040888050520

There Is Sweet Music

John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

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Format: CD

Cat No: CSCD505

Release Date:  30 September 2002

Label:  Collegium / Collegium Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  040888050520

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    Featuring masterpieces by Benjamin Britten (Five Flower Songs), Vaughan Williams (Three Shakespeare Songs), Stanford, Delius and Elgar alongside folk-song arrangements by Bairstow, Chapman, Grainger, Holst, Moeran and Stanford, this collection highlights a golden age of the English part-song, now somewhat neglected but nonetheless offering many gem-like compositions worthy of re-investigation. "a flawless performance by a perfectly balanced group of singers… These performers hold you entranced" - Digital Audio



    "I have rarely been so stunned by the opening track of a disc before … the choir displays the most amazing discipline in their control of diction, dynamic grading and attack … I eagerly await to hear more from this partnership" - Hi-Fi News Record of the Month



    "A cleverly-chosen and beautifully performed album very well recorded …" - Music and Musicians



    "[recorded] with an expertise matching that of this talented group of singers … The control exhibited by this choir is remarkable and the quality of the voices outstanding" - Gramophone



    "These performances are a joy to listen to" - BBC Record Review

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Stanford: The Blue Bird
      • 2. Delius: Two Unaccompanied Partsongs: To be sung on a summer night on the water (I)
      • 3. To be sung on a summer night on the water (II)
      • 4. Elgar: There is sweet music
      • 5. Elgar: My love dwelt in a Northern land
      • 6. Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs: I. Full fathom five
      • 7. I. The cloud-capped towers
      • 8. II. Over hill, over dale
      • 9. The sailor and young Nancy (arr. Moeran)
      • 10. Brigg Fair (arr. Grainger)
      • 11. Londonderry air (arr. Grainger)
      • 12. The three ravens (arr. Edward T. Chapman)
      • 13. My sweetheart's like Venus (arr. Holst)
      • 14. The oak and the ash (arr. Bairstow)
      • 15. Quick! We have but a second (arr. Stanford)
      • 16. Britten: Five Flower Songs: I. To Daffodils
      • 17. II. The succession of the four sweet months
      • 18. III. Marsh flowers
      • 19. IV. The evening primrose
      • 20. V. Ballad of green broom