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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Collegium
Salesrank: 3819
Released: February 29, 2000 |
| Our Price: $7.87 |
| Used Price: $6.46 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Requiem & Magnificat/Rutter, Cambridge Singers Track Listing:
1. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Requiem Aeternam
2. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Out Of The Deep
3. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Pie Jesu
4. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Sanctus
5. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Agnus Dei
6. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: The Lord Is My Shepherd
7. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Lux Aeterna
8. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Magnificat anima mea
9. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
10. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Quia fecit mihi magna
11. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Et misericordia
12. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Fecit potentiam
13. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Esurientes
14. Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra: Gloria Patri
Editorial Review:
Two of John Rutter's most popular large-scale choral works are paired in this bargain-priced CD. Requiem, his first composition written without being commissioned, is a convincing affirmation of Christian doctrine on death and eternal life. It is also a substantial and sincere work that strives to be widely appealing while preserving a spiritual context centered on themes of light and consolation. Highlights include "Out of the Deep," its modal tune and harmonies giving it the flavor of a spiritual, and the wonderfully gentle and restful 23rd Psalm. Rutter personalizes his Requiem by adding movements not traditionally part of the Requiem Mass--passages from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, for instance--and this proves to be an effective strategy. Rutter's own, first-class Cambridge Singers are superb, as usual, and soloist Caroline Ashton steals the show with her heavenly Pie Jesu. The Magnificat shows Rutter at his most engaging, thoughtful, and adept. His usual canny sense of tunefulness and rhythmic rightness, flavored with splashes of pop harmony, accomplish his purpose in the Magnificat: to depict Mary's prayer as a celebratory occasion rather than a somber one. --David Vernier
Requiem & Magnificat/Rutter, Cambridge Singers Reviews:
Requiem/Cambridge singers 
2009-11-24 - Beautiful music. I first heard this played on public radio and put a lot of effort into tracking down the recording. The music and performance are stunningly beautiful and parts of it move me to tears. The one big problem that detracts is the very inconsistent decibel level throughout that requires frequent adjustments of the volume control.
Love this music 
2009-04-14 - Received as promised and am enjoying listening to it very much. Music doesn't get much better than this. Be sure to read the lyrics in English on the inserts for deeper understanding of the piece.
Why I Like Tthis CD
2009-02-24 - This is an excellent CD. I had an ulterior motive for ordering it, however. I sing in a local Choral Society and we are performing it this coming weekend. I wanted the CD to follow along at home and get my part down a little better. I do very much enjoy John Rutter's music and the Cambridge Singers are very good.
Gorgeous music
2008-04-25 - This is a wonderfully nuanced & beautiful recording of this work. I don't understand why no one mentions the Lux Aeterna -- Donna Deam's rendering of the solo sounds purely angelic.
Magnificent Magnificat
2008-03-27 - Our choral society members have found this recording a blessed adjunct to the song learning CDs for private practice. What a heavenly faithful recording, and conducted by the master himself.
