Gloria, Magnificat, Te Deum : A.Lucas / Ensemble Dechorum, St Albans Cathedral Choir

JOHN RUTTER (b. 1945)

Gloria
Magnificat
Te Deum

Elizabeth Cragg, Soprano
Tom Winpenny, Organ
The Choirs of St Albans Cathedral
Ensemble DeChorum
Andrew Lucas, conductor

Recorded at the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
from 13th to 14th July, 2010 (Magnificat) and 16th to 17th July, 2010

Acclaimed British composer John Rutter’s Gloria was a milestone in his career and remains an evergreen favourite with choirs worldwide for its freshness, drama and sheer beauty. His joyous setting of the Magnificat was conceived, in the composer’s words, as ‘a bright Latin-flavoured fiesta’ and is performed here in its version for choir, organ and chamber orchestra. This delightful choral album concludes with Rutter’s setting of the Te Deum, one of the church’s most ebullient hymns of praise to the Almighty.