Justorum animae - Stanford, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

'Justorum animae'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer C. V. Stanford
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Justorum animae
This piece, together with 'Beati quorum via' (track 15) and the less familiar 'Coelos ascendit hodie' make up a set of three motets (op.38) which Stanford wrote in 1905.
LYRICS:
Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum malitiae.
Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace.
(Wisdom 3, vv. 1-3)
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace.
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music - a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces - the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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