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| | The John Rutter Christmas Album | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Collegium | | Release Date : | | 2002-09-24 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Wexford Carol 2. Jesus Child 3. There Is a Flower 4. Donkey Carol 5. Wild Wood Carol 6. Angels' Carol 7. Nativity Carol 8. Mary's Lullaby 9. Star Carol 10. Candlelight Carol 11. Shepherd's Pipe Carol 12. Christmas Lullaby 13. Dormi, Jesu 14. Love Came Down at Christmas 15. Sans Day Carol 16. I Wonder as I Wander 17. What Sweeter Music 18. Joy to the World 19. I Saw Three Ships 20. Deck the Hall 21. Very Best Time of Year 22. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 23. Silent Night
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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Great CD to Own and a Great Gift Submitted on: 2009-01-15 |
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| John Rutter is very big in the UK and I just had to get his cd to make Christmas official. Then I realised that my US relatives were suffering so I had to send gifts. The CDs were greatly appreciated. Rutter makes Christmas even more enjoyable. |
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John Rutter Chirstmas music Submitted on: 2009-01-06 |
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I LOVE this CD! Rutter's own music and his arrangements of the music of others and of ancient carols, as sung by the Cambridge Choir, is uplifting and joy-full.
The perfect accompaniment to the season.
Highly recommended. |
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Excellent album Submitted on: 2008-12-20 |
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| I cannot add much to what other reviewers (who gave 5 stars) have already said, except I agree with them. Oh, I can add that this album has the best rendition of "Angel's Carol" I have every heard. You can actually hear the various choral sections (including basses) singing their solo parts. Since I sing the bass part, I "auditioned" several other choral versions of "Angel's Carol" but I found their recordings sounded "muddy". Very difficult to distinguish the Altos from the Tenors, etc. Not so with this album and the Cambridge Singers have recorded a first class album of John Rutter's Christmas music. Fantastic! |
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Christmas just came to my apartment Submitted on: 2008-11-25 |
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Christmas has come a bit early to my little apartment. Tonight I purchased The John Rutter Christmas Album. I'm listening to it on my laptop right now...
How amazing, delicate and worshipful this music is. Exquisite voices, perfectly balanced and harmonized by Rutter's arrangements.
There are so many favorites on this album. One delight is the Donkey Carol. It is written in an unever 5/8 time, so you have the feeling of being carried on a clumsy donkey!
Another is I Saw Three Ships. Very light and happy, with a key change that is like the opening of a flower. How Rutter does it, I can only marvel. "And he did whistle, and she did sing on Christmas Day in the morning!"
This is a perfect album to get you in the mood for Christmas. Light a few candles, turn down the lights, and put on this collection of music. There are 23 tracks, so you get a very good value. (Many of these have been published on earlier albums.) |
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A caveat Submitted on: 2008-11-12 |
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| However wonderful, these are not new recordings, but a compilation of old ones from various CDs, so that if you have recordings of Rutter's carols, you might want to compare titles and dates of issue before you order this one. This should have been made clear in Rutter's own editorial note. |
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