill’s most popular and enduring ensembles, the Turtle Hill String Quartet, performs the Nocturne from Borodin’s String Quartet No.2 while the Modern Mandolin Quartet delivers a memorable rendition of the famed first movement of Brandenburg Concerto’s No. 3. The Windham Hill Wedding Album rounds out with the unique aural ambiance of synthesizer wizard Tim Story on Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1, the brilliant acoustic guitar of Steve Erquiaga on Chopin’s Nocturne in E Minor, Op.72 No. 1 and the duo of violinist Tracy Scott Silverman and flutist Thea Suits-Silverman on the Intermezzo from Carmen by Bizet