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Track(s) taken from CDA67259

To everything there is a season

composer
mid-1990s
author of text
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Recording details: January 2001
All Saints, Tooting, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: May 2001
Total duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (conductor)

Reviews

‘Delicious performances of Rutter’s wonderfully approachable and finely crafted vocal writing. The sound, too, is outstanding … roof-raising performances of a representative programme [of] Rutter’s sacred choral music. The artistry of the 25 full-bodied voices of Polyphony is beyond reproach. Greatly enjoyed and strongly recommended’ (Gramophone)

‘These vibrant performances amply demonstrate the qualities that give the repertoire its lasting and popular appeal … a concert that will bring widespread comfort and joy’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A triumphantly exuberant performance of the Gloria, which deservedly remains one of John Rutter’s most popular works. ‘Come down, O Love divine’, a lyrical, ardent work … beautifully written and sublimely sung … For those who admire Rutter’s work, this disc, performed as it is in such exemplary fashion, will be a festival’ (International Record Review)
To every thing there is a season (1997), originally intended as the finale to a longer work, sets a familiar passage from Ecclesiastes in a song-like style, taking its character from the ‘time of peace’ referred to in the final line of the text.

from notes by John Rutter © 2003

Other albums featuring this work

Rutter: A Song in Season & other sacred music
COLCD135Download only
Rutter: Mass of the Children & other sacred music
COLCD129Download only
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