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10 reviews
Gregorian Chant, William Byrd, ...

American Gramaphone, 1990

Light and shadows
Recorded in the Great Hall of University College School, London, the Cambridge Singers under the direction of John Rutter produced a true masterpiece in 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' in 1988. The title derives from a famous prayer by St. Francis of Assisi, and is inspired by liturgical music from (or derivative of) the Middle Ages and Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian chant. The music is ...

Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter

7 reviews
John Rutter, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, ...

Collegium, 2005

Seamlessness
Absolutely incredible performance. No overdubbing here, friends. With Rutter at the helm, this group plays as if the piece never existed on paper, floating seamlessly through this many metered montage of ethereal aural bliss. Buy this now, strap on your Sennheiser's and prepare for a very serious voyage.

Cambridge Singers - Lighten our Darkness (2 CD)

4 reviews
Louis Bourgeois, William Byrd, ...

Collegium, 2006

Marvelous
This is superb a capella singing. Each note, each syllable, is just right. John Rutter has a genius for writing and, as is the case here, performing religious choral music. The sound is gorgeous. Highest recommendation.

Requiem & Magnificat/Rutter, Cambridge Singers

32 reviews
John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ...

Collegium, 2000

Why I Like Tthis CD
This is an excellent CD. I had an ulterior motive for ordering it, however. I sing in a local Choral Society and we are performing it this coming weekend. I wanted the CD to follow along at home and get my part down a little better. I do very much enjoy John Rutter's music and the Cambridge Singers are very good.

Faure: Requiem and other choral music

11 reviews
Stephen Varcoe, Gabriel Faure, ...

Collegium, 2000

Beautifully Haunting
After hearing this piece of work on two different occasions on the same day, I felt that I needed to have it. All the choices always make it difficult to choose, so I ended up buying this version. I am utterly amazed with this beautiful piece of music, by its the performers and just the cd in general.

John Rutter Collection

14 reviews
Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ...

Decca, 2002

John Rutter Collection
Absolutely beautiful selections performed perfectly!! I play it almost daily and repeatedly. I am familiar with several pieces from a performance perspective and enjoy the entire collection immensely.

Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time

12 reviews
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium, 2000

Another Rutter Keeper!
Rutter has won many fans throughout the world for his passionate, creative yet tasteful contributions to church music. Here is a hymn collection with several traditional choices along with Rutter originals. Several comprise Rutter's remakes, which is most cases are very diginified and not at all distractive to the thrust of the original. The orchestration is superb, and the Cambridge Singers of ...

Music for Compline

20 reviews
Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, ...

Harmonia Mundi USA, 2007

Luscious!
This is a must-have cd for anyone who enjoys music from the Renaissance period. The pieces are flawlessly performed by a terrific ensemble. The chromaticism of some of the selections foreshadows the 20th century, while most of the music is pure choral sweetness. The harmonic rhythm is always interesting and often unpredictable. The singers perform with liquid tones and impeccable ...

Be Thou My Vision

7 reviews
John Rutter, City of London Sinfonia, ...

Collegium, 2004

A Listening Treat
What a delight to listen to this collection of pure Rutter ! The melodic sounds of the Cambridge Singers bring me such pleasure The sheer joyfulness of this music is to me a religious experience of such depth It is superb and will lift ones spirits instantly. highly recommended to all lovers of the English contemporary choral sound and scene,____ not to be missed

John Rutter: The Sacred Flame; Europea

2 reviews
John Rutter, Nuova Musica, ...

Collegium, 2009

Argyablt the absolute best collection of its kind that I have ever heard!
John Rutter has always dominated the choral music field, mostly performances and recordings of his own compositions. Who knew that a colelction of early church music would be so captivating. The Cambrisge Singers are in fine voice as they navigate the performance practices of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. The new group that specializes in Early Music La Nuova Musica give ...

Sacred Music: Gloria

1 review
Poulenc, Cambridge Singers, ...

Collegium, 2003

Rutter's Poulenc CD is great
This is a spirited performance of beautiful music. It is typically an "English" choral sound -- lots of head tones, crystal-clear diction, performance clarity. BUT if you want the "definitive" Poulenc Gloria, this is not it. Actually, I have the first recording made of the Gloria -- an Angel mono LP "made with supervision of the composer" (whatever that means) in 1961. It's a grand, ...

Stillness And Sweet Harmony

3 reviews
Charles Pott, Gregorian Chant, ...

Collegium, 1996

Bad day at work? Enter another realm
This is a wonderfully mellow selection of choral works in the English tradition, and a particularly well-balanced program: You can set the CD to play and relax with a good glass of wine. The Cambridge Singers come across as a single, smooth instrument--not a group of belting soloists. Rutter's arrangements and orchestrations avoid here some of the cutesy movie-style effects on some of the ...

Ave Verum Corpus: Motets & Anthems

2 reviews
Byrd, Cambridge Singers, ...

Collegium, 2003

Hail, true music...
--William Byrd-- William Byrd was a composer of grace and power. A staunch Catholic in an increasingly Protestant country, Byrd maintained his church loyalties at high cost. However, as a recognised genius at liturgical music, he had powerful admirers and friends, perhaps including Queen Elizabeth herself. Producing musical settings to Latin texts in a new-regime English-dominated church ...

The John Rutter Christmas Album

25 reviews
Franz Xaver Gruber, Stephen Varcoe, ...

Collegium, 2002

Good for Chorus Members!
This is an excellent Christmas album! John Rutter is truely a wonderful contemporary composer. As a member of a symphony chorus that sang several Rutter numbers this year, the album was a big help in learning some of his lesser known carols. Thanks!

Feel the Spirit

3 reviews
John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ...

Collegium, 2001

A must have for John Rutter fans
The Cambridge Singer's have an outstanding reputation for their choral music under the direction of John Rutter. This recording lives up to Collegium's standard of high quality recordings. Rutter's "Heavenly Aeroplane" is a kick! My 11 month old kid dances to it. "Who is Sylvia" is hauntingly beautiful.

Messiah: The Complete Work

9 reviews
George Frideric Handel, John Rutter, ...

Hendrickson Worship/Martingale Music, 2007

The best recorded performance of Messiah I've heard
This is the newest recording of Messiah and it is wonderful. John Rutter and his band of musicians have captured the essence of this oratorio. Tempi are appropriate and not exessively fast. The balance between choir and orchestra is excellant and the soloists fit the piece. Technically, the recording is several levels above the ususal. I have posessed a number of recordings of Messiah over ...

Treasures of English Church Music

9 reviews
Robert Parsons, Thomas [Composer] Tallis, ...

Collegium, 1995

My favorite album. English church music at its finest.
Whether you have a couple dozen albums of English choral music or whether you're looking for an introduction to English choral music, this two CD collection is a must. Here you will find a wide selection of sacred favorites, from Gregorian chant to Ralph Vaughan Williams. It's a misnomer to call it "Anglican," since this would exclude (in addition to, of course, the pre-Reformation Latin hymns) ...

Christmas Star

10 reviews
John Rutter, Cambridge Singers and Orchestra

Collegium, 1997

A Beautiful Christmas classic!
Rutter's settings of traditional Christmas carols give new life to some old favorites. The orchestrations are lovely, and the a capella selections will make you feel like you have the world's best English carolers standing on your doorstep. This CD includes many standard carols, and a few lesser-known ones, like the gorgeous "All My Heart This Night Rejoices," which in my opinion deserves to be ...

Images of Christ

4 reviews
Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, John Rutter, ...

Collegium, 2000

A fantastic recording
This collection of music from the last thousand years is masterful from start to finish. From well-known mainstays of choral repertoire such as Lotti's "Crucifixus" and Casals' "O Vos Omnes" to the more seldom heard pieces, such as Rachmaninov's setting of the Beatitudes, the listener is treated to musically sympathetic and disciplined performances. Even if, like me, you're not of a religious ...

There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950

6 reviews
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium, 2003

How sweet it is
This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. This was recorded at the Great Hall of University College School, London, in 1986, and originally released on vinyl. I cannot find an analog/digital code (many vinyl originals were first recorded in analog and then transferred to digital, sometimes clumsily) - despite this, the ...

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