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In the Poet's Garden

Melanie Marshall, Roderick Williams (baritone), Taplow Young Voices (children's choir), Catrin Finch (harp), Matthew Jorysz, Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter

In the Poet's Garden
If London Town's unison voices are a little 'school production, there are fascinating stylistic mismatches in the Three Shakespeare Songs, which embrace jazzy rhythms and harmonies. And there's...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20263 out of 5 stars

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In the Poet's Garden

Melanie Marshall, Roderick Williams (baritone), Taplow Young Voices (children's choir), Catrin Finch (harp), Matthew Jorysz, Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter

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If London Town's unison voices are a little 'school production, there are fascinating stylistic mismatches in the Three Shakespeare Songs, which embrace jazzy rhythms and harmonies. And there's...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20263 out of 5 stars

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About

Any composer interested in vocal and choral music is both inspired and nourished by poetry. Second only to music, words are my great love, and from my earliest years I have enjoyed seeking out poetry that seems to invite musical setting. This album brings together some of my recent choral music where the words provided the first inspiration and the music followed. (John Rutter)

  • Release date: 10th Oct 2025
  • Label: Collegium
  • Catalogue number: COLCD 141
  • Length: 73 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Rutter: I'll Make Me a World
Work length18:31
Rutter: London Town
Work length23:52
No. 1, Prologue. The Bells of London
Track length6:22
No. 2, London Zoo
Track length1:35
No. 3, Mind the Gap
Track length4:26
No. 4, Lines Written in the Tower of London
Track length2:51
No. 5, The River's Tale
Track length3:25
No. 6, Finale & Epilogue
Track length5:13
Rutter: Dancing Tree
Work length19:40
No. 1, Stone in the Water and Foxglove
Track length4:16
No. 2, In My Garden
Track length4:02
No. 3, Dandelion
Track length2:30
No. 4, Daniel Brent
Track length1:07
No. 5, Spin Me a Web, Spider
Track length1:56
No. 6, At Candlemas
Track length3:03
No. 7, I Am the Song
Track length2:46
Rutter: 3 Shakespeare Songs
Work length7:06
No. 1, O Mistress Mine
Track length1:52
No. 2, Be Not Afeard
Track length3:17
No. 3, Sigh No More, Ladies
Track length1:57
Rutter: When music sounds
Work length3:58

Spotlight on this release

  • Sir John Rutter at 80

    24th Sep 2025by David Smith

    Composer Sir John Rutter reflects on eight decades of music-making - from studying and conducting at Clare College Cambridge to the turn to full-time composition, and the various influences that have helped to shape his musical style.

    Classical Video Interview

Awards and reviews

February 2026

If London Town's unison voices are a little 'school production, there are fascinating stylistic mismatches in the Three Shakespeare Songs, which embrace jazzy rhythms and harmonies. And there's lovely harp accompaniment from Catrin Finch in Dancing Tree.
3 out of 5 stars
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