Various Artists - Library 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. InchThe Library is the name of a series of EP releases that celebrates our 'close-harmony' library, both historically and as it grows each year. Close-harmony is the phrase we have always used to describe it's lighter repertoire, and we see The Library as our chance to make sure this rich vein of great songwriting and arranging gets the place of prominence it deserves. The Library recording series will involve regular releases which will come out alongside other touring and recording projects, giving us an output for revisiting some of these old favorites and commissioning brand new 'close-harmony' from recent releases. Every volume in The Library series will capture a variety of songs, celebrating the wonderful diversity of music in our world today.Inch Album Tracks 1. Rainbow 2. Call Me the Breeze 3. The Truth Untold 4. Oh! I Can't Sit Down 5. The Rose 6. The Ballad of Nornagest 7. Yesterday

This is the third volume in the EP series 'The Library' - a series that explores both the history, and the new horizons, of The King's Singers close-harmony repertoire. Close-harmony is the part of their work for which they are best known, and their library of thousands of arrangements is one they're determined to explore, maintain and develop. The track-listing is designed to celebrate some old favorites from the library alongside brand new arrangements and adaptations, created especially for these recordings, which may perhaps become 'old favorites' of the future. The King's Singers were founded on 1 May 1968 by six choral scholars who had recently graduated from King's College Cambridge. Their vocal line-up was (by chance) two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has never wavered from this formation since. Album Tracks 1. Honey Pie (Arr. P. Hart for Vocal Ensemble) 2. Songbird (Arr. N. Ashby for Vocal Ensemble) 3. Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover (Arr. A.P. Jackman for Vocal Ensemble) 4. In the Real Early Morning (Arr. P. Dunachie for Vocal Ensemble) 5. Mo LI Hua (Jasmine Flower) (Arr. P. Lawson for Vocal Ensemble) 6. Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. D. Runswick for Vocal Ensemble)

Album Tracks 1. Concertino for Clarinet & Orchestra in E Flat Major, J. 109 (Op. 26) 2. A Truro Maggot 3. Suite in the Olden Style, for Clarinet & Piano Gigue 4. Sonata for Violin & Piano in a Minor Op. 1/3 Largo 5. Sonata for Violin & Piano in a Minor Op. 1/1 Allegro-Giocoso 6. Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen ('Wenn Auf Dem Höchsten Fels Ich Steh'), for Voice, Clarinet (Or Cello) & Piano, D. 965 (Op. Posth. 129) 7. Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 57 Movement 2, Adagio 8. Clarinet Concerto in a Major, K. 622 Adagio 9. Fignolette for Clarinet & Band 10. Mazurka-Caprice, for Clarinet & Piano 11. Rhapsodie for Clarinet & Piano (Or Orchestra), L. 116 12. Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano in G Minor Movement 1 Andante Con Dolore, Molt'espressione- Lento 13. Fantaisie-Impromptu, for Clarinet & Piano 14. Concerto Maria Padilla for 2 Clarinets & Piano (Spurious; Arr. from Opera, Maria Padilla) 15. Clarinet Quintet in a Major ('Stadler'), K. 581 Larghetto 16. Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 Allegro Ans Adagio- Pió Lento 17. Variations on Home Sweet Home, for Clarinet & Piano