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ID: SIGCD107 (EAN: 635212010723) | 1 CD | DDD
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Choral Collection
- Subcollection:
- Christmas Music
- Composers:
- Traditional
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Interprets:
- BULLARD, Thomas (tenor) | ELESON, Richard (tenor) | HARTLEY, Philip | HUG, Tobias (bass) | KENCH, Julie (soprano) | MAOR, Kineret (alt) | MARSHALL, Johanna (alt) | SADLER, Jeremy (bass) | THOMAS, Meinir (soprano)
- Ensembles:
- The Swingle Singers
- Conductors:
- BULLARD, Thomas
- Other info:
A Christmas album you’ll want to return to year after year, from the fabulous Swingle Singers
A Christmas album you’ll want to return to year after year, from the fabulous Swingle Singers
There are few music lovers in this world who haven’t heard heard the name the Swingle Singers. Since the release of their ground - breaking debut album Jazz Sebastien Bach in 1963, this eight-voice a cappella group has performed in every continent and in the world’s most famous stages, sustaining over four decades a level of international popularity beyond the dreams of its founder, American born Ward Swingle. The current line-up of young, gorgeous and talented singers is, of course, several incarnations of “Swingles” younger than the original team. Ward Swingle affectionately refers to them as his “grandchildren”. What defines this unique group is not the personnel, nor even the choice of music, but the intimate, close microphone, quasi-instrumental sound with which they stunned the world all those years ago. They continue to do so today both live and in the studio. unwrapped will help to make Christmas an even more special occasion, Swingles-style
Sopranos: Julie Kench, Meinir ThomasAltos: Johanna Marshall, Kineret MaorTenors: Thomas Bullard (Musical Director), Richard ElesonBasses: Tobias Hug, Jeremy SadlerSound Engineer: Philip Hartley
1. | Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8 - ('Christmas Concerto'), by Arcangelo Corelli, Arr. Richard Eteson | 3:28 | | 2. | In the Bleak Midwinter - by Harold Darke, Words by Christina Rossetti, Arr. Tom Bullard, Leads: Joanna, Richard | 4:14 | | 3. | Christmas Song - by Mel Tormé & Robert Wells, Arr. Alexander L'Estrange ( Leads: Joanna, Jeremy, Johanna ) | 3:13 | | 4. | River - by Joni Mitchell, Arr. Tom Bullard Leads: Joanna, Jeremy, Johanna, Tom | 4:03 | | 5. | Walking in the Air - (From ‘The Snowman’) by H. Blake, Arr. J. Forbes, Leads: Meinir, Joanna, Johanna, Kineret | 3:20 | | 6. | Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - by Sammy Cahn & Julie Styne, Arr. Richard Eteson & Alexander L’Estrange Lead: Jeremy | 3:13 | | 7. | O Tannenbaum - Traditional, Arr. Alexander L’Estrange Lead: Tobias | 3:13 | | 8. | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - by Johnny Marks, Arr. Richard Eteson Lead: Johanna Sax solo: Richard | 1:52 | | 9. | Santa Baby - by Joan Javitts, Philip Springer & Tony Springer, Arr. Meinir Thomas Leads: Johanna, Meinir, Kineret, Joanna Muted Trumpet solo: Tobias | 3:12 | | 10. | Away in a Manger -Traditional, Arr. Wendy Nieper, Trumpet solo: Kineret | 4:01 | | 11. | Carol of the Drum - Anonymous, Rachel Weston | 3:00 | | 12. | Amazing Grace - Traditional, Arr. Joanna Forbes, Leads: Johanna, Meinir, Joanna & Kineret | 3:43 | | 13. | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer- by Johnny Marks, Arr. Joanna Forbes Leads, including instrumental solos: Meinir, Joanna, Tobias | 2:34 | | 14. | Last Christmas - by George Michael, Arr. Philip Hartley | 3:38 | | 15. | Happy Christmas (War is Over) - by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Arr. Joanna Forbes | 3:49 | | 16. | Hotaru no Kikari - Melody: Traditional Scottish, Words: Traditional Japanese, Arr. Joanna Forbes, Lead: Richard | 3:38 | |
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