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Table of Contents:

• CD1: A cappella. The best is yet to come / Cy Coleman ; lyrics by Carolyn Leigh (3:07)
• Bewitched, bothered and bewildered / Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart (3:25)
• Let's misbehave / Cole Porter (3:10)
• Night and day / Cole Porter (2:55)
• Cry me a river / Arthur Hamilton (3:21)
• I've got the world on a string / Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ted Koehler (2:54)
• When I fall in love / Victor Young ; lyrics by Edward Heyman (4:13)
• It's de-lovely / Cole Porter (4:48)
• Beyond the sea / Charles Trenet ; lyrics by Jack Lawrence (3:51)
• Cheek to cheek / Irving Berlin (4:10)
• Begin the beguine / Cole Porter (4:16)
• At last / Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (2:31)
• I've got you under my skin / Cole Porter (3:42)
• The lady is a tramp / Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart (3:40)
• My funny valentine / Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart (3:24)
• I won't dance / Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh (3:58)
• Ev'ry time we say goodbye / Cole Porter (2:44)
• CD2: Orchestral. Let's misbehave (3:25)
• Begin the beguine (4:32)

• At last (2:49)
• It's de-lovely (5:32)
• The lady is a tramp (3:49)
• My funny valentine (4:03)
• I've got the world on a string (3:40)
• Ev'ry time we say goodbye (3:43).

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Contributors:

L'Estrange, Alexander , arranger of music

Firman, David , conductor

Coleman, Cy

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

Hamilton, Arthur

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986

Young, Victor, 1900-1956

Trenet, Charles, 1913-2001

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

Gordon, Mack, 1904-1959

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945

King's Singers (Vocal group) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Sønderjyllands symfoniorkester , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Included Works:

Best is yet to come [by Coleman, C.] (arranged)

Pal Joey [by Rodgers, R.] > Bewitched (arranged)

Let's misbehave [by Porter, C.] (arranged)

Gay divorce [by Porter, C.] > Night and day (arranged)

Cry me a river [by Hamilton, A.] (arranged)

I've got the world on a string [by Arlen, H.] (arranged)

One minute to zero [by Young, V.] > When I fall in love (arranged)

Red, hot, and blue! [by Porter, C.] > It's de-lovely (arranged)

Mer [by Trenet, C.] (arranged)

Top hat [by Berlin, I.] > Cheek to cheek (arranged)

Jubilee [by Porter, C.] > Begin the beguine (arranged)

Orchestra wives [by Gordon, M.] > At last (arranged)

Born to dance [by Porter, C.] > I've got you under my skin (arranged)

Babes in arms [by Rodgers, R.] > Lady is a tramp (arranged)

Babes in arms [by Rodgers, R.] > My funny Valentine (arranged)

Roberta [by Kern, J.] > I won't dance (arranged)

Seven lively arts [by Porter, C.] > Ev'ry time we say goodbye (arranged)

Subjects:

Musicals — Excerpts

Popular music — United States — 20th century

Swing (Music)

1900-1999

Musicals

Popular music

United States

Genres:

Musicals

Popular music

Swing (Music)

Jazz

Excerpts

Performers:

The King's Singers (David Hurley, Timothy Wayne-Wright, countertenors ; Paul Phoenix, tenor ; Christopher Bruerton, Christopher Gabbitas, baritones ; Jonathan Howard, bass) ; South Jutland Symphony Orchestra ; David Firman, conductor.

Performance Medium:

6 performers: countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice (2); bass voice
6 performers and 1 ensemble: countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice (2); bass voice; orchestra
6 performers: countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice (2); bass voice
6 performers and 1 ensemble: countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice (2); bass voice; orchestra

General Notes:

Arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange.
CD 1 duration: 60:10 ; CD 2 duration: 31:36.
Recorded 2013 January Floating Earth Studios, UK.
Recorded 2013 March 11-13 Alsion 2, Sønderborg, Denmark.
Program and biographical notes in English and German (30 pages) inserted in container.
Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 154,217-154,218

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 635212034125
Publisher Number, Signum Records: SIGCD341

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2015628099

OCLC Numbers:

862151033