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| Label Signum Classics |
UPC 0635212030721 |
Catalogue number SIGCD 307 |
Release date 01 June 2012 |
On a new record to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, The King's Singers present a selection of works from the past 500 years written in honour of the great Monarchs of Britain.
Starting with works for (and in some cases by) Henry VIII, the programme covers the Elizabethan 'Triumphs of Oriana' by composers such as Gibbons, Mundy and Dowland; a very Victorian selection of dedicatory works by Elgar, Parry and Parratt; choral arrangements from the opera 'Glorianna' by Benjamin Britten; and a new piece by Paul Drayton that comically pens 'A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession'. Drayton is perhaps best known to fans of The King's Singers as the composer of their much-loved encore work Masterpiece.
Muziek voor Engelse vorsten ter ere van jubileum
Dit album voor het zestigjarige jubilieum in 2012 van The King’s Singers bevat een selectie van werken van de afgelopen 500 jaar die geschreven zijn voor de grote vorsten van Engeland.
Het album begint met werken voor (en in sommige gevallen door) Henry VIII, en bevat daarnaast het voor koningin Elizabeth geschrevenTriumphs of Oriana door meerdere componisten waaronder Gibbons, Mundy, en Dowland, een echte Victoriaanse selectie van toegewijde werken door Elgar, Parry en Parratt, koor arrangementen uit de opera Glorianna door Benjamin Britten, en een nieuw stuk van Paul Drayton dat op komische wijze 'Een gids voor de Koninklijke opvolging' brengt. Drayton is misschien het meest bekend bij fans van The King’s Singers als de componist van hun geliefde werk Masterpiece.
The King’s Singers worden door hun virtuositeit en onweerstaanbare charme over de hele wereld veel gevraagd. Ze worden gewaardeerd voor hun muzikale excellentie en gezien als volmaakte entertainers, met een Brits gevoel voor humor. Hun goede geest en geweldige vermogen om het publiek te raken zijn overeind gebleven sinds de oprichting van de groep in 1968.
The King's Singers have set the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over 55 years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, musicianship and versatility, which stem from the group’s rich heritage and its drive to bring an extraordinary range of new and unique works, collaborations and recordings to life. The King’s Singers’ extensive discography has led to numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a place in Gramophone magazine’s inaugural Hall of Fame.
The King’s Singers were officially formed in 1968 when six recent choral scholars from King’s College, Cambridge gave a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By chance, the group was made up of two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has stuck to this formation ever since.
In the last few years, the group has recorded a series of diverse, collaborative albums that showcase the huge breadth of their repertoire. One honours two great English Renaissance composers: Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd; another is centred around Romantic music; a third honours 100 years of Disney, with 28 brand-new arrangements of iconic Disney songs; a fourth is a double-album focussed on the group’s library of signature ‘close harmony’ arrangements; and another celebrates the group’s extraordinary body of commissioned new music.
Growing the global canon of choral music has always been one of the group's key aims, and The King’s Singers have now commissioned more than 300 works by many of the most prominent composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. These composers include John Tavener, Joe Hisaishi, Judith Bingham, Eric Whitacre, György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Penderecki and Toru Takemitsu. All this new music joins their body of bespoke a cappella arrangements, including many by King’s Singers past and present.
Alongside their demanding performing and recording schedule – with over 100 concerts worldwide every season – the group leads educational workshops and residential courses across the globe, working with ensembles on their approaches to group singing. To mark their 50th anniversary in 2018, they founded The King’s Singers Global Foundation (based in the USA), to provide a platform to support the creation of new music across multiple disciplines, to coach a new generation of performers, and to provide musical opportunities to people of all backgrounds.
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