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1987 compilation album by The Swingle Singers
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Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers is a compilation album of previously released tracks from 3
Philips
Swingle Singers recordings:
Place Vendôme (a.k.a. Encounter) (7 tracks / complete),
Getting Romantic (a.k.a. Les Romantiques) (6 tracks) and
Spanish Masters (a.k.a. Sounds of Spain) (3 tracks).
Track listing
- "
Air for G String" (
Bach)
[2]
[3]
[4] – 5:37
- "Zortzico" (
Albéniz)
[3]
[5] – 2:05
- "Scherzo" ("Sonata op. 24 for violin and piano") (
Beethoven)
[3]
[5] – 1:11
- "Three Windows" (
John Lewis)
[4] – 7:09
- "Aranjuez" (after the "Adagio", 2nd movement of the
Concierto de Aranjuez) (
Vidre)
[6] – 4:18
- "When I am Laid in Earth" ("Dido's Lament") (
Purcell)
[2]
[4] – 5:03
- "Tango in D Major" (No. 2 from "España" op. 165)
[6] – 2:12
- "Etude Op. 25 No. 2" (
Chopin)
[3]
[5] – 1:27
- "Vendome" (Lewis)
[4] – 3:31
- "Le Marche de Limoges" ("Pictures at an Exhibition") (
Mussorgsky)
[3]
[5] – 1:23
- "Little David's Fugue" ("Sascha") (Lewis)
[4] – 4:15
- "Andante" (Quartet op. 44 no. 1) (
Mendelssohn)
[3]
[5] – 3:28
- "Ricercare à 6" (from "
The Musical Offering") (Bach)
[2]
[4] – 6:29
- "Romance Espagnole" ("Jeux Interdits" / "Spanish Romance") (anonymous)
[3]
[6] – 2:34
- "Alexander's Fugue" (Lewis)
[4] – 4:50
- "Little Prelude and Fugue" ("Album for the Young") (
Schumann)
[3]
[5] – 2:09
Personnel
The Swingle Singers:
Rhythm section:
[5]
[6]
The
Modern Jazz Quartet:
[4]
References / external links
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The Swingle Singers / Les Swingle Singers | |
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Swingle II The Swingles The (New) Swingle Singers | |
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