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| Be Thou My Vision | 
 enlarge | Creators: David Rix, John Rutter, City Of London Sinfonia, Caroline Ashton
Label: Collegium
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 31720
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 514
UPC: 040888051428
EAN: 0040888051428
ASIN: B00030ES2S
Release Date: October 1, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Be Thous My Vision | | • | Open thou mine eyes | | • | I will sing with the spirit | | • | A gaelic Blessing | | • | Wings of the morning | | • | O be Joyful in the Lord | | • | All things bright and beautiful | | • | I will lift up mine eyes | | • | As the bride groom to his chosen | | • | A prayer of Saint Patrick | | • | Loving Shepherd of thy sheep | | • | Look at the world | | • | O clap your hands | | • | The Lord is my light and my salvation | | • | Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace | | • | I believe in springtime | | • | God be in my head | | • | A Clare Benediction | | • | For thy beauty of the earth | | • | Thy perfect love | | • | The Lord bless you and keep you |
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| Customer Reviews:
A Listening Treat March 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a delight to listen to this collection of pure Rutter ! The melodic sounds of the Cambridge Singers bring me such pleasure The sheer joyfulness of this music is to me a religious experience of such depth It is superb and will lift ones spirits instantly. highly recommended to all lovers of the English contemporary choral sound and scene,____ not to be missed
Be Thoy My Vision CD February 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband sang many of these John Rutter compositions with his church choir, and this CD is perfect since the choir is directed by Rutter, singing his own music. If you love religious music, this will bring tears to your eyes, the choir is "that" perfect.
Really good, but don't listen to it all at once. January 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked this CD. It really showcases Rutter's knack for religious choral music. Perhaps it helps that I have sung some of his stuff with various groups. However, as with any similar compiliation, the composer's sameness of style and motif becomes apparent. This repetition can become boring on the third or fourth listening. On the other hand, this makes a great reference tool for any choral director or performer. Buy it, however, it's worth it, but don't listen to it all at once.
A must for choral music fans September 19, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Simply fabulous, 10/10. These are all Rutter-composed pieces, directed by Rutter himself. If you have any interest in religious choral music at all, you must get this album! One of the highlights of my musical life was attending a concert of a University of Maryland choir in which my mom sang, that featured Rutter as a guest conductor. Listening to this album is almost as good! ;-) There are too many good pieces to start naming all of my favorites, but these are some of the best known ones: "Open Thou Mine Eyes", "A Gaelic Blessing", "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "As the Bridegroom to His Chosen", "For the Beauty of the Earth", and "The Lord Bless You and Keep You".
An outstanding collection of Rutter's hymns November 22, 2005
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
I sought a recording of Rutter's beautiful hymn, "Wings of the Morning", after we sang this lovely tune in church and this was the only CD I could find that contained it.
This collection includes many of Rutter's church hymns recorded over a period of 20 years performed by The Cambridge Singers, a group of Brits, that are conducted by the composer. Ergo, these performances must be considered definitive.
Many of Rutter's popular hymns are included here. "O be joyful to the Lord" and "All things bright and beautiful", a popular children's hymn done here by adults, follow "Wings of the morning" on tracks 5-7. Others you may have performed in church represented here are "O clap your hands", "Lord make me an instrument of your peace", "For the beauty of the earth", "Look at the world" and "The Lord bless you and keep you" among the 21 assembled hymns.
While The Cambridge Singers, on their Web site, identify themselves principally as an a capella group, I was pleased when I received this CD to find all the hymns supported by a full orchestra, the esteemed City of London Sinfonia. The renditions are uniformly lovely although some listeners may find the singing a bit on the white side lacking brilliance and individuality. Everything is done in keeping with Rutter's score markings and style.
The recording tends to be a little variable given the 20-plus year difference in performances. The most recent copyright listing is 2003, the same year "Wings of the morning" was published. I don't hear an appreciable difference in that recording than the others but still hear some age in older works.
If you seek a Rutter hymn collection you can't go wrong here. You have wonderful English performers mated to the composer in his more popular works. I'd recommend this without reservation to anyone seeking this collection.
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