Madrigals and Partsongs

John Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other choral pieces during those early years; today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. John edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings on the Collegium Records label, and he appears regularly in several countries as a guest conductor and choral ambassador. John holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music, and in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.

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• Dindirin, dindirin ; Il bianco e dolce cigno ; Of all the birds that I do know ; All creatures now ; Nachtwache No. 1 ; The Evening Primrose ; Never weather-beaten sail ; So weich und warm ; Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans ; Two Unaccompanied Partsongs ; Come, heavy sleep ; Can she excuse ; Weep you no more, sad fountains ; As torrents in summer ; My love dwelt in a Northern land ; There is sweet music ; Fair Phyllis I saw ; My spirit sang all day ; Since first I saw your face ; Lieto godea ; Amor vittorioso ; Ah, dear heart ; The silver swan ; What is our life? ; Tanzen und springen ; Ach, Weh des Leiden ; Die Harmonie in der Ehe ; Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen ; Revoici venir du printemps ; Farewell, dear love ; Mille regrets ; Chi chi li chi ; La nuit froide et sombre ; Bonjour mon coeur ; Matona, mia cara ; Crudel perche mi fuggi ; Scaldava il sol ; O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mia ; Ohime se tanto amate ; Lamento d'Arianna ; My bonny lass she smileth ; Now is the month of maying ; Music, when soft voices die ; Il est bel et bon ; Lay a garland ; Rest, sweet nymphs ; Ancor che col partire ; Douce memoire ; Der Tanz ; Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein ; Au joli bois ; The blue bird ; Heraclitus ; The long day closes ; Three Shakespeare Songs ; Sweet Suffolk owl ; Thule, the period of cosmography (The first part) ; The Andalusian merchant (The second part) ; Draw on, sweet Night ; Weep, weep, mine eyes