Great American Songbook
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GERSHWIN / KERN / BERLIN / POTTER
Great American Songbook
The King's Singers, South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, David Firman (conductor)
[ Signum / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 18 October 2013
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Around the time The King's Singers were starting up, one of the most productive periods of song-writing in history was coming to a close in America, starting with composers such as Gershwin, Kern, Berlin and Porter in the early 1920s, and continuing through to the early 1960s: a body of work was slowly built up that unofficially gained the title 'The Great American Songbook.'
The King's Singers bring their own unique performance style to this wonderful music on this new 2CD studio recording, featuring brand new a cappella arrangements by jazz composer and arranger Alexander L'Estrange, and swing-orchestra performances with the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra.
"Kern, Porter, Berlin and Rodgers given very British close-harmony treatment: you will either love it or think it insufferably twee. I'm mostly in the love camp, especially when Alexander L'Estrange's delicious arrangements go naughtily off-piste, most bizarrely in a mash-up of Cheek to Cheek and Fauré's Requiem." The Times, 19th October 2013 ***
Tracks:
Works include:
I've got the world on a string
Begin the Beguine
I've got you under my skin
It's de-lovely
Night and day
Let's misbehave
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I won't dance
Cry me a river
Beyond the sea
When I fall in love
Cheek to cheek
My funny Valentine
The lady is a tramp
