John Rutter Celebrated in New Choir of King's College, Cambridge Recording

 

John Rutter Celebrated in New Choir of King's College, Cambridge Recording

Following the success of their 2023 digital EP, Rutter Orchestral Carols, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, releases a new album for Christmas 2025, featuring a selection of arrangements and original works for choir and orchestra under the direction of Daniel Hyde. 

Recorded in the beloved Chapel of King’s College Cambridge, All the Stars Looked Down sees the choir performing alongside Britten Sinfonia once again. The recording includes beautiful orchestral arrangements of Christmas carols by John Rutter alongside a selection of both well-loved and lesser-known carols by the great choral composers who have influenced him, including Philip Ledger, David Willcocks and Ralph Vaughan Williams. 

Woven throughout the album are works that are especially meaningful to the Choir and its community and the album’s title track, John Rutter’s "All the Stars Looked Down," is dedicated to the late Sir Stephen Cleobury.

1. Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Sir David Willcocks 

2. A spotless rose | Sir Philip Ledger 

3. All bells in paradise | Sir John Rutter 

4. Sussex Carol | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, orch. Daniel Hyde 

5. O Holy Night | Adolphe Adam, arr. Sir John Rutter 

6. O little town of Bethlehem | Sir Henry Walford Davies, orch. Sir Stephen Cleobury & Daniel Hyde 

7. Five Meditations for Orchestra: III. Candlelight | Sir John Rutter 

8. Sans Day Carol | Cornish traditional, arr. Sir John Rutter 

9. Unto us is born a son | From ‘Piae Cantiones’, arr. Sir David Willcocks 

10. Five Meditations for Orchestra: I. What sweeter music | Sir John Rutter 

11. Hereford Carol | Traditional, arr. Christopher Robinson, orch. Sir John Rutter 

12. Child in a manger | Traditional, arr. Sir John Rutter 13. Dormi, Jesu | Sir John Rutter 

14. Nativity Carol | Sir John Rutter 15. All the stars looked down | Sir John Rutter 

16. Silent night | Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Sir John Rutter 

17. Away in a manger | English traditional, arr. David Hill 

18. O come, all ye faithful | John Francis Wade, arr. Sir David Willcocks

This item will be released 21 November 2025.

https://kingscollegechoir.com/recording/all-the-stars-looked-down/