SWINGLE SINGERS
JANE MORAES provocou uma saudável e esclarecedora polêmica acerca do nome do grupo. Foi uma discussão curiosa, onde TODOS tinham razão, uma vez que ao longo dos anos, o conjunto trocou de nome várias vezes: na França se denominaram LES SWINGLE SINGERS e depois SWINGLE SINGERS. Na Inglaterra usaram os nomes de SWINGLE II e THE NEW SWINGLE SINGERS, até se decidirem por THE SWINGLE SINGERS. Quando os LPs foram regravados como CDs, o nome utilizado foi THE SWINGLE SINGERS - certamente como conseqüência de decisão da (in)justiça inglesa a que já me referi em postagens anteriores.
(*)JANE me cobrou a postagem desse primeiro álbum onde, com o "line up" da fase francesa, o grupo canta os pioneiros arranjos de Ward Swingle para a obra de J.S.Bach. Pois bem Janinha: aí estão eles, os originais, que - apesar da altíssima qualidade dos seus sucessores - foram REALMENTE a melhor formação dos SS.
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ALBUMS REVIEW
VOLUME 1
This is it! The original Les Swingle Singers, arranged and conducted by Ward Swingle. Half of this rerelease was from the l963 recording which won a Grammy for 'Best Performance by a Chorus.' The first Jazz Sebastian Bach was a 1968 album called Bach's Greatest Hits here in the US where Les Swingles won a Grammy in the category 'Best New Artist.' You'll find over sixty-five minutes of jazz/Bach sung with only the bass and drum (mostly snare) to accentuate rhythm. They became world renown because scat is an understandable language everywhere in it. None of Bach's work has been changed, not a note added or taken away! This is not improvisation
(though two pieces were transposed to accommodate vocal range).
VOLUME 2
This CD is a real treat for Swingles fans, as well as those just getting turned on to them, the original French Swingle Singers, featuring Ward himself doing all the arrangements and singing with the group! For those who are new to the Swingles, these are classic Bach pieces performed incredibly, unbelievably by voices only, singing in a seamless "scat-singing" style. Since their first record these 8 singers became, if possible, even more polished and refined´ in the years that separated the two volumes the Swingles were voted "Best Vocal Group in the World" several times. These are some of their best-known works: from the Fugue in G Major for organ, to the Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, the Choral from the Cantata BMV 147 to
the Prelude in C major. DonÜt be misled by the names, this is all a cappella, with the exception of almost imperceptible drums. In the liner notes we find fascinating little odds and ends about the 10 pieces and such details as an "Ave Maria" being slipped into the score here or there. But know that this is marvelously original and inventive music and that the Swingles have remained true to the spirit that Bach instilled in his works, a profoundly Human fervor and a joyously optimistic faith. As we know Johan Sebastian would, enjoy!
(Source: www.singers.com)
(*)The cuts from both CDs are assembled all together, numbered from track # 1 to #23.
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MINHA OPINIÃO - não gosto dessa mistura híbrida de clássico e jazz, não só dos Swingle Singers como do Modern Jazz Quartet e assemelhados. Acho cansativo e monótono - mas isso é questão de gosto pessoal - o que jamais me impediu de reconhecer que os SWINGLE SINGERS, tantos os originais franceses quanto os seus sucedâneos ingleses se constituem num dos maiores, melhores e mais importantes grupos vocais da história. E WARD SWINGLE é um arranjador iluminado, criador de
um estilo inigualável e insuperável.
(*)Esta postagem é uma homenagem à nossa querida amiga, a grande vocalista JANE MORAES, integrante dos legendários TRÊS MORAIS, o melhor trio vocal misto brasileiro de todos os tempos.
(**)Os dois CDs estão reunidos em 23 faixas consecutivas.
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LES SWINGLE SINGERS:JAZZ SEBASTIEN BACH (Volumes1 & 2)
SWINGLE SINGERS
Alto: Alice Herald - Anne Germain
Soprano: Christine Legrand - Jeanette Baucomont
Tenor: Claude Germain - Ward Swingle (Arranger)
Bass: Jean Cussac - José Germain
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Pierre Michelot - bass
Guy Pedersen - bass
Andre Arpino - drums
Gus Wallez - drums
Bernard Lubat - drums
Daniel Humair - drums
TRACKS/FAIXAS
01 - Fugue in D Minor from ‘The Art of the Fugue’ - 2:14
02 - Choral No.1- ‘Wake, Arise, The Voices Call Us’ - 2:39
03 - Aria from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major - 3:19
04 - Prelude No.11 in F Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - 2:13
05 - Bouree from English Suite No.2 in A Minor - 1:45
06 - Fugue No.2 in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - 1:17
07 - Fugue No.5 in D Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - 1:39
08 - Prelude No.9 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - 3:19
09 - Sinfonia from Partita No.2 in C Minor - 4:55
10 - Prelude No.1 in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - 1:57
11 - Canon - 1:54
12 - Two-Part Invention No.1 in C Major - 1:26
13 - Fugue No.5 in D Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier - 3:17
14 - Vivace from Concerto For Two Violins in D Minor - 3:19
15 - Prelude And Fugue No.10 in E Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - 3:01
16 - Cantata, Choral ‘Jesus Shall Remain My Gladness’ - 3:28
17 - Gavotte from Partita No.3 For Solo Violin in E Major - 2:30
18 - Prelude And Fugue No.1 in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - 3:22
19 - Fugue in G Major from Prelude And Fugue - 3:19
20 - Adagio from Sonata No.3 For Violin And Harpsichord in E Major - 3:56
21 - Prelude And Fugue No.3 in C-sharp Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - 3:18
22 - Choral ‘Now Come, The Gentile’s Savior’ from Leipzig Chorales - 3:30
23 - Fugue No.21 in B Flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - 1:24
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