The King's Singers

Christmas Presence

Price: € 13.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212049723
Catnr: SIGCD 497
Release date: 03 November 2017
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212049723
Catalogue number
SIGCD 497
Release date
03 November 2017
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About the album

The essence of The King’s Singers has always been live performance. Commercial recordings are hugely important as a way of disseminating our material, and the group has always been committed to a comprehensive recording programme, but for us the best of both worlds is represented on this disc: a live concert recording.
Christmas Presence gives the listener the experience of being at a live King’s Singers concert, in one of the world’s most beautiful buildings (and acoustics!) from the comfort of their own home. You can be assured that there is nothing here other than what we produced on the night itself; and what better a season to celebrate with music than Christmas?
Our programme for this special concert takes the listener through various ages and styles of music, from the Renaissance to the present day, and we feel it would make the perfect accompaniment to your Christmas morning - beginning with the sacred music that celebrates the birth of Jesus, move through more modern carols familiar from church and cathedral services across the nation, and ending with the musical trimmings that your roast turkey deserves!
The King’s Singers

De essentie van The King's Singers is altijd live performance geweest. Commerciële opnames zijn enorm belangrijk om materiaal te verspreiden, en de groep heeft zich altijd ingezet voor een uitgebreid opnameprogramma. Voor ons staat het beste van beide werelden op dit album: een live concertopname.

Christmas Presence geeft de luisteraar de ervaring om een live King's Singers concert in een van 's werelds mooiste gebouwen (en akoestiek) vanuit het comfort van zijn eigen huis bij te wonen. Je kunt er zeker van zijn dat er niets anders is dan wat we in de nacht zelf hebben geproduceerd; en wat is nu een beter seizoen om Kerst te vieren met muziek?

Ons programma voor dit speciale concert neemt de luisteraar mee naar verschillende jaren en muziekstijlen, van de Renaissance tot de muziek van vandaag de dag, en we denken dat het de perfecte aanvulling zou zijn op een kerstochtend - te beginnen met de heilige muziek die de geboorte van Jezus viert, naar de modernere kerstliederen die bekend zijn van kerkdiensten en kathedraaldiensten, en eindigend met de muzikale garnering die je gebraden kalkoen verdient!

- The King's Singers

Artist(s)

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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Timothy Wayne-Wright (countertenor)

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