A Cappella Amadeus

A Cappella Amadeus (A Mozart Celebration)

A Cappella Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 1. Die Zauberflöte: Overture (트랙 전곡연주)

Album Title: A Mozart Celebration (A Capella Amadeus)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Deryn Edwards
                  Helen Massey
                  Andrew Busher
                  Ben Parry
                  David Thomas [bass]
                  Jonathan Rathbone
Ensemble: The Swingle Singers

Audio CD (December 26, 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Virgin Classics/EMI Classics
Copyright: (C) 2000 EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics
Total Length: 53:13
Genres: Classical

Composer   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)    Ensemble   The Swingle Singers 1. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture   (3:08)    Lyricist   Lorenzo Da Ponte    Arranger   Ben Parry 2-5. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550   (10:46)    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 2. Ⅰ. Molto Allegro 3. Ⅱ. Andante 4. Ⅲ. Menuetto & Trio 5. Ⅳ. Allegro Assai 4:02 2:55 1:50 1:59 6. Ave Verum Corpus K. 618   (2:38)    Lyricist   Anonymous    Arranger   Ben Parry 7. String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387: Ⅳ. Molto allegro   (4:11)    Arranger   Ben Parry 8. Così Fan Tutte K. 588, Act Ⅰ: Scene 3: Aria: Un'aura Amorosa (Ferrando)   (4:01)    Lyricist   Lorenzo Da Ponte    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 9. Serenade No. 13 In G major, K. 525, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik': Ⅳ. Rondo: Allegro   (2:50)    Arranger   Ward Swingle 10. Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495: Ⅲ. Rondo: Allegro vivace   (3:20)    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 11 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act Ⅱ, Scene one: Canzonetta: Deh Vieni All Finestra   (2:04)    Lyricist   Lorenzo Da Ponte    Arranger   Ben Parry 12. Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act Ⅰ: Terzet (Trio): Soave sia il vento   (2:58)    Lyricist   Lorenzo Da Ponte    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 13. Gigue in G major, K. 574, "Leipziger Gigue"   (1:45)    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 14. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": Ⅱ. Andante   (3:59)    Lyricist   Anonymous    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 15-16. Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (excerpts)   (3:36)    Lyricist   Mass Text    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry 15. Offertory No. 2: Hostias 16. Quam Olim Abrahae 2:16 1:20 17. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: Ⅲ. Rondo: Alla turca   (2:10)    Arranger   Jonathan Rathbone 18. Fantasia in F minor and Major, K. Anh. 32   (5:50)    Arranger   Ben Parry

The Swingle Singers

Biography
Formed: 1962
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

A French vocal group famed for tackling all manner of classical material (Baroque, fugues, madrigals, orchestral overtures) and switching them to an a cappella swing setting, the Swingle Singers was formed in Paris during the early '60s by American expatriate Ward Swingle. By the time of their 1963 album debut, the group comprised eight voices — Swingle, Christiane Legrand (sister of Michel), Jean-Claude Briodin, Anne Germain, Claude Germaine, Jean Cussac, Claudine Meunier and Jeanette Baucomont. That album, Jazz Sebastian Bach (titled Bach's Greatest Hits in America), earned the group a Grammy award and almost made the Top Ten.

The novelty inherent in an eight-voice scatting choir resulted in dozens of television and radio appearances around the world during the mid-'60s. Somehow, the group also managed to record follow-up LPs Going Baroque in 1964 and Anyone for Mozart? one year later. Both were Grammy winners as well — though Best Performance by a Chorus definitely wasn't the most competitive category at the awards ceremony. In an era when vocal choruses increasingly slipped down the easy listening slope, however, the Swingle Singers moved in precisely the opposite direction. In 1969, a subsidiary group called Swingles II premiered Sinfonia, a composition by the avant-garde composer Luciano Berio that also utilized the New York Philharmonic.

After a move to England in 1973, Ward Swingle recruited a new Swingle Singers and changed musical direction, incorporating material from the avant-garde as well as the Renaissance era and jazz. Swingle himself retired from active performance in 1984, but continued on as music director. The group continued to tour the world into the '90s, performing operas by Azio Corghi and Berio, appearing in compositions with ballet companies, and holding various classes and workshops as well.