The King’s Singers Live at the BBC Proms
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Label: Signum
Cat No: SIGCD150
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 24th November 2008
Contents
Works
The GoslingsPhillis is my only joy
La Guerre
Dessus le Marche d'Arras
Toutes les Nuitz
Scenes in America Deserta
Il est bel et bon
Chansons francaises (8)
Hears not my Phyllis
The Long Day Closes
Blow Away the Morning Dew
Greensleeves
The Little Green Lane
The Turtle Dove
Widdicombe Fair
Artists
The King’s SingersWorks
The GoslingsPhillis is my only joy
La Guerre
Dessus le Marche d'Arras
Toutes les Nuitz
Scenes in America Deserta
Il est bel et bon
Chansons francaises (8)
Hears not my Phyllis
The Long Day Closes
Blow Away the Morning Dew
Greensleeves
The Little Green Lane
The Turtle Dove
Widdicombe Fair
Artists
The King’s SingersAbout
With their previous album release 'Landscape and Time' having been described as possessing "singing of rare distinction" and "stunningly high musical standards", they have maintained their place at the apex of a cappella singing, and are counted amongst the world's elite classical performers.
Continuing Signum's release series in celebration of the group's 40th Anniversary year, this performance was in many ways a retrospective of the group's musical history, encompassing some of the earliest arrangements that the original line-up performed right up to contemporary works that they recently commissioned.
Available on CD and DVD, the DVD includes extra interviews with the group from Suzy Klein and Gareth Malone, star of BBC series The Choir, and can also be enjoyed in 5.1 surround sound.
Royal Albert Hall, London 5th August 2008.
Concert Review:
"In an exquisitely programmed concert, there was music ranging from the Renaissance to the present, including the opening selection of Poulenc's witty “Chansons françaises" and various Victorian parlour songs "in the biggest Victorian parlour ever built.
"...the pure quality of the vocal balance is quite extraordinary. The King's Singers had travelled back in time some 400 years (who needs Dr Who at the Proms?). Then followed an example of the many works the group has commissioned, John McCabe's haunting evocation of American wastelands, "Scenes in America deserta", based on the writings of architectural historian Reyner Banham. McCabe took his bow.
The evening ended with folksongs arranged by Gordon Langford and members of the group, Bob Chilcott (who left in 1997) and current baritone Philip Lawson. Langford's "Widdicombe" Fair played to the group's effortless resource of funny voices and genial comedy. The encore was Arthur Sullivan's arrangement of "The Long Day Closes", apposite for a concert finishing at fifteen minutes short of midnight and perfectly judged in this performance." - Classical Source
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