This album combines newly-recorded material with highlights from The King's Singers' four-volume 'The Library EP' series, released over the last six years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The King's Singers prioritize finding songs with true musical value, including beautifully crafted words, imaginative harmonic writing, and lyrical melodies, for their arrangements.
Performer Biography
The King's Singers have received numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award, and are recognized for their unrivaled technique, musicianship, and versatility.
Performer Biography
The King's Singers were formed in 1968 by six choral scholars from King's College, Cambridge, and have maintained their unique lineup of two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones, and a bass ever since.
Cultural Impact
The King's Singers have commissioned over 200 works from prominent 20th and 21st-century composers, significantly growing the global canon of choral music.
Compositional Technique
The 'close-harmony' style, pioneered by The King's Singers, involves voice parts singing in tightly-knit spacings to create a blended, unified group sound.
Composition History
The close-harmony genre for The King's Singers originated partly by accident, as there wasn't enough classical repertoire suitable for their original vocal lineup to fill a whole concert.
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