Candlelight / Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• ben Breakwell (Tenor)
• Elin Thomas (Soprano)
• Sam Evans (Baritone)
• Andrew Nicholson (Flute)
• John Birch (Harpsichord)

Conductor

• Rutter, John

Ensemble

• City of London Sinfonia

Composers

• James R. Murray (circa 1841 - 1905)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (Composer) (1936 - 2012)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Christmas Traditional
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• Sarum Chant (died 1492)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)

Notes & Reviews:

John Rutter presents a collection of music that celebrates the holiday season and winter time from the Collegium back catalog.

In this compilation of music from previously released Christmas albums, John Rutter writes that his intent is to create a collection that reflects the variety of the Christmas season -- the religious and the secular, the contemplative and the festive -- and is fully successful in gathering selections that are diverse, but fit well together. The Cambridge Singers shine as always with their sweet sound and sing with full but pure, straight tone that's ideal for this repertoire.

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Rutter, John : Candlelight Carol

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1984

Victoria, Tomás Luis de : O magnum mysterium

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1572

Rutter, John : When Icicles Hang :: Blow, blow, thou winter wind

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1973

Bennett, Richard R. : Puer nobis, for chorus

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1980

Rutter, John : Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra :: Of a Rose, a lovely Rose

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1990

Bennett, Richard R. : Lullay Mine Liking, for soloists & chorus

• Performers: ben Breakwell (Tenor); Elin Thomas (Soprano); Sam Evans (Baritone)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1984

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

Murray, James R. : Away in a Manger

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1877

Rutter, John : Wind in the Willows, for narrator, vocal ensemble & orchestra :: Wild Wood Carol

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1981

Poulenc, Francis : Videntes stellam, motet for chorus (4 motets pour le temps de Noël), FP 152/3

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1951

Rutter, John : Suite Antique, for flute, harpsichord & strings :: Chanson

• Performers: Andrew Nicholson (Flute); John Birch (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1979

Rutter, John : What sweeter music

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1988

Chant, Sarum : Veni, Redemptor Gentium, hymn

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Palestrina, Giovanni : Hodie Christus natus est

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Poulenc, Francis : Hodie Christus natus est, motet for chorus (4 motets pour le temps de Noël), FP 152/4

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1952

Traditional, Christmas : Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High)

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

Walton, William : What Cheer?, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 2)

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1931

Traditional, Christmas : Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling")

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1850

Rutter, John : When Icicles Hang :: Good ale

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1973

Rutter, John : The Very Best Time of Year, carol

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1985