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Royal Rhymes & Rounds
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The King's Singers

Royal Rhymes & Rounds

Price: € 13.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212030721
Catnr: SIGCD 307
Release date: 01 June 2012
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212030721
Catalogue number
SIGCD 307
Release date
01 June 2012
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About the album

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.

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The King's Singers

THE KING’S SINGERS have set the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, musicianship and versatility, which stem from both 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. Over the course of 2023, the group has released three diverse, collaborative albums that showcase the breadth of their repertoire. One marks 400 years since the deaths of two great Renaissance composers, Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd. Another celebrates their body of commissioned music, including...
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THE KING’S SINGERS have set the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, musicianship and versatility, which stem from both 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.
Over the course of 2023, the group has released three diverse, collaborative albums that showcase the breadth of their repertoire. One marks 400 years since the deaths of two great Renaissance composers, Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd. Another celebrates their body of commissioned music, including the six Nonsense Madrigals written for the group by György Ligeti (who would have turned 100 in 2023). And the third honours 100 years of Disney, with almost thirty brand-new arrangements of songs from its iconic films.
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 200 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, Krzysztof Penderecki and Toru Takemitsu. All of this new music joins their unique body of close-harmony and a cappella arrangements, including those by individual King’s Singers past and present.
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 singular formation ever since that debut.
Alongside their demanding performing and recording schedule – with over 100 concerts worldwide every season – the group also leads educational workshops and residential courses across the globe, working with both ensembles and individuals on their approaches to group singing. To mark their 50th anniversary in 2018, they founded The King’s Singers Global Foundation 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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01.
Pastime with good companie (The King's Ballad)
01:53
(King Henry VIII) The King's Singers
02.
Ah, Robin, gentle Robin
02:26
(William Cornysh) The King's Singers
03.
Blow thy horn, hunter
02:23
(William Cornysh) The King's Singers
04.
It is to me a right great joy
01:33
(King Henry VIII) The King's Singers
05.
Hey, trolly lolly lo!
03:56
(Anonymous) The King's Singers
06.
Long live fair Oriana
02:39
(Ellis Gibbons) The King's Singers
07.
The Silver Swan (Round)
02:00
(Orlando Gibbons) The King's Singers
08.
The Silver Swan
01:46
(Orlando Gibbons) The King's Singers
09.
Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen
02:21
(John Hilton) The King's Singers
10.
Lightly she whipped o'er the dales
03:11
(John Mundy) The King's Singers
11.
Flow, O my tears
01:37
(John Downland) The King's Singers
12.
Weep, O mine eyes
02:44
(John Bennet) The King's Singers
13.
As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
03:19
(Thomas Weelkes) The King's Singers
14.
The Triumph of Victoria
02:33
(Sir Walter Parratt) The King's Singers
15.
Who can dwell with greatness?
04:07
(Sir Hubert Parry) The King's Singers
16.
To her beneath whose steadfast star
04:51
(Sir Edward Elgar) The King's Singers
17.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Time
01:51
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
18.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Concord
02:25
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
19.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Time and Concord
01:46
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
20.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Country Girls
01:17
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
21.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Rustics and Fisherman
01:00
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
22.
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':: Final Dance of Homage
02:20
(Benjamin Britten) The King's Singers
23.
A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession
12:48
(Paul Drayton) The King's Singers
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