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Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

Christmas with the Cambridge Singers
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Track Listing

  1. Joy To The World
  2. Hodie Christus Natus Est
  3. Angels' Carol
  4. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
  5. Twas In The Moon Of Winter Time
  6. Personent Hodie
  7. Sussex Carol
  8. In Dulci Jubilo
  9. Somerset Wassail
  10. For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  11. O Holy Night
  12. What Sweeter Music
  13. O Magnum Mysterium
  14. Still, Still, Still
  15. Coventry Carol
  16. What Child s This?
  17. The Shepherd's Farewell
  18. The Infant King
  19. Quem Pastores Laudavere
  20. A New Year Carol
  21. Silent Night

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #73402 in Music
  • Released on: 1993-01-28
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

Album Description
Features John Rutter’s What Sweeter Music, famous from Volvo’s popular "Lives Saved" commercials, plus 20 other carols, seasonal motets and choruses. "Delightfully arranged, magnificently performed and recorded… a winner all the way." -Gramophone

Customer Reviews

This is the way you long to hear carols sung...5
So often during the Christmas season we hear Christmas songs sung at church on the radio or in a mall or resaurant and we know something is missing, altered or not quite right about them. I suppose all the arrangers out there assume that people are tired of traditional arrangements and won't record carols unless they are somehow contemporized or something. In the meantime, the spirit of the original compositions is diluted or lost.

This Cambridge Singers recording provides fulfillment for our longing to hear pure, melodic and reverent interpretations of great carols and songs of the Christmas season. The melodies, melodic rhythms and harmonies have not been corrupted as in 99% of recorded music you will hear during the season and the full-orchestra accompaniment is divine.

I agree with the other reviewers regarding "What Sweeter Music". It is beautiful, uplifting and pure. This collection of carols and songs will turn your heart to God and your mind to higher thoughts. Maybe you had to work a little to find this CD but it will be worth it. This is the way Christmas is supposed to sound.

Beautiful, spiritually uplifting music!5
John Rutter brings us another beautiful Christmas CD! I purchased two Christmas recordings of the Clare College choir (also conducted by John Rutter) and they were so beautiful I ordered this about a week later. I was not disappointed, and if you love beautiful, heavenly Christmas music, you won't be either! Some of my favorites were "Angels' Carol", "O holy night", and "What sweeter music", but there isn't a bad song on this album. I plan on playing this music year-round. I've gotten to the point that I am able to recognize John Rutter's sound on the radio (and I'm not a music expert). The gentle yet vibrant voices are very unique and frequently bring tears to my eyes.

Another Winning Choral Compilation from John Rutter5
John Rutter is able to evoke a sound from a choir like no one else I've ever heard. There is a beauty and ethereal quality to his choral work that is absolutely captivating. This is especially true of his own compositions, which on this recording consist of Angel's Carol and What Sweeter Music.

My wife and I eagerly await each new John Rutter release, and we've yet to be disappointed. This CD is certainly no exception.