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John Rutter
from Tewkesbury -
heard by
HOWARD SMITH

'... strikingly effective ...'

John Rutter - The Tewkesbury Collection. Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum; Carleton Etherington; Benjamin Nicholas. © 2012 Delphian Records Ltd

For his final recording with the men and boys of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas has focused on Britain's appealing choral composer John Rutter (born 1945). And in doing so he has chosen fifteen items representing Rutter's comprehensive ouevre.

From 2000 until 2012 Nicholas directed the Abbey choristers and was largely responsible for the founding of TASC when the Abbey School closed relocating at Cheltenham's Dean Close Preparatory School in 2006. He led the choir on thirteen overseas tours and made a series of recordings on Delphian...

Copyright © 26 July 2013 Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand

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JOHN RUTTER - THE TEWKESBURY COLLECTION

JOHN RUTTER

DELPHIAN RECORDS LTD

UNITED KINGDOM

CHORAL MUSIC

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