On a new disc to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, the King's Singers present a selection of works from the past 500 years written in honor of the great Monarchs of Britain. Starting with works for (and in some cases by) Henry VIII, the program covers the Elizabethan 'Triumphs of Oriana' by composers such as Gibbons, Mundy and Dowland; a very Victorian selection of dedicatory works by Elgar, Parry and Parratt; choral arrangements from the opera 'Glorianna' by Benjamin Britten; and a new piece by Paul Drayton that comically pens 'A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession'. (Drayton is perhaps best known to fans of the King's Singers as the composer of their much-loved encore work Masterpiece.)

Tracklist:

Pastime With Good Companie (The King’s Ballad)
Ah, Robin, Gentle Robin
Blow Thy Horn, Hunter
It Is To Me A Right Great Joy
Hey, Trolly Lolly Lo!
Long Live, Fair Oriana
The Silver Swan (Round)
The Silver Swan
Fair Oriana, Beauty’s Queen
Lightly She Whipped O’er The Dales
Flow, O My Tears
Weep, O Mine Eyes
As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending
The Triumph Of Victoria
Who Can Dwell With Greatness?
To Her Beneath Whose Steadfast Star
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Time
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Concord
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Time And Concord
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Country Girls
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Rustics And Fishermen
Choral Dances From “gloriana”: Final Dance Of Homage
A Rough Guide To The Royal Succession (It’s Just One Damn King After Another...)

UPC: 635212030721
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 6.19.12
Format: CD

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