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The Golden Age
Siglo de Oro

The King's Singers

David Hurley
Robin Tyson
Paul Phoenix
Philip Lawson
Christopher Gabbitas
Stephen Connolly

 



No coffee or whisky blend matches the suavity of the unaccompanied King's Singers. Their intonation is excellent in this sumptuous collection of Spanish, Portuguese and Mexican church Music"”

The Times

   

"The famous group exercise from the start that extraordinary communal ear which takes care of intonation, blend, clarity of diction and finesse of shading"

Gramophone Magazine

       

"King's Singers maintain their unmistakable cool timbre, faultless intonation and smooth blend ... great examples of unaccompanied choral music sung with precision and insight by masters of their art"

The Observer


The first disc to be released in The King’s Singers 40th anniversary year celebrates music by Portuguese, Spanish and Mexican composers from the period known as the Siglo de Oro, The Golden Age.

The idea for the disc came from the King’s Singers church concert programmes, where the acoustics allowed great scope for drama. The music featured is exceptionally beautiful and deeply moving, with a combination of joyful and sorrowful s e ttings, indicating the substantial outpouring of music during this period.

Regularly performing over 100 concerts per season, the King’s Singers delight audiences a round the world. As the London Times states, they are ‘still unmatched for their musicality and sheer ability to entertain’.

 

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The King's Singers
Release date: 3rd March 2008
Order code: SIGCD119
Barcode: 635212011928
The Golden Age
Siglo de Oro
1 Crux fidelis


King John IV of Portugal (1604-56)
2. Kyrie (Mass Mille Regretz)
Cristóbal de Morales (ca.1500-53)
3. Versa est in luctum Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
4. In ieiunio et fletu Diogo Dias Melgas (1638-1700)
5. Versa est in luctum Sebastián de Vivanco (ca.1550-1622)
6. Lamentations Alonso Lobo (1555-1617)
7. Versa est in luctum
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (ca.1590-1664)
8. Pia et dolorosa mater Diogo Dias Melgas
9. Versa est in luctum Alonso Lobo
10. Libera me Alonso Lobo