A Double Celebration

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JOHN RUTTER
A Double Celebration
John Rutter & the Cambridge Singers

[ Collegium / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 19 September 2014

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September 2014 saw the release of a celebratory 2-CD set from Collegium Records. The first disc highlights 30 years of the Cambridge Singers, with 30 selected tracks from classic Cambridge Singers recordings. The second CD features music composed or arranged by John Rutter over the past 30 years, recorded on the Collegium label. A Double Celebration!

Tracks:

DISC 1: THE CAMBRIDGE SINGERS - 30 TRACKS FOR 30 YEARS
Sacred Music
Come, let's rejoice (1' 40") John Amner (1579-1641)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (1' 50") Gregorian chant
If ye love me (2' 12") Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Hosanna to the Son of David(2' 33") Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Haec dies (2' 23") William Byrd (1543-1623)
This joyful Eastertide (2' 17") Dutch carol, arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926)
O gladsome light (1' 54") Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-1559)
Remember not, Lord, our offences (2' 25") Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Ave Virgo gloriosa (1' 58") Richard Dering (c.1580-1630)
Ave verum Corpus(4' 09") Orlande de Lassus (1532-94)
Laudate Dominum(2' 49") J. P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo(Ave Maria)(2' 38") Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Ave Maria(3' 10") Anton Bruckner (1824-96)
In paradisum (from the Requiem)(3' 41") Gabriel Fauré

Secular Music
The blue bird (3' 52") C. V. Stanford (1852-1924)
My sweetheart's like Venus (1' 51") Welsh folk-song, arranged by G. Holst (1874-1934)
To be sung of a summer night on the water II (2' 18") Frederick Delius (1862-1934) Tenor solo: Mark Padmore
The silver swan (1' 45") Orlando Gibbons
Round about in a fair ring (0' 55") John Bennet (fl. c.1600)
Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (from Trois Chansons) (2' 21") Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
The bold grenadier (fromThe Sprig of Thyme) (2' 56") English folk-song, arranged by John Rutter
Quick! we have but a second (0' 41") Irish air, arranged by C. V. Stanford
Lay a garland (2' 31") R. L. Pearsall (1795-1856)
I know where I'm going (from
The Sprig of Thyme) (3' 01") Irish folk-song, arranged by John Rutter Oboe: Christopher Hooker

Christmas music
There is a flower (4' 04") John Rutter Soprano solo: Ruth Holton
Sans Day Carol (3' 07") Cornish traditional carol, arranged by John Rutter
I wonder as I wander (2' 52") Appalachian carol, collected by John Jacob Niles
(G. Schirmer, Inc.), arranged by John Rutter Baritone solo: Gerald Finley
Candlelight Carol (4' 06") John Rutter
Away in a manger (2' 12") W. J. Kirkpatrick (1832-1921), arranged by John Rutter
Mary's Lullaby (3' 27") John Rutter

DISC 2: MUSIC OF JOHN RUTTER
Sacred Music
For the beauty of the earth (3' 39")
A Gaelic Blessing (1' 48")
The Lord is my shepherd (5' 12") Oboe: Quentin Poole
O clap your hands (3' 12")
Be thou my vision (4' 13")
Thy perfect love (2' 44")
Lord of the Dance (3' 15") American Shaker song, arranged by John Rutter
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace (2' 55")
Open thou mine eyes (2' 37")
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) (4' 11")
Soprano solo: Caroline Ashton
All things bright and beautiful (2' 43")
Christ the Lord is risen again (2' 48")
I believe in springtime (3' 02")
I my Best-Beloved's am (6' 40") Tenor solo: Simon Wall
God be in my head (1' 29")
A Choral Amen (1' 08")

Secular music
O waly, waly (2' 47") Somerset folk-song, arranged by John Rutter
Blow, blow, thou winter wind (from When Icicles Hang) (3' 52")
Riddle Song (from Fancies) (3' 13")
Down by the riverside (4' 03") American folk-song, arranged by John Rutter
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (from Five Childhood Lyrics) (1' 42")
Good Ale (from When Icicles Hang) (2' 43")
Sing a song of sixpence (from Five Childhood Lyrics) (1' 42") Nursery song,
arranged by John Rutter
Dashing away with the smoothing iron (from Five Traditional Songs) (2' 23")
English traditional song, arranged by John Rutter
Waltz (from Suite Antique) (3' 06") Flute: Andrew Nicholson Harpsichord: John Birch with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra