Following the success of their 2023 digital EP, Rutter Orchestral Carols, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge presents a new Christmas album for 2025, All the Stars Looked Down. Recorded in the historic Chapel of King’s College Cambridge, this album features the choir performing with Britten Sinfonia under the direction of Daniel Hyde. The program includes lush orchestral arrangements of beloved Christmas carols by John Rutter, alongside works by influential choral composers such as Philip Ledger, David Willcocks, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The title track, John Rutter’s All the Stars Looked Down, is dedicated to the late Sir Stephen Cleobury, honoring his enduring legacy with the choir.

• Artist: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
• Genre: Choral, Classical
• Label: King’s College, Cambridge

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

• Release Type: Album
• Audio: CD