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John Rutter: Feel The Spirit

John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Melanie Marshall (mezzo-soprano)

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Format: CD

Cat No: CSCD523

Release Date:  03 November 2013

Label:  Collegium / Collegium Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  040888052326

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    Strong, stirring spirituals and tuneful, jazz-flavoured settings of Shakespeare's timeless lyrics are the mouth-watering ingredients of the Cambridge Singers' album Feel the Spirit. John Rutter has written vivid arrangements of seven well-loved American spirituals for choir, with soloist Melanie Marshall and the BBC Concert Orchestra joining together with the Cambridge Singers for this world première recording.



    Another notable 'first' is jazz legend George Shearing's captivating cycle of Shakespeare settings, Songs and Sonnets. Those who associate George Shearing with instrumental jazz (and of course with his immortal Lullaby of Birdland) will be astonished and delighted at the youthful charm and skillful word setting of this cycle.



    The final touch of sparkle is added by Proms favourite Wayne Marshall's piano with Malcolm Creese on bass.



    To complete the album, John Rutter's own Birthday Madrigals also receive their premere recording.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. John Rutter: Feel the Spirit: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
      • 2. Steal Away
      • 3. I Got a Robe
      • 4. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
      • 5. Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
      • 6. Deep River
      • 7. When the Saints Go Marching In
      • 8. George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets: Live With Me and Be My Love
      • 9. When Daffodils Begin to Peer
      • 10. It Was a Lover and His Lass
      • 11. Spring
      • 12. Who Is Silvia
      • 13. Fie On Sinful Fantasy
      • 14. Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
      • 15. Rutter: The Heavenly Aeroplane
      • 16. Lord of the Dance (arr. Rutter)
      • 17. John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals: It Was a Lover and His Lass
      • 18. Draw On, Sweet Night
      • 19. Come Live With Me
      • 20. My True Love Hath My Heart
      • 21. When Daisies Pied
      • 22. Rutter: Skylark