Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: The Swingle Singers Title: Keyboard Classics Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Primarily A Cappella Release Date: 3/26/2002 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 602437431527 |
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 | The Swingle Singers Keyboard Classics Genres: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists
Compilation features the best of the Swingle's past and present. Half of the arrangements on this CD are by founder Ward Swingle, including Fugue In D Minor & Clair De Lune, with the remainder balanced between Ben Parr... more » |
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Product Description Compilation features the best of the Swingle's past and present. Half of the arrangements on this CD are by founder Ward Swingle, including Fugue In D Minor & Clair De Lune, with the remainder balanced between Ben Parry, Jonathan Rathbone, Mark Williams, Andrew Gray and current musical director, Joanna Forbes. The four male & four female voices that animate these hallmarks of European classical tradition have a modern grace and elegance, and the sound is spacious, open & fluid. These are new a cappella recorded versions of the classic repertoire. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsDelightful and Amazing.... TchaikJP | Houston, TX United States | 10/30/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "This must be one of the TOP Swingle Singers CDs out there: excellent vocal sound, great pieces, and hilarious parodies all come together to make this a heck of a fun ROMP to listen to.For anyone unfamiliar with Swingle Singer's- they are a jazz vocal group from the '60s that always used to do warm ups and exercises singing bach fugues intended for keyboards. This requires the most intense focus of pitch for a singer, and incredible vocal gymnastics. They realized that singing these "Exercises" was just as profitable as their jazz, and here we are today with unique discs of instrumental classics arranged for 8 voices.This compilation is as fun as any- the sound more homogeneous than the earlier recordings, this one might be a bit easier to listen to. I personally love the selection: classics such as Mozart's "Turkish March" and Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 5" are sung with beautiful precision, and later wacky or jazzy humor- and yet the listener is entirely convinced that the character that the composer intended for the piece hasn't been tampered with TOO much, merely ELABORATED on, and to very delighting extent. Other favorites on this dics are Golliwog's Cake Walk, Clair de Lune, and Moonlight Sonata.Again, this disc is VERY enjoyable, yet for those of you who may be purists, and are skeptical of the tampering of composer's intentions: FEAR NOT- The swingle singers are sensitive musicians who create an entertaining piece out of classics without killing the oringinal idea (ex: moonlight sonata, clair de lune). You may even enjoy an new approach to these often played pieces.For the vocalists out there- I love to listen and drool thinking of having such perfect pitch and control. It is both depressing and inspiring- you MUST own this." Quality performance, but CD too short Ryan Kelly | Longview, TX USA | 02/06/2007 (4 out of 5 stars) "Briefly - the performances are great. Entertaining, nice arrangements, spot on performances. Everything the other reviewer mentioned is accurate.
However, quite dissapointingly, the CD is under 45 minutes in length, clocking in exactly at 44 minutes, 51 seconds. Yet, the CD is full price. With 80 minute CDs, and a typical CD of decent value running on average 60 minutes, getting a 45 minute CD is unfortunate. A nice CD to listen to, interesting to own, but it's excellent quality is diminished by it's short length, making it less valuable for the money." |
