Rutter: Psalmfest

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‘O be joyful in the Lord’ sets the tone: the bright, chattering orchestration and chirpy syncopations are quintessential Rutter, and the rousingly fresh-toned response of the St Albans singers... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2016
Catalogue No: 8573394
Label: Naxos
Length: 71 minutes

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Rutter: Psalmfest

Work length50:30

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Elizabeth Cragg, Pascal Charbonneau
St Albans Cathedral Choir, St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Lucas

I. O Be Joyful in the Lord (Psalm 100)

Track length3:46

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II. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Psalm 121)

Track length8:31

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III. Praise the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 146)

Track length4:11

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IV. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

Track length5:00

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V. Cantate Domino (Psalm 96 & Veni Creator Spiritus)

Track length5:16

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VI. The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation (Psalm 27)

Track length7:14

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VII. O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

Track length3:35

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VIII. O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings (Psalm 84)

Track length6:25

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IX. O Praise the Lord of Heaven (Psalm 148)

Track length6:32

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Rutter: This Is the Day (Psalms 118, 148, 91, 121 & 27)

Work length5:03

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St Albans Cathedral Choir, St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Lucas

Rutter: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Psalm 90)

Work length10:32

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Mike Allen, Tom Winpenny
St Albans Cathedral Choir, St Albans Abbey Girls Choir
Andrew Lucas

Rutter: Psalm 150

Work length5:30

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Tom Winpenny
St Albans Cathedral Choir, St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Lucas

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The psalms of David have been a source of inspiration to composers for centuries, each text forming a poetic shape the equivalent of a gothic arch, and expressing a broad range of timeless emotions. Recorded here for the first time in its complete form, John Rutter’s Psalmfest is a collection of nine settings for full orchestra as rich and varied as the original texts. The remaining psalm settings were written for special occasions, including the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.

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We have had numerous successes with the work of John Rutter, including his Gloria (8572653) performed by almost exactly the same musical team as this première of the Psalmfest. Of the Gloria, Gramophone wrote that “Andrew Lucas’s St Albans choristers (particularly the girls and boys, united on the top line) are on sparkling form, with first-class support from organist Tom Winpenny and the Ensemble DeChorum who scrupulously adhere to every one of the score’s markings. More recordings from St Albans, please.” Added to this, ClassicsToday.com considered it “a terrific performance… solid and recommendable…”

Gramophone acknowledges Rutter as “the man who has become the most popular British composer of choral music in recent years.”

Topped by a first class line-up of award-winning soloists and reinforced by the excellent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this release will be one of the main jewels in our choral and general catalogue for 2016.

Andrew Lucas has been Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral and Music Director of St Albans Bach Choir since 1998, and was Artistic Director of the St Albans International Organ Festival from 1999 to 2007. Born in 1958, he studied at the Royal College of Music with John Birch and Herbert Howells and later with Peter Hurford and Piet Kee. Before 1998 he was Assistant Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, London and a freelance musician, conductor, chorusmaster and keyboard continuo. He has made many recordings as an organist from St Paul’s and conducting at St Albans and has played concerts throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. This is his fourth recording for Naxos, the first as organ soloist (8550955) and the others conducting music by Rutter (8572653) and Mozart (8573092).

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June 2016

‘O be joyful in the Lord’ sets the tone: the bright, chattering orchestration and chirpy syncopations are quintessential Rutter, and the rousingly fresh-toned response of the St Albans singers lifts the music vibrantly…[Rutter completists] are fortunate the job has been so professionally executed by the St Albans forces, and that the sound is warmly atmospheric

July 2016

The excellent singing of the St Albans Cathedral choirs combines brightness of sound with crystal-clear diction. The two soloists are also very good…[and] are well matched by the brilliant executed accompaniments of the RPO, whose splendid playing highlights Rutter’s colourful and glittering orchestration

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