The King's Singers Collection
The King's Singers
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Catalogue number
- SIGCD 120
- EAN / barcode
- 0635212012024
- Release date
- 31 March 2008
- Number of CDs
- 5
To celebrate The King’s Singers 40th anniversary year, the group are releasing five of their bestselling Signum released albums from the last 6 years in a fantastic new CD boxed-set collection. The King’s Singers Collection includes Tallis’s masterpiece, Spem in alium, alongside magical works of our day (Landscape & Time), the overwhelming beauty of William Byrd (Treason & Dischord) and Gesualdo and with some ‘icing on the cake’ - King’s Singers lollipops on Six. After 40 years The King's Singers show no sign of slowing down. The five albums in this set were made in the space of three years and display the diversity and flexibility of the world's premiere a cappella ensemble. Gesualdo: Powerful and harmonically daring music, the dark texts for Holy Week resonated with the Italian prince Carlo Gesualdo's own life, which was mired in murder, guilt and obsession. His music sounds as fresh as the day he composed it. Six: Classic jazz and pop arrangements plus a commission from Joby Talbot, displaying the group's famous blended sound, perfect intonation and customary style. 1605: Follow the story of how a group of young religious zealots tried to change the faith of a nation by force. With music from Catholics and Protestants, this fascinating programme ends with a commission from Francis Pott which finds grim resonances with today's religious intolerances. Spem: Historians may not know exactly why Tallis wrote Spem in alium, but nobody disagrees that this majestic 40-part motet is one of the glories of renaissance art. Landscape & Time: We are all shaped by the surroundings and age in which we live. Listen to music, including five commissions, which give us different perspectives from England, Scotland, America, Japan, Hungary, Finland and Estonia.
Tracklist
- 01 Lectio 1 04:40
- 02 Responsories From 1st Nocturn: In Monte Oliveti 04:40
- 03 Responsories From 1st Nocturn: Tristis Est Anima Mea 04:44
- 04 Responsories From 1st Nocturn: Ecce Vidimus Eum 07:25
- 05 Lectio 2 04:16
- 06 Responsories From 2nd Nocturn: Amicus Meus Osculi 03:54
- 07 Responsories From 2nd Nocturn: Judas Mercator Pessimus 02:36
- 08 Responsories From 2nd Nocturn: Unus Ex Discipulis Meis 06:09
- 09 Lectio 3 03:57
- 10 Responsories From 3rd Nocturn: Eram Quasi Agnus Innocens 05:11
- 11 Responsories From 3rd Nocturn: Una Hora Non Potuistis 03:29
- 12 Responsories From 3rd Nocturn: Seniores Populi Consilium 06:24
- 13 Benedictus 07:46
- 14 Christus Factus Est 00:56
- 01 Down To The River To Pray 02:44
- 02 Blackbird 02:53
- 03 The Wishing Tree 03:41
- 04 Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) 04:08
- 05 Blue Skies 03:26
- 06 After The Goldrush 03:11
- 01 George Whitehead's Almand 01:29
- 02 Kyrie From Mass For 4 Voices 01:57
- 03 A Fancie 04:32
- 04 Gloria From Mass For 4 Voices 05:56
- 05 Ardens Est Cor Meum 02:39
- 06 Civitas Sancti Tui 05:07
- 07 Ave Maria Gratia Plena 02:11
- 08 Credo From Mass For 4 Voices 07:59
- 09 Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral 04:21
- 10 O Lord How Joyful Is The King 08:25
- 11 From Virgin's Womb / Rejoice, Rejoice 02:07
- 12 M. Bucton's Galliard 01:20
- 13 Sanctus / Benedictus From Mass For 4 Voices 03:54
- 14 Master Tresham: His Ducke 13:54
- 15 Agnus Dei From Mass For 4 Voices 03:32
- 01 Spem In Alium (Tallis) 08:31
- 02 Interview With The King's Singers 06:20
- 01 The Seasons Of His Mercies (Richard Rodney Bennet) 06:39
- 02 Scenes In America Deserta (John McCabe) 14:57
- 03 Taaveti Laulud - Taaveti Laul 22 (Cyrillus Kreek) 04:49
- 04 Taaveti Laulud - Onnis On Inimene (Cyrillus Kreek) 02:09
- 05 Taaveti Laulud - Taaveti Laul 141 (Cyrillus Kreek) 02:26
- 06 Taaveti Laulud - Taaveti Laul 121 (Cyrillus Kreek) 03:27
- 07 Remembered Love (Jackson Hill) 08:27
- 08 House Of Winter (Peter Maxwell Davies) 11:52
- 09 Rakastava (Jean Sibelius) 07:46
- 10 Esti Dal (Zoltan Kodaly) 03:17
- 11 Even Such Is Time (Bob Chilcott) 02:50
