The King's Singers - Contemporary Collection 1975

This album contains five pieces of music that were commissioned by or for The King's Singers in 1972 and 1973. These works are a bit different than their usual fare by being "avant guarde". The group will sing one piece like these during the first half of a concert. One of the most popular is "Time Piece" laced with humour. I have personally witnessed a performance of "Time Piece".

These pieces are not available on CD or download with the exception of "Timepiece", I believe.

1. The Musicians of Bremen
2. Winter Afternoons (Rodney Stafford on double bass)
3. Ecloga VIII
4. Time Piece
5. The House of Sleepe

The King's Singers on this album
Nigel Perrin & Alastair Hume counter tenors
Alastair Thompson tenor
Anthony Holt & Simon Carrington* baritones
Brian Kay bass

* Simon Carrington is listed on the front cover, but is missing on the liner notes and on the rear cover.

This was recorded from a vinyl record using Cool Edit Pro 2.1 then saved as a 128k mp3.
No editing was done except to delete extra space at the beginning and ending of the songs.
Hiss and pop will be on this recording and no other manipulation of the files have been done.

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