About John Rutter
Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. He founded the Cambridge Singers who premiered and recorded many of his works for his own label Collegium Records. His compositions, extended pieces for choir and orchestra, such as Requiem and Magnificat, and many choral works including For the beauty of the earth, Christmas Carol and A Clare Benediction, are popular, especially in the UK and the United States. He is known for Christmas carols, in both arrangements of traditional melodies and new compositions, and Carols for Choirs anthology series compiled with David Willcocks. As a chorister there, Rutter took part in the first (1963) recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem under the composer's baton. Whilst an undergraduate, he had his first compositions published, including the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol".
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