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Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band
8.574130 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (25 September 2020)
Playing time: 62'22"
Tracks: 15
Booklet pages: 6
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band published on 15 January 2021
Listen: Rutter, arr Vertommen: Vivace e ritmico (Gloria) (track 15, 2:24-3:21)
Richard Marshall, cornet (track 5)
Black Dyke Band
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (tracks 13-15)
Nicholas Childs, conductor (tracks 1-12)
Darius Battiwalla, conductor (tracks 13-15)
John Rutter (born 1945), arranged by Luc Vertommen (born 1968):
Two Hymns of Praise (1974)
1 Now thank we all our God
2 All creatures of our God and King
3 A Clare Benediction (1998)
4 What Sweeter Music (1987)
5 Requiem: Pie Jesu (1985)
6 As the Bridegroom to His Chosen (1989)
7 Go Forth into the World in Peace (1988)
8 Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom, 1991)
9 The Lord Bless You and Keep You (1981)
10 All Things Bright and Beautiful (1983)
11 For the Beauty of the Earth (1980)
12 This is the Day (2011)
Gloria (1974)
13 Allegro vivace
14 Andante
15 Vivace e ritmico
Recorded 4 July and 17 October 2019 at Morley Town Hall, West Yorkshire (tracks 1-12) and 21 October 2019 St Oswald's Church, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK (tracks 13-15).