The Last Rose of Summer / The Queen's Six

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
September 20, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TRADITIONAL
    • PERFORMER
      The Queen'S Six
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 20, 2019
    • UPC
      635212059821
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD598
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Dance To Your Daddy (arr. T. Byram-Wigfield for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    2. The Last Rose of Summer (arr. A. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    3. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (arr. J. Clements for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    4. Bushes and Briars

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    5. Down By the Sally Gardens (arr. T. Carleston for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    6. Danny Boy (arr. L'Estrange for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    7. Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron (arr. J. Byrt for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    8. The Turtle Dove

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    9. The Lark in the Clear Air (arr. T. Carleston for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    10. The Raggle Taggle Gypsies (arr. D. Brittain for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    11. 12 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 9. My Sweetheart's Like Venus

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    12. Annie Laurie (arr. R. Bowen for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    13. Early One Morning (arr. A. L'estrange for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    14. Brigg Fair

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    15. Scarborough Fair (arr. K. Roberts for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    16. What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor? (arr. R. Bowen for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    17. My Lagan Love (arr. P. Drayton for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    18. Bobby Shaftoe (arr. S. Carleston for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    19. O Waly Waly (arr. R. Bannan for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    20. The Water of Tyne (arr. A. Plant for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    21. Suo gân (arr. R. Bowen for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six

    22. Land of My Fathers (arr. D. Manners for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Queen's Six


Based at Windsor Castle, the members of The Queen’s Six make up half of the Lay Clerks of St George’s Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. This rare privilege demands the highest musical standards, as they sing regularly for the Royal family at both private and state occasions. In 2018 this included the weddings of Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank, and Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle, both held in St George’s Chapel. Most significantly however, it is the familiarity of living and singing together in Chapel every day that lends this group its distinctive closeness and blend, as well as an irresistible informality and charm. Individually, members of The Queen’s Six have appeared in many of the most prestigious vocal ensembles on the circuit, including The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae, and The Sixteen. Their repertoire extends far beyond the reach of the choir stalls: from austere early chant, florid Renaissance polyphony, lewd madrigals and haunting folk songs to upbeat Jazz and Pop arrangements.

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REVIEW:

The Queen's Six do not attempt to outdo the King's Singers' famously intricate arrangements, preferring to steer things back a bit toward the middle of the road. Your reactions to this may depend on your larger ones toward the idea itself, but the execution is solid. The program consists of folk songs of the British Isles, and as the album title suggests, the Queen's Six make sure to put a generous helping of the repertory's greatest hits on the program. Other attractions include the large variety of arrangers, with just a few names repeated; the arrangements are well-chosen such that each one shows distinctive traits, but all fit together generally well.

– All Music Guide (James Manheim)