Pachelbel: Vespers
Charivari Agréable & The King’s Singers, Kah-Ming Ng (director)
The ensemble is unbeatable. The six King's Singers blend superbly, yet each becomes distinctive and expressive in their prominent moments...Charivari Agréable in turn play as if singing, breathing...
Pachelbel: Vespers
Charivari Agréable & The King’s Singers, Kah-Ming Ng (director)
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The ensemble is unbeatable. The six King's Singers blend superbly, yet each becomes distinctive and expressive in their prominent moments...Charivari Agréable in turn play as if singing, breathing...
About
A truly fascinating project: the early music experts Charivari Agréable, directed by Kah-Ming Ng, are joined by The King’s Singers to create world première recordings of some of Johann Pachelbel’s Vespers. Reconstructed in part by Kah-Ming Ng, the works call for 5-part choir and 6-part string orchestra, creating a perfect opportunity for collaboration between these two world-class groups.
Contents and tracklist
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
- The King's Singers & Charivari Agreable
- King's Singers
- Kah-Ming Ng
Awards and reviews
May 2010
The ensemble is unbeatable. The six King's Singers blend superbly, yet each becomes distinctive and expressive in their prominent moments...Charivari Agréable in turn play as if singing, breathing between phrases and virtually texted in musical dialogue...Not to be missed.
July 2010
in the tuttis their brisk cheerfulness is infectious...The strings of Charivari Agréable complement the singers admirably and offer more delight in sonatas by Krieger and Kerll.
14th March 2010
For those who know Pachelbel only through the Canon, this disc will be revelatory...The influence of Monteverdi is evident in the music’s contrasts of scoring and of mood, and in the sheer delight Pachelbel takes in writing virtuoso passage work...Each piece is beautifully served by the ensemble.
20th March 2010
joined together [the King's Singers] bond into a bright rainbow of colours — just right for the music’s sunny demeanour. Bouncy instrumental support from Kah-Ming Ng’s Charivari Agréable.
