Chanson d'Amour

King's Singers (Artist, Performer), Juan de Anchieta (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Harold Arlen (Composer), Georges Auric (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Jacques Brel (Composer), Hoagy Carmichael (Composer), Simon Carrington (Performer), Stephen Connolly (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: King's Singers, Simon Carrington, Stephen Connolly
• Composer: Juan de Anchieta, Anonymous, Harold Arlen, Georges Auric, Johannes Brahms, et al.
• Audio CD (March 9, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FD0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,493 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You must buy this!, February 21, 2001

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Michael J. Korman (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chanson d'Amour (Audio CD)

There's not much I can say about this album. It's perfect. Completely a cappella, it shows off everything that make the King's Singers one of the world's most masterful vocal ensembles. My two personal favorite tracks are "She's Like the Swallow" and "If Music Be the Food of Love." The solo on "She's Like the Swallow," a sad Canadian folksong, is very beautiful. Tracks such as "La valse a mille temps" and "Down With Love" add a certain amount of humor to the collection.I do not regret purchasing this album in any way. It represents some of the best work that the King's Singers have to offer. You must buy it.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very, very (did I mention Very?) good!, October 22, 1999

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This review is from: Chanson d'Amour (Audio CD)

A wonderful selection, beautifully performed! Some of these songs I have wanted to hear and own for so long!

An Silvia (Schubert) = Who is Sylvia: they sing a voice-only arrangement that is arguably an improvement of Schubert (okay, pax, you purists). As you may know, this is a setting by Schubert of a poem by Shakespeare. It is just marvellous.

In my estimation, this CD is worth getting for Sylvia alone.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good tracks, not their best stuff, September 17, 2010

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Tom Breton "The calm-eyed visionary" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chanson d'Amour (Audio CD)

The title song has a trivial character and is done in a mostly silly way. A little silliness is good, but I wouldn't have made it the first song.

I was looking forward to their rendition of Kurt Weill's "My Romance" but it was uninspiring.

Good tracks:
* Those Days Are Gone
* Who Is Sylvia?
* All I Ask Of You
* Plaisir D'Amour
* Phyllis Is My Only Joy

Pretty good tracks:
* I Get Along Without You Very Well
* Lydia
* Down With Love

(This is largely pasted from my review on my blog, [...])