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Love Songs / The King's Singers
Signum Classics

Love Songs / The King's Singers

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
The King'S Singers
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Feb 08, 2019
Catalog #
SIGCD565
UPC
635212056523

About

It’s no surprise that The King’s Singers have recorded a huge number of love songs on all kinds of albums over the last fifty years. Some of these were albums devoted to love songs like Chanson d’amour and Romance du soir. Other albums couldn’t help but include music about love, although their theme was actually different. This album, Love Songs, is a chance to revisit some of the ensemble’s favorite tracks that they’ve recorded over the last two decades, compiled from across their back catalogue with Signum Records. The tracks they’ve chosen have come from five different albums, released between 2008 and 2017. Rather than trying to take in any of the enormous number of classical love songs from the back catalogue, the group wanted to focus on some of the best folk songs, jazz standards, and pop songs that have featured in King’s Singers concerts throughout their history. This selection has been curated especially to celebrate the group’s favorite recent albums, and to show how rich and varied the tapestry of love songs we have today is.

REVIEWS:

[A] spirited, handsomely sung program of entries representing a number of genres. I enjoy the bass fiddle licks sung with such jazzy appeal in ‘I’ve Got the World On a String’ (Harold Arlen) and Jerome Kern’s ‘I Won’t Dance’. The softrock arpeggios in Paul Simon’s ‘April Come She Will’ and ‘Helplessly Hoping’ (Stephen Stills) are great fun, and I will happily make time for Simon Carrington’s radiant arrangement of ‘My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose’. For a union of the British choral tradition and the Doo-Wop style, look no further than this rendition of ‘At Last’.

A cappella groups singing in this style have proliferated like gangbusters on high school and college campuses. If a young musician you know is singing in one, why not get ahold of this and show them what the gold standard sounds like.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 A Star is Born: It's a New World 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    A Star is Born: It's a New World
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  2. 2 Toy Story 2: When She Loved Me (arr. P. Lawson) 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Toy Story 2: When She Loved Me (arr. P. Lawson)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Randy Newman
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  3. 3 All of Me (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 05:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    All of Me (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    John Legend
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  4. 4 Cotton Club Parade: I've Got the World on a String (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 02:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Cotton Club Parade: I've Got the World on a String (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  5. 5 Tuoll on mun kultani (arr. B. Chilcott for vocal ensemble) 02:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tuoll on mun kultani (arr. B. Chilcott for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  6. 6 Don't Worry About Me (arr. C. Bruerton for vocal ensemble) 03:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Don't Worry About Me (arr. C. Bruerton for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Frances
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  7. 7 April Come She Will 02:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    April Come She Will
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Paul Simon
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  8. 8 Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 03:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Richard Rodgers
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  9. 9 Arrirang (arr. B. Chilcott for vocal ensemble) 03:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    Arrirang (arr. B. Chilcott for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  10. 10 Quand tu dors près de moi (after J. Brahms) (arr. G. Langford for vocal ensemble) 03:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Quand tu dors près de moi (after J. Brahms) (arr. G. Langford for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Georges Auric
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  11. 11 Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 03:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Charles Trenet
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  12. 12 The Goldwyn Follies: Love Is Here to Stay (arr. R.R. Bennett for vocal ensemble) 02:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Goldwyn Follies: Love Is Here to Stay (arr. R.R. Bennett for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  13. 13 I Love my Love 03:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    I Love my Love
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  14. 14 My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose (arr. S. Carrington for vocal ensemble) 03:41
    Track
    14
    Title
    My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose (arr. S. Carrington for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  15. 15 Three Sisters: I Won't Dance (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 03:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    Three Sisters: I Won't Dance (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Jerome Kern
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  16. 16 Helplessly Hoping 02:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    Helplessly Hoping
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Stephen Stills
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  17. 17 At Last (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 02:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    At Last (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Harry Warren
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  18. 18 Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy (arr. A. Jackman for vocal ensemble) 03:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy (arr. A. Jackman for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Paul Simon
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers
  19. 19 One Minute to Zero: When I Fall In Love (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble) 04:13
    Track
    19
    Title
    One Minute to Zero: When I Fall In Love (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Victor Young
    Ensemble
    The King's Singers