The King's Singers - Love Songs (2019)

Looking back from today to the very earliest records that we have of sung music, love has provided a more constant theme for composers and songwriters than any any other. From choruses in Greek tragedy to the oral traditions of folksongs from all over the world, from opera to musical theatre, from parlour music to cabaret, and from the recital stage all the way to the Top 40, love is everywhere and we can’t escape it.

These were recorded over 10 years between 2007 and 2017, involving eleven different King’s Singers (David, Pat, Robin, Tim, Paul, Jules, Phil, Chris B, Chris G, Steve and Johnny) in four different line-ups. Rather than trying to take in any of the enormous number of classical love songs from our back catalogue, we wanted to focus on some of the best folk songs, jazz standards and pop songs that have featured in King’s Singers concerts throughout our history. This selection has been curated especially to celebrate some of our favourite recent albums, and to show how rich and varied the tapestry of love songs we have today is. We really hope these Love Songs speak to you as much with you as they do to us.

The King’s Singers mark Valentine’s Day with a collection of some of the world’s finest love songs.

Tracklist:
1. It’s a new world Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin, arr. Richard Rodney Bennett
2. When She Loved Me Randy Newman, arr. Philip Lawson
3. All of Me John Legend, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
4. I’ve got the world on a string Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
5. Tuoll on mun kultani Trad. Finnish, arr. Bob Chilcott
6. Don’t Worry About Me Sophie “Frances” Cooke, arr. Christopher Bruerton
7. April Come She Will Paul Simon, arr. Philip Lawson
8. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
9. Arrirang Trad. Korean, arr. Bob Chilcott
10. Quand tu dors près de moi Georges Auric, arr. Gordon Langford
11. Beyond the sea Charles Trenet & Jack Lawrence, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
12. Love Is Here To Stay George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Richard Rodney Bennett
13. I Love my Love Trad. English, arr. Philip Lawson
14. My love is like a red, red rose Trad. Scottish, arr. Simon Carrington
15. I won’t dance Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
16. Helplessly Hoping Stephen Stills, arr. Philip Lawson
17. At last Mack Gordon & Harry Warren, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
18. Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy Paul Simon, arr. Andrew Jackman
19. When I fall in love Victor Young & Edward Heyman, arr. Alexander L’Estrange