Lighten Our Darkness / Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

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Label
Collegium Records
Release Date
January 1, 2006
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHEPPARD LASSUS HANDL MUNDY
    • PERFORMER
      Rutter, Cambridge Singers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2006
    • UPC
      040888013129
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COLCD131
    • LABEL
      Collegium Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. In pace

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    2. Libera nos, salva nos

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    3. Justorum animae

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    4. Pater noster

      Composer: Jacobus Handl

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    5. O Lord, the Maker of all thing

      Composer: William Mundy

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    6. Visita, quaesumus Domine

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    7. Abendlied

      Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    8. O Christ who art the light and day

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    9. O gladsome light

      Composer: Loys Bourgeois

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    10. Te lucis ante terminum

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    11. Alma Redemptoris Mater

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    12. Ave Regina caelorum

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    13. Regina caeli laetare

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    14. Salve Regina

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    15. Ave Maria

      Composer: Francisco Guerrero

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    16. All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    17. In manus tuas

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    18. In manus tuas

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    19. Opening Sentences and Responses

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: John Harte, Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    20. Psalm 91

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    21. Lesson: Come unto me

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: John Harte

      Conductor: John Rutter

    22. Respond: Into thy hands

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    23. Hymn: Before the ending of the day

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Conductor: John Rutter

    24. Keep me as the apple of an eye - Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    25. The Apostles' Creed - Lord's Prayer

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    26. Versicles and Responses

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    27. Confession and Absolution

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    28. Responses and Collects

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: John Harte

      Conductor: John Rutter

    29. We will lay us down in peace

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

      Performer: Simon Wall

      Conductor: John Rutter

    30. Closing Responses and Blessing

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: John Harte


The service of 'Compline' is the last of the seven daily services observed in monastic communities, taking place immediately before bedtime. It has over many centuries inspired incredibly beautiful compositions, and this release gathers together eighteen of the many lovely 'a cappella' choral motets, mainly from the Renaissance period, which were written to adorn the evening worship of the church. In addition, the 'Office of Compline', sung in English with its traditional chants, has been included in its entirety on a bonus CD. 'Lighten our Darkenss' sees John Rutter and his Cambridge Singers return to the austere surrounds and sumptuous acoustic of the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral, where many of their classic recordings from the 1980s and 1990s were recorded. It was, in all probability, the place where the monks of Ely sang Compline before the Reformation; its magnificent acoustics and architectural splendour and grace continue to make it the perfect setting for Compline today.