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Swingle Singers: Keyboard Classics

Song Name   Composer   Arranger
'C Major Praeludium'    Vivaldi / Bach   Ben Parry
Prelude in F Minor   Vivaldi / Bach   Ward Swingle
Largo   Johann Sebastian Bach   Ward Swingle
Three-Part Invention    Johann Sebastian Bach   Jonathan Rathbone
Fugue in D Minor   Johann Sebastian Bach   Ward Swingle
Fugue in E Minor   Johann Sebastian Bach   Ward Swingle
'Harmonious Blacksmith' Variations    George Frideric Handel   Ward Swingle
Fugue (from the Estro Harmonico, op.3, no.11)    Vivaldi   Ward Swingle
Rondo alla Turca   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Jonathan Rathbone
'Moonlight Sonata'    Beethoven   Joanna Forbes
Prelude (op.28, no.4 in E Minor)   Joanna Forbes
Etude (op.25, no.9)    Chopin   A. Gray
Hungarian Dance No. 5    Johannes Brahms   Mark Williams
Clair de Lune   Debussy   Ward Swingle
Golliwog's Cake Walk    Debussy   Ben Parry
Gymnopedie No.1   Satie   Ward Swingle

A compilation recording featuring the best of Swingles' past and present. The Swingles are a top attraction at concert halls throughout the world, and their purely vocal arrangements of famous works from composers such as J.S. Bach, Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi, Brahms, Beethoven and Satie are a Swingles trademark. They were a sensation when the group first popularized the concept in the 1960's. Half of the arrangements on this CD are by founder Ward Swingle, including 'Fugue In D Minor' and '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 and four female voices that animate these hallmarks of European classical tradition have a modern grace and elegance, and the sound is spacious, open and fluid. These are new a cappella recorded versions of the classic repertoire.

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4315 00 1 CD $15.98   Mixed | 8 Members | England | A Cappella | Vocal Jazz CDs