Artist	Song
Boston Pops Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa	A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 Incidental Music: No.9 Wedding March
from Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994)
Stephen Cleobury	Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III, Bridal Chorus
from The World of Wedding Music (1993)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner	Solomon HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
from The World of Classical Favourites (1992)
Wynton Marsalis, Anthony Newman & English Chamber Orchestra	The Prince of Denmark's March
from Classic Wynton (1998)
Bruno Morin	Cinquième Symphonie en Fa Minuer, Op. 42 No. 1: V. Toccata
from Vierne: Deuxième Symphonie, Widor: Cinquième Symphonie: Auteuil (2008)
Cecilia Bartoli, Cinzia Maurizio, Myung-Whun Chung & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	Ave Maria: Arr. from Bach's Prelude No. 1, BWV 846
from Voices from Heaven (2005)
Luciano Pavarotti & National Philharmonic Orchestra of London	Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839
from Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night (1991)
English Chamber Orchestra & Raymond Leppard	Canon in D Major
from Great Performances: Baroque Favorites - Pachelbel's Canon (1985)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Hillis & Sir Georg Solti	Messiah: 42. Chorus: "Hallelujah"
from Handel: Messiah (1985)
Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Alexander Gibson	Panis Angelicus
from Sacred Songs & Spirituals (2005)
Peter Hurford & The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble	Purcell: Trumpet Tune
from The Essential Wedding Collection (2004)
Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra	Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme
from 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection: The Best of Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops (2005)
Barry Rose, Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Chamber Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa & St. Paul's Cathedral Choir	Samson HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim
from The Essential Kiri (2010)
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock	Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (1749): La Réjouissance
from Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Original Version 1749) (1997)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Iona Brown	Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra Mai Fu (Largo) (arr. N. Marriner)
from Orchestral Music - Mozart, W.A. - Handel, G.F. - Pachelbel, J. - Corelli, A. - Bach, J.S. (Serenade) (2010)
William Picher	Rondeau (J. J. Mouret)
from Toccata! (2002)
Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood	Suite No. 3 In D, BWV 1068: II. Air
from Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suites 1-4, 2 Concerti (1998)
Barbara Bonney, Roger Hamilton, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock	Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165: 4. Alleluia
from Mozart: Mass in C "Coronation", Exsultate, jubilate & Vesperae solennes (1994)
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Leonard Bernstein, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Wolfgang Seeliger	Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
from Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K.427 "Grosse Messe" (1991)
Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Kathryn Stott & Yo-Yo Ma	Méditation from Thaïs
from Fauré: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Expanded Edition) (2004)
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Grand March from Aida
from Great Marches (1997)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner	"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade in G Major, K. 525: I. Allegro
from Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik & Pachelbel: Canon (1987)
Angela Gheorghiu, Ion Marin & London Philharmonic Orchestra	Requiem, Op.48: 4. Pie Jesu
from Angela Gheorghiu: Mysterium - Sacred Arias (2001)
Wynton Marsalis, Anthony Newman & English Chamber Orchestra	Trumpet Voluntary
from Classic Wynton (1998)
Artists of the Reader's Digest Association	Ode To Joy From Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (From "Dead Poets Society")
from Reader's Digest Music: Romancing the Screen, Vol. 2 - Great Classical Film Themes (2005)

Comment:

It's the most important day of your life, so you'll need important music to set the stage. First things first: a stroll down the aisle. What could be more perfect than the traditional tones of the "Bridal Chorus," the prelude to Act III of the Richard Wagner opera [i]Lohengrin[/i] (a tune otherwise known as "Here Comes the Bride")? For something a little more delicate, you can opt for the ethereal strains of "Canon in D," popularly named "Pachelbel's Canon" for its German composer, Johann Pachelbel. And for your promenade back down the aisle as man and wife? Even if you don't recognize the title "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 Incidental Music: No. 9 Wedding March," you and your dearly beloveds will be familiar with the joyously heraldic strains of what's better known as Felix Mendelssohn's famous "Wedding March."

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