John Rutter: Three Musical Fables

John Rutter: Three Musical Fables

John Rutter: Three Musical Fables
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Composer: John Rutter
Conductor: John Rutter
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Performer: Alastair Hume
Performer: Anthony Holt
Performer: Bill Ives
Performer: Colin Scott Mason
Performer: Jeremy Jackman
Performer: Simon Carrington
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Music Label: Collegium
Soundtracks:
  1. Introduction - The King's Singers
  2. Rat And Mole Meet: A Life On The River - The King's Singers
  3. Scene At Badger's House - The King's Singers
  4. Toad's Car - The King's Singers
  5. Court Scene - The King's Singers
  6. Toad In Gaol: Let Me Tickle Your Fancy - The King's Singers
  7. Toad's Song: I've Got Style - The King's Singers
  8. The Recapture Of Toad Hall: Let's Wallop A Weasel - The King's Singers
  9. The Banquet At Toad Hall - The King's Singers
  10. Finale: Home Is A Special Kind Of Feeling - The King's Singers
  11. Introduction - The Cambridge Singers
  12. Sigismund Sings In The Abbey Choir - The Cambridge Singers
  13. Sigismund Is Dismissed - The Cambridge Singers
  14. Brother Heinrich And The New Carol - The Cambridge Singers
  15. The Angels Appear On Christmas Eve - The Cambridge Singers
  16. Brother Heinrich Writes Down The Angels' Carol - The Cambridge Singers
  17. Christmas Morning - The Cambridge Singers
  18. The Angels' Carol And Christmas Dinner - The Cambridge Singers
  19. Introduction - The King's Singers
  20. The Boy Visits The Dragon's Cave - The King's Singers
  21. The Villagers And St. George Arrive - The King's Singers
  22. Trio: I Say, Old Boy - The King's Singers
  23. Planning The Tournament: First He Waves His Spear Around - The King's Singers
  24. The Tournament - The King's Singers
  25. Banquet Fugue - The King's Singers
  26. Finale: Let's Begin Again - The King's Singers

Music reviews of John Rutter: Three Musical Fables

Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars

"ONCE YOU LEAVE ITS BORDERS YOU MAY NE'ER RETURN AGAIN"(from the song 'Toyland' by Victor Herbert).
Well, Victor, you obviously have not heard this amazing recording by John Rutter and Forces. Looking for something for my young grandchildren I found quite by accident this truly remarkable and musically excellent recording! And I said loudly: FOR ME! FOR ME!! It is ageless and bears the stamp of Rutter's creativity and superior musicianship plus an absolutely STUNNING performance by the King's Singers.

This is an enchanting CD for children (and eavesdropping adults), gathering together three "musical fables" that John Rutter wrote for Christmas Concerts given by the King's Singers and Cambridge Singers of London Sinfonia; "The Reluctant Dragon" and "The Wind in the Willows" based on Kenneth Graham stories , adapted by David Grant. "Brother Heinrich's Christmas" was written for a Christmas TV Special from Salisbury Cathedral, with Rutter writing the story as well as the music. This entire recording is like the sound track to a musical, with Richard Baker narrating "Dragon" and "Willow" and Brian Kay narrating "Brother", and Anthony Holt, for instance, playing St. George in "Dragon".

The music is appropriately descriptive; the narrators dictionally and dramatically perfect; at no time was a word lost in the speaking or the singing. There are some really lovely songs in each little musical with tunes that are singable and meaningful. The three fables are delightfully entertaining. I found it mesmorizing! And it's been many long years since I have seen childhood.

CONTENTS: 1. 'Wind in the Willows' for narrator, vocal ensemble and orchestra.
2. 'Brother Heinrich's Christmas', for narrator, chorus and orchestra.
3. 'The Reluctant Dragon', for narrator, vocal ensemble and orchestra.

This is a remastering of a 2004 disc; sixty-nine minutes. The package includes a twenty page booklet with pertinent information and a complete text of all three stories.
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