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A Cambridge Christmas

A Cambridge Christmas

AVAILABLE FROM 6TH NOVEMBER 2026

The Cambridge Singers
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
John Rutter (conductor)

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AVAILABLE FROM 6th NOVEMBER 2026

A new Christmas album (2CD set) from John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

John Rutter writes:

“In 1971, David Willcocks invited me to co-edit Carols for Choirs 2. This most happy association cemented my lifelong association with Cambridge and with Christmas, and in calling this double album A Cambridge Christmas, I am paying homage to that association. Some of the carols included in it were written by Cambridge authors or musicians, others were made famous by Cambridge Choirs, some I have included just because I like them, and there are several carols I have arranged or composed myself, generally for friends or organisations I cherish."

Track list
Disc 1: The Peace of Christmas

  1. Was I the lamb? (J. Rutter)
  2. All the stars looked down (J. Rutter)
  3. Bethlehem Down (P. Warlock)
  4. Away in a manger (E. T. Chapman)
  5. Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber (arr. D. Willcocks)
  6. Christ our Emmanuel (J. Rutter)
  7. Cradle Song (arr. J. Rutter)
  8. Lute-book lullaby (16th-century English)
  9. O magnum mysterium (G. P. da Palestrina)
  10. Infant holy, infant lowly (arr. J. Rutter)
  11. I sing of a maiden (J. Rutter)
  12. La Berceuse (B. Bell, arr. J. Rutter)
  13. Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (arr. J. Rutter)
  14. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (arr. J. Rutter)
  15. Blake's Lullaby (J. Rutter)
  16. Love came down at Christmas (J. Rutter)

Disc 2: The joy of Christmas

  1. Up! good Christen folk, and listen (arr. G. R. Woodward)
  2. Hodie Christus natus est (G. P. da Palestrina)
  3. Hereford Carol (arr. C. Robinson)
  4. The holly and the ivy (M. Owens)
  5. The Colours of Christmas (J. Rutter)
  6. Sussex Carol (arr. D. Willcocks)
  7. In dulci jubilo (arr. H. Praetorius)
  8. Christmas Child (J. Rutter)
  9. King Jesus hath a garden (arr. J. Rutter)
  10. The Jolly Shepherd (J. Rutter)

    Beyond Christmas: Visions and Legends

  11. Joseph's Carol (J. Rutter)
  12. The Crown of Roses (P. I. Tchaikovsky, arr. G. Shaw)
  13. The Linden Tree (arr. J. Rutter)
  14. Jesus Christ the apple tree (E. Poston)

 

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