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E1 Music: Collegium Announces New Release From John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers and La Nuova Musica -- 'The Sacred Flame'

^{Published on 2009-05-12 08:12:34, Last Modified on 2009-05-12 08:13:31 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - Collegium Records is proud to announce the release of a major new disc on Collegium from John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers and La Nuova Musica, featuring a collection of outstanding works from the canon of European sacred choral repertoire on May 19th, 2009.

Focusing on the body of choral music produced for church use during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, 'The Sacred Flame' explores the rich and varied ways in which European composers responded to sacred texts. Delving into a treasure-trove of music from cultural centers as diverse as Amsterdam, Antwerp, Leipzig, Milan, Rome and Venice, this collection features familiar classics by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Palestrina and Schütz as well as less well known masterpieces by Bach, Buxtehude, Hassler and Sweelinck. All are performed in stunning new recordings by the Cambridge Singers at their sensuous and virtuosic best, joined here for the first time on disc by the instrumentalists of La Nuova Musica, rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the UK's most exciting early music ensembles.

All of the repertoire featured on 'The Sacred Flame' is drawn from the enormously popular 'European Sacred Music' collection edited by John Rutter for the Oxford University Press 'Oxford Choral Classics' series.

Recorded in the unparalleled acoustic of the Great Hall at University College School in London and produced and engineered by award-winning producer Simon Eadon, the performances of these much-loved works come and are set to become definitive.

Commented John Rutter: "This is an album I have wanted to make for a long time. In the course of researching into the marvellous wealth of European sacred music in the Renaissance and Baroque eras for a book, I discovered some real gems, some of which have rarely, if ever, been recorded. I have finally been able to commit here a very personal selection of my favourites to disc with The Cambridge Singers, ideally complemented by the elegant and stylish instrumental playing of La Nuova Musica. Some of the music may be possibly familiar to lovers of church music but much of it is new and to record it with such imaginative and gifted musicians was an inspiring voyage of discovery for us all."

Michael Rosenberg, president of E1 Entertainment Distribution, U.S. commented: "This is a wonderful recording of music from the early Baroque period of church history. Only John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers could have put together such a well performed and well thought out collection of this music."

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