Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
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Performer: Stephen VarcoeComposer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Composer: Kenneth Leighton
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Composer: Peter Warlock
Composer: John Tavener
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor: John Rutter
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Performer: John Scott
Performer: Caroline Ashton
Performer: Ruth Holton
Performer: Karen Kerslake
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Music Label: Collegium
Soundtracks:
- The holly and the ivy (arr. H. Walford Davies)*
- Blessed be that maid Mary (arr. David Willcocks)
- Somerset Wassail (arr. John Rutter)
- Shepherds, in the fields abiding (French, arr. Willcocks)*
- The Infant King (Basque, arr. Willcocks)
- What is this lovely fragrance? (French, arr. Healey Willan)
- Gabriel's message (Basque, arr. Willcocks)*
- Still, still, still (German, arr. Rutter)
- Quittez, pasteurs (French, arr. Rutter)
- Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (French, arr. Rutter)
- Personent hodie (German, arr. Rutter)
- The shepherds' farewell (Hector Berlioz)
- O holy night (Adolphe Adam)
- O magnum mysterium (T. L. de Victoria)
- Hodie Christus natus est (J. P. Sweelinck)
- For unto us a child is born (G. F. Handel)
- In dulci jubilo (Samuel Scheidt)
- Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Kenneth Leighton)*
- A New Year Carol (Benjamin Britten)
- Balulalow (Peter Warlock)
- I saw a fair maiden (Peter Warlock)
- The Lamb (John Tavener)
- Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Music reviews of Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
Music Review: Great choir, but mostly recycled material
Rating: 4 Stars
I have the utmost respect for John Rutter and his Cambridge Singers, probably the best choir in the world (at least, the English-speaking world). I have almost all their CDs. Two of their Christmas CDs are "desert-island" class for this listener.
Unfortunately, I cannot give this otherwise excellent CD the same high marks. If they wanted to release a "best of Cambridge Christmas" CD, this would not be it. It does a few of the absolute best Christmas selections, including Sweelinck's "Hodie", Willcocks's breathtaking arrangement of "The Infant King", and Rutter's own quirky reading of "Personent Hodie". And it does contain a few tracks not previously released.
However, if you want the best of Cambridge and Christmas, start with "Christmas Night", which is always the first CD I pull out the day after Thanksgiving. The sound of the famliar Persall setting of "In Dulci Jubilo" sets my holiday in motion. And that CD also has Rutter's own magical "There is a flower". After that CD, get "Christmas with the Cambridge Singers", which has "The Infant King" and some other treasures.
So, you can't really go wrong with this CD, especially if you just want an introduction to how this fine ensemble addresses the most choir-friendly holiday of all. But if you're serious about getting all the good stuff, start with the other two mentioned above, then add "Christmas Day in the Morning" and the early "Christmas Star".
Description of Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
Christmas Never Sounded So Good!For more than a decade, John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers have shared the Joy of Christmas with the world. The ethereal sound of perfectly blended voices, singing the most beautiful seasonal music ever composed never fails to touch the heart or lift the spirit. This year, John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers have assembled a NEW collection ? compiled from the archives, including FOUR NEVER BEFORE RELEASED TRACKS! This is a holiday feast you will NOT want to miss!
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