Signum Classics Anniversary Series - A Cappella Collection / King's Singers; Swingle Singers; BBC Singers; Voces8; Coro Cervantes

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ed Lewis / Jon Hendricks / Dave Lambert (Voice)
• Spitf'ya (Voice)
• Gabrielle / Jonathan Shorten (Voice)
• Bellatrix (Voice)

Conductors

• Aransay, Carlos Fernandez
• Chilcott, Bob
• Short, Nigel

Ensembles

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• BBC Singers
• King's Singers
• London Quartet
• Swingle Singers

Composers

• Bob Chilcott (1955 - )
• Stephen Stills (1945 - )
• Michel Godard (1960 - )
• Lionel Bart (1930 - 1999)
• Ward Swingle (1927 - )
• Graham Lack (1954 - )
• Walter Murphy (1952 - )
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Traditional Spiritual
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Roy Harper (1941 - )
• Mia Makaroff
• Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
• Imogen Heap (1977 - )
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Dave Lambert (1917 - 1966)
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Neil Young (1945 - )
• Traditional

Notes & Reviews:

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with a landmark release of the Complete Works of Thomas Tallis with Chapelle du Roi), Signum has grown since 1997 to a catalogue of over 300 releases across a wide range of genres, featuring a number of world-class artists including:

a) A Cappella and Choral Music (The King's Singers, Tenebrae, VOCES8, The Swingle Singers, Rodolfus Choir) b) Orchestral and Chamber Music (Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Gabrieli Consort & Players, OAE, LCO, Smith Quartet), c) Instrumental Soloist Recitals (Jamie Walton, Alessio Bax, Matthew Barley, Llyr Williams, James Rhodes) d) Art song and Lieder (Iain Burnside, Malcolm Martineau, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Ailish Tynan, Felicity Lott, Sarah Connolly, Jonathan Lemalu).

In our new anniversary series we have drawn on this extensive catalogue to form six collectable releases, assembled around the themes of A Cappella, Early Music, Organ, Choral, Art Song, and Piano music.

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Works Details

Murphy, Walter : A Fifth of Beethoven

• Ensemble: London Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Heap, Imogen : Hide and Seek, song

• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Chilcott, Robert : Weather Report, for chorus

• Conductor: Bob Chilcott
• Ensemble: Swingle Singers
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1

• Conductor: Nigel Short
• Ensemble: King's Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1877

Gershwin, George : Slap That Bass, song (from Shall We Dance?, film)

• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Stills, Stephen : Helplessly Hoping

• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional Spiritual : Steal Away to Jesus, spiritual

• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Lambert, Dave : It's Sand, Man!

• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Godard, Michel : Oblivion soave, song for voice & ensemble (after Monteverdi)

• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : En Aranjuez con tu amor

• Conductor: Carlos Aransay
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1968

Whitacre, Eric : This Marriage

• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Bart, Lionel : From Russia With Love, song (from From Russia With Love)

• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Harper, Roy : When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease

• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Young, Neil : After the gold rush

• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Swingle, Ward : Bachbeat (based on Bach's Badinerie), for vocal ensemble

• Performers: Ed Lewis / Jon Hendricks / Dave Lambert (Voice); Spitf'ya (Voice); Gabrielle / Jonathan Shorten (Voice); Bellatrix (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Makaroff, Mia : Andromeda, for vocal ensemble

• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional : The Dying Soldier, for chorus

• Conductor: Nigel Short
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.

Lack, Graham : Conceit, for vocal ensemble

• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Chilcott, Robert : Swansongs Vol. 1, for chorus

• Conductor: Bob Chilcott
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Jackson, Michael : Smooth Criminal, song

• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary