Artist: The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
Album: I Sing of a Maiden: 5 New Carols by John Rutter
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 21:20
Total Tracks: 5
Total Size: 348 MB

Tracklist:

01. The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & John Rutter – Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Arr. J. Rutter for Oboe & Choir) (03:23)
02. The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & John Rutter – Rutter: I Sing of a Maiden (Version for Mixed Choir & Orchestra) (03:10)
03. The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & John Rutter – Rutter: Joseph’s Carol (04:27)
04. The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & John Rutter – Christ Our Emmanuel (04:41)
05. The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & John Rutter – Rutter: Suzi’s Carol (05:37)

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John Rutter’s glorious stream of Christmas miniatures has made him, for many, an essential ingredient in the festive season. The composer and conductor wrote what is probably his most popular piece, “Shepherd’s Pipe Carol,” while still an 18-year-old undergraduate at Cambridge—and he has never looked back. “Once I started writing carols, somehow it seemed difficult to stop,” Rutter tells Apple Music. “I’ve been doing it ever since.” Realizing that he had a “backlog” of them led him to I Sing of a Maiden, an EP of five new pieces recorded in July 2021. “I’m asked, ‘Do you still enjoy Christmas?’ And actually, I sincerely do,” says Rutter. “Christmas carols are a resilient form of art—folk art, as I’ve often suggested—that have attracted some extraordinarily fine composers. They were adding their little tile to a centuries-old mosaic of devotion, praise, joy, prayer, and celebration. It all makes up that extraordinary season of the year that we call Christmas.”