Classical Tranquillity / Rutter, Manchester Camerata

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Label
Collegium Records
Release Date
November 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius, Edvard Grieg, George Frideric Handel, Mauri
    • PERFORMER
      Manchester Camerata, John Rutter
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 03, 2023
    • UPC
      040888040224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSCDS 402
    • LABEL
      Collegium Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. She Moved Through the Fair (arr. J. Rutter for flute, violin, harp and orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Performer: Amina Hussain, Jonathan Martindale, Lauren Scott

      Conductor: John Rutter

    2. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1. Lent et douloureux (arr. J. Rutter for clarinet and orchestra)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Performer: Daniel Bayley

      Conductor: John Rutter

    3. 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter

    4. Pavane pour une infante défunte (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Performer: David Tollington

      Conductor: John Rutter

    5. 5 Meditations: No. 4. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter

    6. Symphonic Dance No. 2: The Railway Children

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Performer: Rachael Clegg

      Conductor: John Rutter

    7. Anna Magdalena Notenbuch (Clavier-Buchlein III): Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (attrib. to G.H. Stolzel) (arr. J. Rutter for orchestra)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter

    8. Sonatine: II. Mouvement de Menuet (arr. J. Rutter for orchestra)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter

    9. Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. J. Rutter for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter

    10. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Where'er you walk (arr. J. Rutter for oboe and orchestra)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Performer: Rachael Clegg

      Conductor: John Rutter

    11. Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208, "Hunt Cantata": Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. J. Rutter for orchestra)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Manchester Camerata

      Conductor: John Rutter


John Rutter writes: Tranquillity is a state of mind. You might be more likely to describe a favorite countryside scene rather than a person as ‘tranquil’, but you are really describing the effect it has on you. You feel calm, serene, still, at peace, relaxed, untroubled, chilled-out . . . perhaps we have so many different words for this state of mind because it is so important, and yet so elusive in an often noisy, frantic world.

Music has an extraordinary power to evoke tranquillity – as is revealed in the eleven pieces I have chosen to make up this collection. Ten of them happen to be among my personal favorites, drawn from the music of seven composers, plus the treasure trove of anonymous folk music, and I have added an orchestral version of my choral setting of Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace, a text formerly believed to be by St Francis of Assisi.

CONTENTS:

  • trad.: She moved through the fair
  • Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
  • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
  • Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
  • Rutter: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace
  • Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op. 64 No. 2
  • Bach: Bist du bei mir [When you are with me]
  • Ravel: Sonatine: Mouvement de Menuet
  • Debussy: Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
  • Handel: Semele: Where’er you walk
  • Rutter: Sheep may safely graze