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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683) The King's Consort [ Vivat / CD - released 13/Nov/2015 ] "The performances are precise and the deft negotiations are subtly shaded to bring out shifts of emotion." (The Independent) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
After Hours King's College Cambridge, The King's Men [ King's College / CD - released 2/Aug/2014 ] The King's Men is the close harmony group made up of the choral scholars of the choir of King's College Cambridge, and the group regularly tour across the UK and abroad. |
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JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Three Musical Fables (featuring 'the Wind in the Willows') The King's Singers and the Cambridge Singers [ Collegium / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] 'this is an enchanting recording' Church Music Quarterly |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King's Singers Gold The King's Singers [ Signum / 3 CD - released 3/Nov/2017 ] "The King's Singers turn out their characteristic, highly polished finish: diction is razor-sharp, ensemble and intonation are well-nigh flawless." BBC Music |
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THE KING'S SINGERS
The King's Singers - Close Harmony [2 CD set] The King's Singers [ Signum / 2 CD - released 18/Oct/2024 ] Close Harmony' is the latest musical offering from Grammy Award-winning and internationally acclaimed vocal group The King's Singers. . |
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The King's Singers
Love Songs [ Signum / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "Among many highlights, Richard Rodney Bennett's exquisite arrangement of Gershwin's 'Love is Here to Stay' stands out, bringing sumptuous harmonies and a rhythmic simplicity that lets the group's almost improbably sense of ensemble shine" BBC Music |
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KING'S SINGERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chanson d'amour The King's Singers [ RCA Victor / CD - released 15/Feb/1993 ] Few ensembles have ever straddled the boundary between classical and popular music as successfully as The King s Singers and just as few have achieved success in both early and contemporary repertoire. Chanson d amour can run the gamut from Schubert... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1994)) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2000 ] "John Mark Ainsley makes an admirable tenor soloist, with a combination of a lovely sense of line and certain muscularity. Hilary Summers is quite a cool alto soloist, her wonderfully straight tone suits Handel's music well." MusicWeb |
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TRADITIONAL
Lux Feminae (900 - 1600) [CD with 172 page comprehensive book] Montserrat Figueras (soprano) / Jordi Savall (direction) / Andrew Lawrence King (harp) [ Alia Vox SACD / SACD - released 7/May/2006 ] "Drama, passion, sorrow and joy - the magnificent Figueras is in her element...Drama, passion, sorrow and joy - the magnificent Figueras is in her element" (Editor's Choice Gramophone October 2006) |
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Morgana King
Four Classic Albums (For You, For Me, For Evermore / Sings The Blues / The Greatest Songs Ever Swung / Let Me Love You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Morgana King's professional singing career began at age sixteen as Morgana King.[12] When she sang in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1953, a record label executive took interest after being impressed with the unique phrasing and multi-octave range.... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
French Troubadour Songs Paul Hillier (voice) / Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Jul/2005 ] Discover the rich legacy of songs by the French troubadours - medieval bards who excelled in the art of courtly love. Sung in medieval French, this program brilliantly captures the magical fusion of poetry and melody in love songs noted for their... |
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BYRD / CAUSTUN / PURCELL / ALLEGRI
Evensong for Ash Wednesday Ray Goodman (treble) / King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 11/Sep/2011 ] Roy Goodman's recording of the Allegri Miserere (in David Willcocks's edition, sung in English) was its first, made in March 1963. Although reissued countless times, the complete Argo recording from which it emanates - Evensong for Ash Wednesday -... |
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Julie Andrews, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Jane Benson (2), Yul Brynner, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Lorna Dallas, Doris Day, etc
Richard Rodgers - With A Song In My Heart [3 CD set] [ Reader's Digest / 3 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2013 ] Reader's Digest have the rights to the vast Sony (CBS) and RCA catalogues. This set contains classic recordings of musical standards by top artists of the 1960s. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: The Sacred Music 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, James Gilchrist, Charles Daniels / Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] "... there are joys here to melt icebergs ... I want Volume 3 immediately" The Times |
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GIOVANNI MARIA TRABACI
Trabaci: Keyboard Music (Book II, 1615) Sergio Vartolo (harpsichord and organ), Andrew Lawrence King (harp) [ Naxos Early Music / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2008 ] In the appendix to his Scherzi Musicali Claudio Monteverdi wrote his own self-defence to the criticisms made against him by the theorist Artusi, though he had it signed by his brother Giulio Cesare. There he clearly speaks of a 'second practice' of... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
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Teddi King
Four Classic Albums Plus (Bidin [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet and Clarinet Trio Thea King (clarinet) / Gabrieli Quartet / Karine Georgian (cello) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) 'A radiantly beautiful performance, as fine as any put on record' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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ANDREAS ROMBERG / ROBERT FUCHS / CHARLES Villiers STANFORD
Romberg/Fuchs/Stanford: Clarinet Quintets Thea King (clarinet) / the Britten String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Jun/2001 ] "There's plenty of lively, affectionate musicianship in these performances - all warmly and intimately recorded." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2001) |
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HOWELLS / COOKE / McCONCHY / FRANKEL / HOLBROOKE
English Clarinet Quintets Thea King (clarinet) The Britten String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] 'Yet another super disc from this company. Thea King is no stranger to Hyperion but I think this may be her best disc to date for them. [The Frankel] is a masterpiece pure and simple and anyone who tells you different must be deaf' (Tempo) |