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The Sprig of Thyme
The Sprig of Thyme offers a selection of traditional songs of the British Isles, with long-standing favourites as Willow Song and The Miller of Dee and lesser known gems as O Can Ye Sew Cushions and The Sprig of Thyme. The album includes many new settings for choir and small instrumental group by John Rutter.
Classical Tranquillity
John Rutter writes . . . Tranquillity is a state of mind. You might be more likely to describe a favourite countryside scene rather than a person as ‘tranquil’, but you are really describing the effect it has on you. You feel calm, serene, still, at peace, relaxed, untroubled, chilled-out . . . perhaps we… Read more »
Gloria
Alongside Gloria and several of Rutter’s most popular shorter pieces (including For the Beauty of the Earth and All things Bright and Beautiful), are pieces especially recorded for this release – Cantate Domino, Arise, Shine, Wedding Canticle and Hymn to the Creator of Light.
Visions and Requiem £14.00
The Cambridge Singers | Choristers of the Temple Church | Aurora Orchestra | Kerson Leong (violin)
John Rutter (conductor)
Visions and Requiem
John Rutter’s Visions is a four-movement showpiece for solo violin, string orchestra, harp and choir of treble voices, based on the theme of Jerusalem, the Holy City of prophetic imaginations. Alongside it, the Cambridge Singers take advantage of 30 years of technology advancement and revisit his immensely popular Requiem.
Rutter Magnificat £7.00
The Cambridge Singers | City of London Sinfonia | Patricia Forbes (soprano)
John Rutter (conductor)
Rutter Magnificat
Rutter’s Magnificat for soprano, choir and orchestra uses the traditional Magnificat text, based on the Virgin Mary’s prayer on learning she would give birth to Christ and extended with Marian prayers and poems chosen by the composer, to create a work reminiscent of outdoor processions in honour of the Virgin.
Mass of the Children £14.00
The Cambridge Singers | Cantate Youth Choir | City of London Sinfonia | Joanne Lunn (soprano) | Roderick Williams (baritone)
John Rutter (conductor)
Mass of the Children
Mass of the Children was written to bring children’s and adults’ choirs together, in the way that performing in Britten’s War Requiem did for the young John Rutter as a school chorister. The five-movement work has become popular with choirs the world over. Eight anthems and motets complete the album.
The Gift of Life
The Gift of Life, is a six-movement choral celebration of the living earth, of creation, and of life itself, offering a kaleidoscope of moods from contemplative and prayerful to majestic and inspirational.
Fancies
This album explores the secular works by Rutter: Fancies is an Elizabethan poetry cycle; When Icicles Hang sets texts by Shakespeare and Campion; the Five Childhood Lyrics set a group of simple rhymes in a spirit of fun and fairytale; and the six-movement Suite Antique for flute, harpsichord and strings ranges from simple, classic ‘aria’ to upbeat ‘jazz waltz’.
Be thou my vision
Gathered from across the Collegium catalogue, Be thou my vision includes all of the sacred choral pieces for which Rutter is justly famous, representing for the first time a handy compendium of the best-loved Rutter works in their definitive performances by the Cambridge Singers, directed by the composer.
This is the day
Inspired by the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011, this album highlights music commissioned or chosen by the Royal Family for their own weddings, funerals and anniversaries during the lifetime of Queen Elizabeth II.