Rutter: Gift of Life / Cambridge Singers

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Label
Collegium Records
Release Date
November 13, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RUTTER, JOHN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Cambridge Singers, Rutter
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 13, 2015
    • UPC
      040888013822
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COLCD138
    • LABEL
      Collegium Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. O all ye works of the Lord

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    2. No. 2. The tree of life

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    3. No. 3. Hymn to the Creator of Light

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    4. No. 4. O Lord, how manifold are thy works

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    5. No. 5. The gift of each day

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    6. No. 6. Believe in life

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    7. Give the king thy judgements, O God

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    8. A flower remembered

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    9. The Quest

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: David Theodore

      Conductor: John Rutter

    10. Psalm 150

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble

      Performer: Kate Ashby, Helen Ashby, Alice Gribbin

      Conductor: John Rutter

    11. Christ is the morning star

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    12. All Bells in Paradise

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter

    13. Rejoice and sing

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: John Rutter


All the usual virtues of Rutter's music and recordings are here. He is an extremely adept selector of texts, with The Gift of Life moving from the Book of Common Prayer to New England hymnody to Rutter's own poetry, and making it seem effortlessly of a piece. His handling of his handpicked Cambridge Singers is exemplary. The music is warm and well-shaped, with great sensitivity toward text intelligibility and an even greater level of general accessibility than usual. The album is rounded out by a group of shorter pieces, all recent, and the limpid trio of Christmas works at the end goes nicely with everything else and makes the entire album a good seasonal choice.

­– All Music Guide (James Manheim)