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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Finding Harmony The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Singing together binds us together. From the Protestant Reformation in Europe during the 1500s to the US Civil Rights Movement, there have been countless moments in history when songs have united nations, cultures and causes. |
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 |
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. . |
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 |
The King's Singers
Such stuff as dreams are made on [ Signum / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] The last album with the current line-up, The King's Singers present a new album of choral music from the early 20th century, with a feature from sopranos Grace Davidson and Victoria Meteryard. "Such stuff as dreams are made on is an exploration of... |
THE KING'S SINGERS
Swimming Over London The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] Swimming Over London is a new studio-album of jazz-inspired hits and recent commissions performed by The King's Singers, and is a follow up to their Grammy Award-winning crossover album Simple Gifts. |
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 |
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) |
MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Arie e Lamenti / Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi Montserrat Figueras / Andrew Lawrence-King / Rolf Lislevand / Ton Koopman / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox Heritage Series SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] At this time, [Figueras] developed an innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, that has exerted a decisive influence on the whole... |
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.... |
Nat 'King' Cole
Nat "King" Cole: Four Classic Albums (Sings For Two In Love / Penthouse Serenade / 10th Anniversary Album / Just One Of Those Things) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Nat "King" Cole, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details... |
Nat King Cole
Gold (2CD) [ Universal / 2 CD - released 17/Jan/2014 ] |
Nat King Cole & Orchestra, Johnny Hartman & Erroll Garner, Modern Jazz Quartet, Helen Forrest & Billy May, Dinah Washington, Four Freshman, etc
Harry Warren Songbook - September in the Rain [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Well known Warren hits included, "Lullaby of Broadway", and, "I Only Have Eyes for You". Warren was one of America's most prolific film composers. |
Nat 'King' Cole Trio
After Midnight (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 14/Jan/2022 ] |
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... |
Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Julie London, Nancy Wilson, Keely Smith, NAt King Cole, June Christy, etc
Gershwin: Song Book Collection [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] An outstanding anthology presenting many classic vocalists and instrumentalists doing Gershwin selections. The honor roll includes Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland, Louis Prima, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Mel Torme and many others |
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 -... |
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. |