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The Swingle Singers Discography
The Paris-based Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group continued to record, for Columbia / CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present. The Swingle Singers (Paris, 1962 – 1973) *'' Jazz Sébastien Bach'' (1963) Philips – a.k.a. ''Bach's Greatest Hits'' *'' Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques'' (1964) Philips *'' Swinging Mozart'' (1965) Philips – a.k.a. ''Anyone for Mozart?'' *'' Les Romantiques'' (1965) Philips – a.k.a. ''Getting Romantic'' *'' Swingling Telemann'' (1966) Philips – a.k.a. ''Rococo À Go Go'' *'' Place Vendôme'' with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1966) Philips – a.k.a. ''Encounter'' *'' Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez'' (1967) Philips – a.k.a. ''Spanish Masters'' *''Operazione San Pietro'' (movie soundtrack) (1968) C.A.M. *'' Noëls Sans Passeport'' (1968) Philips – a.k.a. ''Christmastime'' *'' Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2'' (1968) Philips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips. It was founded as Philips Phonographische Industrie in 1950. In 1946, Philips acquired the company which pressed records for British Decca's Dutch outlet in Amsterdam. History The record label originated as "Philips Phonographische Industrie" (PPI) in June 1950 when it began issuing classical music recordings. Recordings were also made of popular artists of multiple nationalities and of classical artists from Germany, France and the Netherlands. Launched under the slogan "Records of the Century" (referring to Philips Industries' UK Head Office at Century House, W1), the first releases in Britain appeared in January 1953 on 10" 78 rpm discs, with LPs appearing in July 1954. Philips also distributed recordings made by the United States Columbia Records (which at the time was a unit of CBS) in the UK and on the European continent. After the separation of the English Columbia label (owned by EMI) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Ending
''Bitter Ending'' is a recording of a work for eight voices composed by Andre Hodeir as commissioned by Ward Swingle. The work is performed by the Swingle Singers with a jazz quintet. This was the last work by Hodeir and is inspired by James Joyce's Finnegans WakeHodeir, Andre and Pautrot, Jean-Louis. ''The André Hodeir Jazz Reader''Google Books link Personnel *Roger Guérin – trumpet *Pierre Gossez – saxophone *Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone *Jacques (Jacky) Cavallero – double bass *Marcel Sabiani – drums The Swingle Singers: * Christiane Legrand – soprano *Nicole Darde – soprano *Hélène Devos – alto *Claudine Meunier – alto *Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger *Joseph Noves – tenor *Jean Cussac Jean Cussac (born 31 May 1922) is a French baritone and music director. Biography Born in Paris, Jean Cussac studied lyrical singing at the Conservatoire de Paris, and subsequently turned to jazz and joined The Swingle Singers at their creatio ... – bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Sebastian Bach
''Jazz Sebastian Bach'' is a compilation album/re-issue of music by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. It combines the tracks from two previous releases: * Tracks 1–13 from the 1963 album ''Bach's Greatest Hits'', also known as ''Jazz Sébastien Bach Volume 1. * Tracks 14–23 from the 1968 album ''Back to Bach'', also known as ''Jazz Sébastien Bach Volume 2''. Track listing All compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, J.S. Bach #"Fugue in D Minor" from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14 #"Prelude for Organ Chorale No 1" – 2:38 #"Aria" from Suite No 3 in D – 3:17 #"Prelude No 12 in F Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (WTC II)" – 2:12 #"Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2" – 1:44 #"Fugue No 2 in C Minor" (WTC I) – 1:16 #"Fugue No 5 in D" (WTC I) – 1:38 #"Prelude No 9 in E" (WTC II) – 3:19 #"Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54 #"Prelude No 1 in C" (WTC II) – 1:56 #"Canon" – 1:53 #"Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22 #"Fugue No 5 in D" (WTC II) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom and Japan (as Mercury Tokyo in the latter country), it is distributed by EMI Records. Since the separation of Island Records, Motown, Mercury Records, and Def Jam Recordings combining the Island Def Jam Music Group, Mercury Records has been placed under Island Records, although its back catalogue is still owned by the Island Def Jam Music Group (now Island Records). Background Mercury Records was started in Chicago in 1945 and over several decades, saw great success. The success of Mercury has been attributed to the use of alternative marketing techniques to promote records. The conventional method of record promotion used by major labels such as RCA Victor, Decca Records, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swingle Singers
The Swingles are a vocal group. The Swingle Singers originally formed in 1962 in Paris, France under the leadership of Ward Swingle. In 1973, Swingle disbanded the French group, and formed an English group known initially as Swingle II and later as the New Swingle Singers, before settling on the Swingles name. History French group The Swingle Singers were formed in Paris in 1962 and directed originally by Ward Swingle (who once belonged to Mimi Perrin's French vocal group Les Double Six). They began as session singers, mainly doing backing vocals for singers such as Charles Aznavour and Edith Piaf. Their original lineup was Anne Germain, Claude Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Christiane Legrand, Claudine Meunier, Jean-Claude Briodin, and Jean Cussac, with Legrand (sister of Michel Legrand) the original lead soprano. The ensemble sang some jazz vocals for Michel Legrand. The eight session singers sang through Bach's ''Well-Tempered Clavier'' as a sight-reading exercise a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyone For Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
''Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?'' is a CD compilation re-issue of music by the Swingle Singers. It combines tracks from two previous LP releases, ''Going Baroque'' (tracks 6 – 16) and ''Swinging Mozart'' (aka ''Anyone for Mozart?'') (tracks 1 – 5). Track listing # "Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major" ("Sonata semplice") K. 545 (W. A. Mozart) – 6:19 ## "Allegro" ## "Andante" ## "Allegretto" # "Variations (12) on 'Ah, vous dirai-je maman' for piano in C major" K. 265 (K. 300e) (Mozart) – 5:51 # "Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major" K. 333 (K. 315c) ~ Allegro (Mozart) – 2:51 # "Sonata for violin & piano No. 29 in A major" (fragment), K. 402 (K. 385) (Mozart) – 2:52 # "Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major" ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik") K. 525 (Mozart) – 10:16 ## "Allegro" ## "Romance" ## "Menuetto" ## "Rondo" # "Badinerie" from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (J.S. Bach) – 1:21 # "Air" from Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydor Records
Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom. Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon/Schallplatte Grammophon GmbH. It was renamed Polydor Ltd. in 1972. Notable current and past artists signed to the label include ABBA, Cream, The Moody Blues, The Who, Ringo Starr, Bee Gees, The Jam, Bing Crosby, The Shadows, James Brown, Level 42, Ellie Goulding, Juice WRLD, Piri & Tommy, James Last, Eric Clapton, Marie Osmond, Keith O'Conner Murphy, Yngwie Malmsteen, Lana Del Rey, Haim, and Buckingham Nicks. Label history Beginnings Polydor Records was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig and registered on 25 July 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company of the same name in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia and Parlophone record labels. The label was later launched worldwide. It has a branch in India called "EMI Records India", run by director Mohit Suri. In 2014, Universal Music Japan revived the label in Japan as the successor to EMI Records Japan. In June 2020, Universal revived the label as the successor to Virgin EMI, with Virgin Records now operating as an imprint of EMI Records. History An EMI Records Ltd. legal entity was created in 1956 as the record manufacturing and distribution arm of EMI in the UK. It oversaw EMI's various labels, including The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Columbia Graphophone Company, and Parlophone Co. Ltd. The global success that EMI enjoyed in the 1960s exposed the fact that the company had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Arista Records, and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, afrobeat, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. Its name is derived from the initials of its defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). RCA Records was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and became a part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment after the 2004 merger of BMG and Sony; it was acquired by the latter in 2008, after the dissolution of Sony/BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music. RCA Records is the corporate successor of the Victor Talking Machine Company, founded in 1901, making it the second-oldest record label in American his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. In 1937, anticipating Nazi Germany, Nazi aggression leading to World War II, Lewis sold American Decca and the link between the U.K. and U.S. Decca labels was broken for several decades. The British label was renowned for its development of recording methods, while the American company developed the concept of cast albums in the musical genre. Both wings are now part of the Universal Music Group. The U.S. Decca label was the foundation company that evolved into UMG (Universal Music Group). Label name The name dates back to a portable phonograph, gramophone called the "Decca Dulcephone" patented in 1914 by musical instrument makers Barnett Samuel and Sons. The name "Decca" was coined by Wilfred S. Samuel by merging the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rags And All That Jazz
''Rags and All that Jazz'' is the third album by the London-based Swingle II singers released in 1975 on the CBS label. All tracks from this album were also included in the 2009 Sony Classical compilation, ''Swing Sing''. The original Paris-based The Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group (Swingle II) continued to record, for Columbia/CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present. Track listing *All lyrics by Tony Vincent Isaacs Side 1 #"Hotshot” (Scott Joplin) - 2:25 #"The Wanderer (Solace)" (Scott Joplin) - 3:45 #"Movie Star (Kansas City Stomp)” ( F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 2:10 #"In a Mist" ( Leon ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke) - 4:25 #”Mr. Superman ( Elite Syncopations)” (Scott Joplin) - 2:12 Side 2 #"Alligator Crawl" ( Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller) - 3:00 #"Heliotrope Bouquet” (Scott Joplin) - 2:48 #"Chicago Breakdown” (F. ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton) - 3:20 #"Grandpa’s Spel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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