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Album cover for King's Singers: Close Harmony
Close Harmony
King's Singers
The Beatles, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioachino Rossini, Paul Simon

2024SIGCD-912A cappella, Choral, Contemporary, Crossover

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The Grammy Award-winning and internationally acclaimed The King’s Singers present a combination of newly recorded works alongside reissues from their The Library series, taking a deep-dive into one of the most beloved and unique corners of their music library: the close-harmony arrangements. Selections include a whimsical arrangement of the Barber of Seville Overture, John Rutter’s arrangement of Kern’s “The Way You Look Tonight,” a generous helping of Beatles’ songs, and surprising arrangements of songs by Freddie Mercury, James Blake, Elton John, and Albert Hammond.

Tracklist

Elton John: “Crocodile Rock”
Laura Mvula: Father, Father
Paul Simon: “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover”
Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance: “The Hills of Aberfeldy”
Freddie Mercury: “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy”
Jerome Kern: “The Way You Look Tonight” from Swing Time
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: “Oh! I Can’t Sit Down”
Mike Scott: “How Long will I Love You”
Trad: “She moved through the fair”
Albert Hammond: “I’m a Train”
James Blake: “Meet You in the Maze”
Kacey Musgraves, Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally: “Rainbow”
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Donald Swann: “Slow Train”
Lennon/McCartney: “Honey Pie”
Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields: Rhythm of Life
Duke Ellington: Creole Love Call
Joni Mitchell: “Sisotowbell Lane”
Trad: Une Gente Bergere
Lennon/McCartney: “When I’m Sixty-Four”
Trad: “She’s Like the Swallow”
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Anon: “Takeda Lullaby”
Lennon/McCartney: “Penny Lane”
Christine McVie: “Songbird”
Freddie Mercury: “Seaside Rendezvous”
Amanda McBroom: The Rose
Harold Arlen: “Over the Rainbow”
Paul Drayton: Master-piece
Ron Goodwin: What kind of things do The King’s Singers sing?

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