Cover: Photograph by Derek Forss.
Hyperion CDA66947 · June 1997
Rutter - Requiem & other choral works
Polyphony, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
Press
Gramophone Magazine1998It seems perverse, in a necessarily brief review, to make a mystery or a penance where essentially all is delight. In his short introductory notes John Rutter speaks very frankly of his own position: "I found out a long time ago…Read the review - Gramophone Magazine1997Rutter Requiems King's College Choir, Cambridge / Cleobury Cambridge Singers / Rutter Polyphony / Layton Though the Requiem will no doubt be its main selling-point, the King's disc's principal recommendation lies in the other…Read the review
CD Review UK1997COMPOSER John Rutter made a great impression on a Torquay audience, when he came to speak to Torbay Recorded Music Society earlier this year. A new full-price Hyperion disc of his choral music, comprising the Requiem (almost 36…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine1997Few John Rutter fans will be without a copy of the composer's own Collegium recording of his Requiem. But given the piece's immense and widespread popularity, alternative versions, like this one, are bound to proliferate. The…Read the review - The Singer1997Hyperion have done John Rutter proud with this disc, and he them. The Requiem, for all its acknowledged influences, works as a coherent whole. Amid its well-judged alternation of dark and light textures, an optimism prevails, but…Read the review
- The Inverness Courier1997The highland audience was introduced to the music of Britain’s foremost contemporary composer of choral music when Rutter’s exuberant Latin American flavoured "Mass" was performed by Inverness Choral Society a couple of years…Read the review
- The Yorkshire Post1997John Rutter's written introduction to this disc includes a curiously petulant defence of his craft. He complains that some critics malign his music for its popularity. Hardly. Its populism, maybe. Its magpie tendencies…Read the review
- Amazon.co.uk1997Sensitive, beautifully blended singing and playing. First classRead the review
The Times1997The music of the contemporary English composer John Rutter has gained a measure of popularity, and this disc amply illustrated why. Many listeners instinctively shy away from 20th century music, although the work of the trendy…Read the review
Recorded: January 1997
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: June 1997
Total duration: 67 minutes 17 seconds
Track list
- Requiem: Requiem aeternamSir John Rutter (b1945)5'32
- Requiem: Out of the deepSir John Rutter (b1945)5'28
- Requiem: Pie JesuSir John Rutter (b1945)3'56
- Requiem: SanctusSir John Rutter (b1945)1'47
- Requiem: Agnus DeiSir John Rutter (b1945)6'26
- Requiem: The Lord is my shepherdSir John Rutter (b1945)5'02
- Requiem: Lux aeternaSir John Rutter (b1945)6'15
- Hymn to the Creator of Light Glory be to thee, O Lord, glory be to theeSir John Rutter (b1945)6'29
- God be in my headSir John Rutter (b1945)1'37
- A Gaelic blessing Deep peace of the running wave to youSir John Rutter (b1945)1'49
- A Gaelic blessing Deep peace of the running wave to you: Cantate DominoSir John Rutter (b1945)4'39
- Open thou mine eyesSir John Rutter (b1945)2'39
- A prayer of Saint Patrick Christ be with me, Christ within meSir John Rutter (b1945)1'36
- A choral fanfare Blow up the trumpet in the new moonSir John Rutter (b1945)2'03
- A choral fanfare Blow up the trumpet in the new moon: Draw on, sweet nightSir John Rutter (b1945)5'41
- A choral fanfare Blow up the trumpet in the new moon: My true love hath my heartSir John Rutter (b1945)3'30
- The Lord bless you and keep youSir John Rutter (b1945)2'48
Recording details from Hyperion Records.