Customer Reviews

Lighten our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day - The Cambridge Singers

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This is superb a capella singing. Each note, each syllable, is just right. John Rutter has a genius for writing and, as is the case here, performing religious choral music. The sound is gorgeous. Highest recommendation.

if this recording is not on your short list of things to hear/do, it should be.
the Byrd setting of "Oh Christ who art our light and day" is one of the loveliest things that I have ever heard.
I play it ever day at the same, appointed hour; so comforting, so beautifully well-sung.
the Compline setting on Disc 2 is pretty memorable, too.
a strong rec.

The singing of John Rutter's choir in Cambridge is fantastic. The quality of the disc is most satisfying. And Amazon's service, as ever, impeccable.

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Disc one is quite lovely altho this kind of music is a bit long on reverb for my taste. Disc two is very short, comprised of what I guess is Anglican plainchant. Plain chant, (properly conceived) can be delightful, (tho not to every one) but this is just monotonous, repetitious and rather dull.