Christmas Night - Carols of the Nativity / Rutter, City of London Sinfonia

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Label
Collegium Records
Release Date
November 6, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RUTTER, JOHN
    • PERFORMER
      Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 06, 2020
    • UPC
      040888052623
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSCD526
    • LABEL
      Collegium Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. In dulci jubilo (arr. R.L. Pearsall for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    2. Adam lay y-bounden

      Composer: Boris Ord

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    3. Christmas Night (arr. J. Rutter for mixed choir and orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter

    4. Once, as I remember (arr. C. Wood for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    5. A Spotless Rose

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Nicholas Sears

      Conductor: John Rutter

    6. In the Bleak Mid-Winter (arr. J. Rutter for mixed choir and strings)

      Composer: Harold Darke

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter

    7. There Is a Flower

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Ruth Holton

      Conductor: John Rutter

    8. The Cherry Tree Carol (arr. D. Willcocks for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    9. I wonder as I wander (arr. J. Rutter for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Gerald Finley

      Conductor: John Rutter

    10. Candlelight Carol (version for mixed choir, flute, oboe, harp and strings)

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter

    11. O Tannenbaum (arr. J. Rutter for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    12. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. D. Willcocks for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    13. A Virgin Most Pure (arr. C. Wood for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    14. I Sing of a Maiden

      Composer: Patrick Hadley

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter

    15. Lute-book lullaby (arr. G. Shaw for mixed choir)

      Composer: William Ballet

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    16. The Three Kings (arr. I. Atkins for voice and mixed choir)

      Composer: Peter Cornelius

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Nicholas Sears

      Conductor: John Rutter

    17. Myn lyking

      Composer: Richard Runciman Terry

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter

    18. O Little One Sweet (arr. J. S. Bach for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    19. All My Heart this Night Rejoices

      Composer: Johann Georg Ebeling

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    20. I Saw A Maiden (arr. E. Pettman for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    21. Away in a Manger (arr. J. Rutter for mixed choir)

      Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    22. Nativity Carol (version for mixed choir and strings)

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

      Conductor: John Rutter


The theme of this album is the birth of Christ, reflected in the words and music of twenty-two carols spanning more than six centuries. Some of these carols have long been widely known and loved; others have become so thanks to the annual Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge; a few are newly written. But all of them focus on the central event of the Christmas story – the birth at Bethlehem – and on the characters in that story: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, and the mother with her child.

John Rutter writes: “This has always been my favorite among the Christmas albums I have devised and conducted, but digital sound restoration techniques have made huge advances in the years since it was recorded and it was time to give it a spring-clean. In remastering it, it has been possible to bring the sound of the choir and the orchestra to life, and I have been able to enjoy it anew. The Cambridge Singers in 1985 were at the top of their game, and the choir list includes at least two singers who are now internationally renowned as soloists. We hope you will enjoy this classic recording in its newly restored form.”

CONTENTS:

  • In dulci jubilo
  • Ord: Adam lay ybounden
  • Christmas Night
  • Once, As I Remember
  • Howells: A Spotless Rose
  • Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Rutter: There Is a Flower
  • The Cherry-Tree Carol
  • Niles: I Wonder as I Wander
  • Rutter: Candlelight Carol
  • Tannenbaum
  • Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  • A Virgin Most Pure
  • Hadley, P: I sing of a maiden
  • Ballet: Lute-Book Lullaby
  • Cornelius: The Three Kings
  • Richard R. Terry: Myn Lyking
  • Bach, J S: O Jesulein süß, BWV493
  • Ebeling: All my heart this night rejoices
  • I Saw a Maiden
  • Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
  • Rutter: Nativity Carol