The King's Singers

The Golden Age, Siglo de Oro

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212011928
Catnr: SIGCD 119
Release date: 01 March 2008
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Signum Classics
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0635212011928
Catalogue number
SIGCD 119
Release date
01 March 2008
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About the album

The first album to be released in The King’s Singers 40th anniversary year celebrates music by Portuguese, Spanish and Mexican composers from the period known as the Siglo de Oro, The Golden Age.

The idea for the record came from the King’s Singers church concert programmes, where the acoustics allowed great scope for drama. The music featured is exceptionally beautiful and deeply moving, with a combination of joyful and sorrowful s e ttings, indicating the substantial outpouring of music during this period.

Regularly performing over 100 concerts per season, the King’s Singers delight audiences a round the world. As the London Times states, they are ‘still unmatched for their musicality and sheer ability to entertain’.

Uitzonderlijke mooie kerkmuziek uit de Siglo de Oro
Het eerste album dat tijdens het veertigjarig jubileum van The King's Singers is uitgebracht viert muziek van Portugese, Spaanse en Mexicaanse componisten uit de periode die bekend staat als de Siglo de Oro, de Gouden Eeuw.

Het idee voor dit album ontstond naar aanleiding van de concertprogramma’s die The King’s Singers in kerken uitvoerden, waar de akoestiek een groot bereik voor drama toestond. De muziek op het album is uitzonderlijk mooi en zeer ontroerend, met een combinatie van vreugdevolle en droevige werken, die de aanzienlijke stroom van muziek tijdens deze periode aangeven.

The King’s Singers, die regelmatig meer dan 100 concerten per seizoen geven, weten het publiek over de hele wereld in verrukking te brengen. Ze voeren een rijk en gevarieerd repertoire uit, van Gesualdo tot aan György Ligeti en Michael Bublé. Wat voor muziek ze ook zingen, The King’s Singers zijn onmiddellijk herkenbaar dankzij hun precieze intonatie, feilloze vermenging van stemmen, vlekkeloze articulatie van de tekst en scherpe timing. Zoals de London Times beweert, ze zijn “still unmatched for their musicality and sheer ability to entertain.”

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The King's Singers

THE KING’S SINGERS David Hurley - Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright - Countertenor Paul Phoenix - Tenor Christopher Bruerton - Baritone Christopher Gabbitas - Baritone Jonathan Howard - Bass Acclaimed for their life-affirming virtuosity and irresistible charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work – synonymous with the best in vocal ensemble performance – appeals to a vast international audience. They perform over 120 concerts each year, touring regularly to Europe, the United States, Asia and Australasia. The King’s Singers are admired for their musical excellence and recognised as consummate entertainers – a class act with a delightfully British sense of humour. Their generous spirit and magical ability to move audiences have remained constant since the group’s foundation in 1968. They have premiered more than 200 new works,...
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THE KING’S SINGERS David Hurley - Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright - Countertenor Paul Phoenix - Tenor Christopher Bruerton - Baritone Christopher Gabbitas - Baritone Jonathan Howard - Bass Acclaimed for their life-affirming virtuosity and irresistible charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work – synonymous with the best in vocal ensemble performance – appeals to a vast international audience. They perform over 120 concerts each year, touring regularly to Europe, the United States, Asia and Australasia. The King’s Singers are admired for their musical excellence and recognised as consummate entertainers – a class act with a delightfully British sense of humour. Their generous spirit and magical ability to move audiences have remained constant since the group’s foundation in 1968.
They have premiered more than 200 new works, including landmark compositions by Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, John Tavener, and most recently Eric Whitacre, James MacMillan, Francis Pott, Gabriela Lena Frank and Jake Heggie. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits.
The King’s Singers are double Grammy® award-winning artists, honoured for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light & Gold album on Decca. In June 2013 they were chosen as one of only two vocal ensembles to enter the Gramophone Hall of Fame, honoured for their unique discography of over 150 albums.
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