Portrait of the Cambridge Singers

Cambridge Singers (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cambridge Singers
• Audio CD (March 5, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collegium/Naxos
• ASIN: B0000031I8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,535 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sing Joyfully

2. Gabriel Fauré: (from Requiem): Sanctus

3. John Rutter: O Be Joyful In The Lord

4. Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord

5. Beati Quorum Via

6. This Joyful Eastertide (Dutch carol)

7. All Things Bright And Beautiful

8. Out of the deep

9. Non Vos Relinquam

10. For Unto Us A Child Is Born

11. A Little Pretty Bonny Lass

12. Now Is The Month Of Maying

13. To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water I

14. C.V. Stanford: The Blue Bird

15. O Magnum Mysterium

16. Myn Lyking

17. In Dulci Jubilo

18. John Rutter: Shepherd's pipe carol

19. John Rutter: Open Thou Mine Eyes

20. Cantique De Jean Racine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great intro to THE finest choir around, August 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Portrait of the Cambridge Singers (Audio CD)

A borrowed copy from the library, many years ago, was my first full introduction to this great choir. I had heard of them from their performances on the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums but I think I was probably more drawn to the CD cover more than anything.

The album is a great sampler work of some great performances. It includes a piece from Faure's "Requiem" as well as his incredibly haunting piece "Cantique de Jean Racine"; it also has some beautiful, early Christmas music I never knew existed, the very popular traditional hymn "All Things Bright & Beautiful", and a piece by Rutter himself, "Open Thou Mine Eyes", that holds its own and then some.

The choice of selections put together may seem a bit odd, but it provides a great road map for further exploration of Rutter & the Cambridge Singer's other works, and some of the folk tunes seem a little silly, but all-in-all 'tis a fine album indeed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really nice sampling of music..., December 18, 2005

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Kate E. Flippen "Kate" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portrait of the Cambridge Singers (Audio CD)

I've had this album for over ten years, when I bought it in college. The Cambridge Singers are a remarkable group. I bought the album for the madrigals, but have really enjoyed all the songs at one time or another, though I don't always listen to the album straight through. One song I had never heard before listening to this cd was "To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water I". It is a beautiful,lush piece of music with a bit of a surprise ending.
This album is especially good listening if you aren't in the mood to concentrate on just one type of choral music for an hour. However, I find myself wanting to purchase other Cambridge Singers albums because this is a bit of a "teaser."