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The Sound of The King's Singers (3CD)

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9029576401
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With an unmistakable sound and repertoire that ranges from classical to pop, Renaissance to the Beatles, and from folksongs to pop songs through to the avant-garde, the fantastic vocal sextet the Kings Singers have enjoyed a unique global career. Formed in 1968, this exceptional group of English vocalists will be celebrating its 50th birthday in the coming year. The Sound of The Kings Singers combines three of the groups most famous albums. Whatever music finds its way to the Singers six stands, the product is always fresh and sung with a bright and full yet transparent vocal sound. This includes the lively madrigals from Italy, France, England, and Germany that they recorded in 1984 during their Madrigal History Tour, which, due to the collaboration with the instrumental ensemble Consort of Musicke led by Anthony Rooley, is considered a gem of early music. This is in contrast to a further great achievement of the sextet - the Kings Singers 1985 interpretations of the cheeky musical and film hits of the Comedian Harmonists, which stand as a tribute to the legendary German vocal sextet from the 1930s. In further contrast, the 1989 album America is a homage to the great US pop songs by Paul Simon, Randy Newman and Jimmy Web, with refined arrangements by David Cullen which were specially written for the Kings Singers and the English Chamber Orchestra under Carl Davis.

Track List   

Disc   1

  • 01. Amor vittorioso - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 02. Lirum bililirum - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 03. Il bianco e dolce cigno - By Anthony Holt/The King's Singers
  • 04. La Bella Franceschina - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 05. Ultimi mei sospiri - By The King's Singers
  • 06. Alla cazza - By The King's Singers
  • 07. Or si rallegri il cielo - By The King's Singers
  • 08. Fine Knacks for Ladies - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 09. Who Made Thee, Hob, Forsake the Plough? - By Anthony Holt/Simon Carrington/The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 10. Of All the Birds that I do Know - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 11. Too Much I Once Lamented - By The King's Singers
  • 12. Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone - By The King's Singers
  • 13. The Silver Swan - By Jeremy Jackman/The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 14. Now is The Month of Maying - By The King's Singers
  • 15. La Guerre - By The King's Singers
  • 16. La, la, la, je ne I'ose dire - By The King's Singers
  • 17. Bon jour et puis quelles nouvelles - By The King's Singers
  • 18. Mignonne, allons voir si la rose - By Simon Carrington/The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 19. Il est bel et bon - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 20. Margot labourez les vignes - By The King's Singers
  • 21. Un gentil amoureux - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 22. Faulte d'argent - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 23. Tres morillas m'enamoran - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 24. La tricotea Samartin la vea - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 25. Triste estaba el rey David - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 26. Cuc, Cuc - By The King's Singers
  • 27. Fatal la parte - By The King's Singers
  • 28. La Bomba - By The King's Singers
  • 29. Tanzen und Springen - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 30. Vitrum nostrum gloriosum - By The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
  • 31. Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
  • 32. Ach, weh des Leiden - By The King's Singers
  • 33. Das Glaut zu Speyer - By The King's Singers
  • 34. Herzliebstes Bild - By The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley

Disc   2

  • 01. Bridge Over Troubled Water - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 02. The Sound of Silence (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 03. America - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 04. Homeward Bound - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 05. If You Leave Me Now (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 06. Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
  • 07. Scissors Cut (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers
  • 08. It's Lonely at the Top (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers
  • 09. Vincent (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers
  • 10. Wichita Lineman (Arr. David Cullen) - By The King's Singers

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