Rutter - There is a flower
Genres:
Choral » Christmas Carols
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From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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You either love or hate Rutter's Christmas music, but for me, Christmas is John Rutter. Complete with sublime melodies, choir-friendly textures and just the right amount of frivolity, this... —
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The group’s name suggests a band of wrongly imprisoned miscreants, but they make celestial sounds in Vaughan Williams’s neo-plainsong The Truth Sent from Above and Holst’s Lullay My Liking.... —
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Christmas at St John’s
A sequence of music leading from the darkness of Advent to the blazing light of Christmas, Epiphany and beyond
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, David Hill (director of music)
The John’s choir, fielding what sounds like a vintage crop of trebles, sings throughout with its trademark mixture of refinement and gutsy energy —
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O Holy Night: Christmas Carols From St John’s
Alexander Robson, Montague Tatnell (soprano), Arthur Cobb (soprano), Bryony Macleod-Jones (soprano), Alice Markham (vocalist), Theodore Horch (tenor), Alexander Semple (bass-baritone), Nicholas Garcia (soprano), Matthew Monaghan (vocalist), Anna Morgan (vocalist), William Collison (tenor), Garbhán...
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Special offer. Sing We Hallelujah
The Choirs of St. John's Cathedral, Denver sing music from England and America
Eric Plutz (organ)
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Boys and Girls' Choir, Donald Pearson
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Christmas in Canada, courtesy of this silk-toned, impeccably mannered ensemble of adult singers. The Elora's airiness and ease of voice production is very noticeable, with excellent enunciation. —
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We expect virtuosity from the BBC Singers, but this performance leaves one gaping in admiration, as, indeed, do they all. It is impossible to imagine a more favourable way of experiencing this... —
