The Cambridge Singers
Britain's Cambridge Singers, prolific and commercially successful, are among the best-known choral ensembles of the contemporary era. They were founded by composer John Rutter primarily as a vehicle for recording his music, although the group has also performed other music.
Rutter established the Cambridge Singers in 1981, drawing on the membership of the Clare College Choir at Cambridge University, where he had been the director from 1975 to 1979. He augmented this core with other singers who had been choral scholars at major British universities. Although the Cambridge Singers have given live performances, Rutter intended them as a recording ensemble, and he formed Collegium Records in 1984 as a vehicle for recordings of the group. At the time, small independent labels devoted to choral music were still fairly rare. The debut Cambridge Singers recording, featuring Fauré's Requiem, was a critical success. Also in 1984, Rutter and the Cambridge Singers issued Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter (reissued in 2005), and as Rutter's popularity grew, with choral music at the center of his output, it was the Cambridge Singers who were heard on the recordings that made him internationally famous. The group has spawned several impressive solo vocal careers, including those of tenor Mark Padmore and baritone Gerald Finley.
The Cambridge Singers have recorded various works not by Rutter, both with Rutter and with others as conductor; in 2016 they were heard on a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recording of Gustav Holst's The Planets, conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes. They have even crossed into the pop sphere with appearances on several albums by the electronic ensemble Mannheim Steamroller. The Cambridge Singers have been extremely prolific, often releasing two or three albums per year in the 1990s and 2000s decades. They also released a new recording of Rutter's Requiem, paired with a new work, Visions, in 2016.
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Diskografie
11 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Fauré: Requiem & Other Sacred Music
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia
Klassik - Erschienen bei Collegium am 01.01.1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Sing of a Maiden: 5 New Carols by John Rutter
The Cambridge Singers, John Roberts, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter, Jonathan Brown, Grace Davidson
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei Collegium am 05.11.2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity (Remastered 2020)
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Sears, Ruth Holton, Gerald Finley
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Collegium am 01.01.1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
John Rutter: Visions & Requiem
John Rutter, Aurora Orchestra, The Cambridge Singers
Klassik - Erschienen bei Collegium am 28.10.2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
John Rutter: Magnificat
John Rutter, City Of London Sinfonia, The Cambridge Singers
Klassik - Erschienen bei Collegium am 05.05.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei Collegium am 24.04.2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
John Rutter - The Choral Collection
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 19.09.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sing, Ye Heavens: Hymns for All Time
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia
Klassik - Erschienen bei Collegium am 01.08.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Song in Season
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei Collegium am 01.09.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rutter: The Gift of Life
John Rutter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cambridge Singers
Klassik - Erschienen bei Collegium am 30.10.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
O Praise the Lord of Heaven
John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei Collegium am 01.09.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo