King'S Singers Royal Rhymes & Rounds CD

On a new disc to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, the King's Singers present a selection of works from the past 500 years written in honor of the great Monarchs of Britain. Starting with works for (and in some cases by) Henry VIII, the program 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.)

1. Pastime with Good Companie (The King's Ballad) 2. Ah, Robin, Gentle Robin 3. Blow Thy Horn, Hunter 4. It Is to Me a Right Great Joy 5. Hey, Trolly Lolly Lo! 6. Long Live Fair Oriana 7. The Silver Swan (Round) 8. The Silver Swan 9. Fair Oriana, Beauty's Queen 10. Lightly She Whipped O'er the Dales 11. Flow, O My Tears 12. Weep, O Mine Eyes 13. As Vesta Was, from Latmos Hill Descending 14. The Triumph of Victoria 15. Who Can Dwell with Greatness? 16. To Her Beneath Whose Steadfast Star 17. Time 18. Concord 19. Time and Concord 20. Country Girls 21. Rustics and Fishermen 22. Final Dance of Homage 23. A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession (It's Just One Damn King After Another...)