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CD, Rutter (composer)
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John Rutter: Requiem
RecommendedNicolas Rimmer (organ), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, Timothy Brown
Naxos continues its conquest of Cambridge's college choirs and finds that from Clare College on excellent form. I suspect this will be one of those Naxos recordings that sells by the ten thousand... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2003, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rutter: Gloria & Other Sacred Music
Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia & Wallace Collection, Stephen Layton
This superb disc contains a balanced cross- section of Rutter's sacred choral music, spanning over a quarter century and featuring several first recordings. Rutter's stylistic hallmarks are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. John Rutter: Reflections
Steven Osborne (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
The Celebration Overture (2023) opens with an orchestral peeling of bells evocative, dare I say it, of a certain season breezy and in the long tradition of British light music. More weighty... —
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Special offer. John Rutter: A Song in Season
RecommendedNew sacred choral music by John Rutter
Cambridge Singers & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
The Wells Jubilate is typical Rutter - brightly melodic, immediately communicative, and well calculated to bring executive satisfaction to the performers...With Rutter himself conducting his... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2010
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Special offer. Rutter: Magnificat
Patricia Forbes (soprano)
The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
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Special offer. Rutter - A Christmas Festival
RecommendedMelanie Marshall, Clara Sanabras & Elin Manahan Thomas
Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Farnham Youth Choir, John Rutter
The sparkling fanfare introducing 'O come, all ye faithful' gives a typical flavour, Rutter gleefully using the full resources of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to light the soundstage up... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Special offer. In the Poet's Garden
Melanie Marshall, Roderick Williams (baritone), Taplow Young Voices (children's choir), Catrin Finch (harp), Matthew Jorysz, Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
If London Town's unison voices are a little 'school production, there are fascinating stylistic mismatches in the Three Shakespeare Songs, which embrace jazzy rhythms and harmonies. And there's... —
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Bathed in a haze of sound, the crystal-clear voices of Ensemble Altera delight in held suspensions and crunchy chords. Glorious! —
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All the Stars Looked Down: A John Rutter Celebration
Daniel Hyde, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia
Rutter favourites such as Dormi, Jesu, Nativity Carol and All Bells in Paradise receive radiant performances under Daniel Hyde's highly sympathetic direction, with the Britten Sinfonia adding... —
