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Sales Rank: 46483
Category: Music
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Publisher: Primarily A Cappella
Studio: Primarily A Cappella
Manufacturer: Primarily A Cappella
Label: Primarily A Cappella
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 4315
UPC: 602437431527
EAN: 0602437431527
ASIN: B000063DG0
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Estro Harmonico, Op.3, No.II: Fugue | | • | The Well Tempered Clavier Book I: C Major Praeludium | | • | The Well Tempered Clavier Book II: Prelude In F Minor | | • | Suite Bergamasque: Clair De Lune | | • | Piano Sonata Op.27, No.2: Moonlight Sonata | | • | Harpsicord Concerto In F Minor: Largo | | • | Children's Coner: Golliwog's Cake Walk | | • | BWV 782 In G Minor: Three-Part Invention | | • | Op.28, No.4 In E Minor: Prelude | | • | Gymnopedie No.1 | | • | The Art Of Fugue: Fugue In D Minor | | • | Piano Sonata In A Major: Rondo Alla Turca | | • | Op.25, No.9 In D Flat Major: Etude | | • | Harpsicord Suite In E Major: 'Harmonious Blacksmith' Variations | | • | BWV 578: Fugue In E Minor | | • | Hungarian Dance No.5 |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Quality performance, but CD too short February 6, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
 Delightful and Amazing.... October 30, 2002
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
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.
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