Royal Rhymes & Rounds

On a new record to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, The King's Singers present a selection of works from the past 500 years written in honour of the great Monarchs of Britain.

Starting with works for (and in some cases by) Henry VIII, the programme covers the Elizabethan 'Triumphs of Oriana' by composers such as Gibbons, Mundy and Dowland; a very Victorian selection of dedicatory works by Elgar, Parry and Parratt; choral arrangements from the opera 'Glorianna' by Benjamin Britten; and a new piece by Paul Drayton that comically pens 'A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession'. Drayton is perhaps best known to fans of The King's Singers as the composer of their much-loved encore work Masterpiece. 

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Pastime with good companie (The King's Ballad)
 
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Ah, Robin, gentle Robin
 
02:26
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Blow thy horn, hunter
 
02:23
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It is to me a right great joy
 
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Hey, trolly lolly lo!
 
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Long live fair Oriana
 
02:39
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The Silver Swan (Round)
 
02:00
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The Silver Swan
 
01:46
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Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen
 
02:21
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Lightly she whipped o'er the dales
 
03:11
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Flow, O my tears
 
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Weep, O mine eyes
 
02:44
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As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
 
03:19
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The Triumph of Victoria
 
02:33
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Who can dwell with greatness?
 
04:07
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To her beneath whose steadfast star
 
04:51
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Time
 
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Concord
 
02:25
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Time and Concord
 
01:46
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Country Girls
 
01:17
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Rustics and Fisherman
 
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Choral Dances from 'Gloriana':
Final Dance of Homage
 
02:20
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A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession
 
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