Decca has announced it will release the official royal wedding album in a digital world-first.

Update April 28: Music for the royal wedding confirmed

Parry March from The Birds 

Parry I Was Glad

John Hughes Hymn: Guide me, O thouh great Redeemer

William Penfro Rowlands Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling

Rutter This is the day which the Lord hath made

Mealor Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est

Parry Hymn: Jerusalem

The English National Anthem (arr Gordon Jacob)

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

Stubbs Valiant and Brave

Walton Crown Imperial

Widor Toccata from Symphonie V

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 5

Just hours after Prince William and Catherine Middleton tie the knot next month, Decca Classics will release the recording of the event online. The near-instantaneous availability of the digital download on April 29 “will capture a piece of history for a new generation”, said Decca Records president Dickon Stainer. This is the first time an official royal album will enter the worldwide digital charts, and the anticipated demand suggests the newlyweds could rocket straight to the Number One spot.

The British record label also released the official commemorative albums of Princess Diana’s wedding to Prince Charles in 1981, and of her funeral music in 1997. A deluxe physical release in various formats...