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John Rutter's handpicked Cambridge Singers have lately been more often deployed in his own music, but Rutter originally formed the group to perform monuments of Renaissance sacred music like those heard on this release. The singers, adult and mixed in gender, mostly emerged from the choral groups of prominent English universities and cathedrals, but Rutter has certainly put his own stamp on them. His performances of Renaissance works tend to make them sound like his own music, with a sunny, slightly soprano-heavy sound (there are 12 sopranos and only seven or eight singers on the other voice parts) clear articulation of the texts and the polyphony, and a certain piety. The program here extends forward into the Baroque with Bach and Buxtehude, not with notable success, but many of the Renaissance standards are very appealing. Consider the setting of O vos omnes by Carlo Gesualdo (track 8), for which the O vos omnes by Victoria (track 13) provides a useful foil. The bright sound of Rutter's singers collides with the work's gloomy chromatic passages to create a sort of chiaroscuro effect. The performances of Palestrina and especially of Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena are clean and undeniably attractive. If Rutter has a slight tendency to make diverse music sound similar. he is technically faultless, and the engineering by Simon Eadon, working in the Great Hall of University College School in London, is exceptional. Notes, in English only, provide texts and substantial introductions to each piece.
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Jubilate Deo (Giovanni Gabrieli)
John Rutter, Conductor - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Nuova Musica, La, Ensemble
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Beatus vir, SV 268 (Live) (Claudio Monteverdi)
John Rutter, Conductor - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Nuova Musica, La, Ensemble
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Christe adoramus te (Claudio Monteverdi)
Mark Williams, Artist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Cantate Domino canticum novum, SV 293 (Claudio Monteverdi)
Mark Williams, Artist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Motets for 4 Voices, Book 2 (Palestrina)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 5 for 5 Voices (Palestrina)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Christus factus est (Felice Anerio)
Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Felice Anerio, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
O vos omnes (Carlo Gesualdo)
Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Timor et tremor (Orlande de Lassus)
Orlande De Lassus, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Ave verum corpus (Orlande de Lassus)
John Rutter, Conductor - Orlande De Lassus, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, SwWV 161 (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Mark Williams, Artist - John Rutter, Conductor - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Magnificat anima mea, BuxWV Anh 1 (Dieterich Buxtehude)
John Rutter, Conductor - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Dieterich Buxtehude, Composer - Nuova Musica, La, Ensemble
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Jesu dulcis memoria (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Crux fidelis (Joao IV (King of Portugal))
Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Joao IV (King of Portugal), Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Ave Maria (Josquin des Prés)
Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Josquin des Prez, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Dixit Maria ad angelum (Hans Leo Hassler)
Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Hans Leo Hassler, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Psalms of David, Op. 2 (Heinrich Schütz)
Mark Williams, Artist - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Selig sind die Toten, SWV 281 (Heinrich Schütz)
Mark Williams, Artist - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - John Rutter, Conductor - Cambridge Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Nuova Musica, La, Ensemble
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
Album review
John Rutter's handpicked Cambridge Singers have lately been more often deployed in his own music, but Rutter originally formed the group to perform monuments of Renaissance sacred music like those heard on this release. The singers, adult and mixed in gender, mostly emerged from the choral groups of prominent English universities and cathedrals, but Rutter has certainly put his own stamp on them. His performances of Renaissance works tend to make them sound like his own music, with a sunny, slightly soprano-heavy sound (there are 12 sopranos and only seven or eight singers on the other voice parts) clear articulation of the texts and the polyphony, and a certain piety. The program here extends forward into the Baroque with Bach and Buxtehude, not with notable success, but many of the Renaissance standards are very appealing. Consider the setting of O vos omnes by Carlo Gesualdo (track 8), for which the O vos omnes by Victoria (track 13) provides a useful foil. The bright sound of Rutter's singers collides with the work's gloomy chromatic passages to create a sort of chiaroscuro effect. The performances of Palestrina and especially of Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena are clean and undeniably attractive. If Rutter has a slight tendency to make diverse music sound similar. he is technically faultless, and the engineering by Simon Eadon, working in the Great Hall of University College School in London, is exceptional. Notes, in English only, provide texts and substantial introductions to each piece.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cambridge Singers Nuova Musica, La Mark Williams John Rutter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Collegium
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
(C) 2009 Collegium (P) 2009 Collegium
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