The Music Never Ends

$19.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 11, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Jocelyn Somerville, Jennifer Griffin, Daniel Burges, Matthew Wood, Gareth Huw Davies, Gareth Giles
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 11, 2025
    • UPC
      747313469970
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574699
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Waltzing Matilda (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    2. Danny Boy, "Londonderry Air" (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    3. Vem kan segla förutan vind? (Who Can Sail Without the Wind?) (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    4. El Paisanito (arr. W. Swingle for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    5. Romance, "I will make you brooches"

      Composer: Ward Swingle

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Matthew L. Wood

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    6. The Fool on the Hill (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    7. Penny Lane (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    8. Blackbird - I Will (arr. J. Rathbone for choir)

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    9. Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort): You Must Believe in Spring (arr. G. Giles for choir, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    10. Best Friends: How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (arr. A. L'Estrange for choir)

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Jocelyn Somerville

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    11. Summer of '42: The Summer Knows (arr. G. Giles for choir, double bass and piano)

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    12. A Summer Sonnet

      Composer: Kevin Olson

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Daniel Burges

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    13. No. 1. Live with me and be my love

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    14. No. 2. When daffodils being to peer

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    15. No. 3. It was a lover and his lass

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    16. No. 4. Spring

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    17. No. 5. Who is Silvia?

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    18. No. 6. Fie on sinful fantasy

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    19. No. 7. Hey, ho, the wind and the rain

      Composer: George Shearing

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Gareth Giles, Gareth Huw Davies

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    20. A Little Night Music, Act II: Send In the Clowns (arr. W. Swingle for choir)

      Composer: Stephen Sondheim

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Jennifer Griffin

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    21. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Swing Time (arr. B. Parry for choir)

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Ben Parry

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse


Close harmony singing is the vocal equivalent of a jazz big band, and this programme is the Vasari Singers' personal tour of a style in which they have excelled for years. Their connection with Ward Swingle and the pioneering Swingle Singers is explored in arrangements ranging from traditional folk songs such as the haunting Danny Boy, to favourites by The Beatles and the delicious harmonies of Stephen Sondheim. George Shearing's English musical background and American jazz influence combine in his Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, and the album closes with a cleverly integrated and up-beat version of Duke Ellington's classic It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing).