Composer: John Rutter
Performer: Polyphony, The Wallace Collection
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67259
Release: 2001
Size: 283 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Gloria
01. I. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Allegro vivace
02. II. Domine Deus, rex caelestis. Andante
03. III. Quoniam tu solus sanctus. Vivace e ritmico
04. Come Down, O Love Divine
05. Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace
06. To Everything There Is a Season
07. I My Best-Beloved’s Am
08. Praise the Lord, O My Soul
09. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
10. As the Bridegroom to His Chosen
11. A Clare Benediction
12. The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
13. Go Forth into the World
14. Thy Perfect Love
15. Te Deum
After the huge success of their recording of Rutter’s Requiem (featured in last year’s Top 20), Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton, turn their attention to another popular work of John RutterGloria. Also included on the disc are some first-recordings including the delightful unaccompanied works A Clare Benediction (written for Clare College, Cambridge) and Come down, O Love Divinea double-choir piece premiered by the combined choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral in Westminster Abbey in 1998. The City of London Sinfonia (involved in numerous recordings of Rutter’s work) are joined by the fine brass ensemble, The Wallace Collection.