Close Harmony The King's Singers

• Elton John (b. 1947): Crocodile Rock:
• 1 John: Crocodile Rock 04:04
• Laura Mvula (b. 1986): Father, Father:
• 2 Mvula: Father, Father 04:59
• Paul Simon (b. 1941): Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover:
• 3 Simon: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover 03:15
• Foy Vance (b. 1974), Ed Sheeran (b. 1991): The Hills of Aberfeldy:
• 4 Vance, Sheeran: The Hills of Aberfeldy 04:08
• Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991): Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy:
• 5 Mercury: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy 03:16
• Jerome Kern (1885 -1945): The way you look tonight:
• 6 Kern: The way you look tonight 02:27
• DuBose Heyward (1885 - 1940), Ira Gershwin (1896 - 1983), George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): Oh! I Can't Sit Down:
• 7 Heyward, Gershwin, Gershwin: Oh! I Can't Sit Down 02:46
• Mike Scott (1958 - 2016): How long will I love you?:
• 8 Scott: How long will I love you? 02:29
• Paul McCartney (b. 1942), John Lennon (1940 - 1980): Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da:
• 9 McCartney, Lennon: Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da 04:31
• Traditional: She moved through the fair:
• 10 Traditional: She moved through the fair 03:30
• Albert Hammond (b. 1944): I'm a train:
• 11 Hammond: I'm a train 02:06
• James Blake (b. 1988): Meet You in the Maze:
• 12 Blake: Meet You in the Maze 05:53
• Shane McAnally (b. 1974), Natalie Hemby (b. 1977), Kacey Musgraves (b. 1988): Rainbow:
• 13 McAnally, Hemby, Musgraves: Rainbow 02:33
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): Flight of the Bumblebee:
• 14 Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee 01:21
• Donald Swann (1923 - 1994): Slow Train:
• 15 Swann: Slow Train 03:32
• Paul McCartney, John Lennon: Honey Pie:
• 16 McCartney, Lennon: Honey Pie 02:46
• Dorothy Fields (1905 - 1974), Cy Coleman (1929 - 2004): Rhythm of Life:
• 17 Fields, Coleman: Rhythm of Life 02:17
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974): Creole Love Call:
• 18 Ellington: Creole Love Call 03:32
• Joni Mitchell (b. 1943): Sisotowbell Lane:
• 19 Mitchell: Sisotowbell Lane 04:46
• Traditional French: Une gente bergère:
• 20 French: Une gente bergère 02:55
• Paul McCartney, John Lennon: When I’m 64:
• 21 McCartney, Lennon: When I’m 64 03:31
• Traditional: She’s like the swallow:
• 22 Traditional: She’s like the swallow 04:35
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868): Overture to The Barber of Seville:
• 23 Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville 03:27
• Anonymous: Takeda Lullaby:
• 24 Anonymous: Takeda Lullaby 03:18
• Paul McCartney, John Lennon: Penny Lane:
• 25 McCartney, Lennon: Penny Lane 02:42
• Christine McVie (1943 - 2022): Songbird:
• 26 McVie: Songbird 03:21
• Freddie Mercury: Seaside Rendezvous:
• 27 Mercury: Seaside Rendezvous 02:39
• Amanda McBroom (b. 1947): The Rose:
• 28 McBroom: The Rose 03:38
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986): Somewhere Over the Rainbow:
• 29 Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow 06:08
• Paul Drayton (1939 - 2010): Master-piece (2024):
• 30 Drayton: Master-piece (2024) 12:17
• Ron Goodwin (1925 - 2003): What kind of things do The King’s Singers sing?:
• 31 Goodwin: What kind of things do The King’s Singers sing? 02:00
• Total Runtime 01:54:42

Info for Close Harmony

"Close Harmony“ ist das neueste musikalische Angebot der mit dem Grammy ausgezeichneten und international gefeierten Vokalgruppe The King's Singers. Das Album ist eine Kombination aus neu aufgenommenen Werken und Titeln aus ihrer The Library EP-Reihe und bietet einen tiefen Einblick in eine der beliebtesten und einzigartigsten Ecken ihrer Musikbibliothek: die Close-Harmony-Arrangements. Die neuen Arrangements stammen von den Komponisten Daryl Runswick (z. B. eine fantasievolle, aufregende Version von Rossinis Barbier von Sevilla-Ouvertüre) und John Rutter (Jerome Kerns The Way You Look Tonight) und zeigen die Vielfalt ihres Talents und des Repertoires, das sie präsentieren.

The Kings Singers

The King's Singers
Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity, life-affirming energy and charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work, synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly to Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. Instantly recognisable for their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing, The King’s Singers are consummate entertainers.

The group’s repertoire has evolved to become one of the most diverse and compelling imaginable. The King’s Singers have commissioned over 200 works, including landmark pieces from leading contemporary composers including Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Sir James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, Sir John Tavener, Gabriela Lena Frank and Eric Whitacre. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits, explored medieval motets and Renaissance madrigals, and encouraged young composers to write new scores.

In addition to performing to capacity audiences and creating highly regarded and much-loved recordings, The King’s Singers share their artistry through numerous workshops and masterclasses around the world. In June 2017, the group will host their inaugural U.S. Summer School at DePauw University, Indiana and in July 2017 will return for their 3rd U.K. Summer School at Royal Holloway (part of the University of London) where they are also Ensemble in Residence. Among the work supported by The King’s Singers Foundation, A Carol for Christmas is a composition competition that seeks to encourage young and up-coming composers, giving the winners the chance for their piece to be performed in King’s College Chapel (Cambridge, UK).

Double Grammy® award-winning artists, the group were honoured in 2009 for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again in 2012 for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album on Universal/Decca. Recently voted into Gramophone Hall of Fame, rave reviews and repeated sell-out concerts confirm that The King’s Singers remain one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles.

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