KING'S SINGERS: SOUND OF THE KING'S SINGERS (3 CDS)

With an unmistakable sound and repertoire that ranges from classical to pop, Renaissance to the Beatles, and from folksongs to pop songs through to the avant-garde, the fantastic vocal sextet the King's Singers have enjoyed a unique global career. Formed in 1968, this exceptional group of English vocalists will be celebrating it's 50th birthday in the coming year. 'The Sound of The King's Singers' combines three of the group's most famous albums. Whatever music finds it's way to the Singers' six stands, the product is always fresh and sung with a bright and full yet transparent vocal sound. This includes the lively madrigals from Italy, France, England, and Germany that they recorded in 1984 during their Madrigal History Tour, which, due to the collaboration with the instrumental ensemble 'Consort of Musicke' led by Anthony Rooley, is considered a gem of early music. This is in contrast to a further great achievement of the sextet - the King's Singers' 1985 interpretations of the cheeky musical and film hits of the Comedian Harmonists, which stand as a tribute to the legendary German vocal sextet from the 1930s. In further contrast, the 1989 album 'America' is a homage to the great US pop songs by Paul Simon, Randy Newman and Jimmy Web, with refined arrangements by David Cullen which were specially written for the King's Singers and the English Chamber Orchestra under Carl Davis.

Amor Vittorioso - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Lirum Bililirum - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno - By Anthony Holt/The King's Singers
La Bella Franceschina - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Ultimi Mei Sospiri - By the King's Singers
Alla Cazza - By the King's Singers
Or Si Rallegri Il Cielo - By the King's Singers
Fine Knacks for Ladies - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Who Made Thee, Hob, Forsake the Plough? - By Anthony Holt/Simon Carrington/The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Of All the Birds That I Do Know - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Too Much I Once Lamented - By the King's Singers
Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone - By the King's Singers
The Silver Swan - By Jeremy Jackman/The King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Now Is the Month of Maying - By the King's Singers
La Guerre - By the King's Singers
La, la, la, Je Ne I'ose Dire - By the King's Singers
Bon Jour Et Puis Quelles Nouvelles - By the King's Singers
Mignonne, Allons Voir Si la Rose - By Simon Carrington/The King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Il Est Bel Et Bon - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Margot Labourez Les Vignes - By the King's Singers
Un Gentil Amoureux - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Faulte D'argent - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Tres Morillas M'enamoran - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
La Tricotea Samartin la Vea - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Triste Estaba El Rey David - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Cucú, Cucú - By the King's Singers
Fatal la Parte - By the King's Singers
La Bomba - By the King's Singers
Tanzen Und Springen - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Vitrum Nostrum Gloriosum - By the King's Singers/The Consort of Musicke
Ach Elslein, Liebes Elselein - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Ach, Weh Des Leiden - By the King's Singers
Das Glaut Zu Speyer - By the King's Singers
Herzliebstes Bild - By the King's Singers/Anthony Rooley
Bridge Over Troubled Water - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
The Sound of Silence (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
America - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
Homeward Bound - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
If You Leave Me Now (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis
Scissors Cut (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers
It's Lonely at the Top (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers
Vincent (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers
Wichita Lineman (Arr. David Cullen) - By the King's Singers