The King's Singers: Original Debut Recording

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The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (more info)
Composed by: Moises Simon


1.   The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) - 2:32


Shenandoah (more info)
Composed by: Gordon Langford Traditional


2.   Shenandoah - 3:18


Cherry Ripe (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Skaila Kanga, harp
Tommy Reilly, harmonica


3.   Cherry Ripe - 2:36


Porgy and Bess (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Decca Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leo Reisman Orchestra Lehman Engel Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra CBS Studio Orchestra WOR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lehman Engel Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret George Gershwin Alexander Vladigerov Alexander Lang Steinert
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Robert Russell Bennett Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Alexander Smallens Alfred Wallenstein
Marie-Josee Lord, soprano
John Rosamond Johnson, baritone
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anne Brown, soprano
Todd Duncan, tenor
Avon Long, tenor
Edward Matthews, tenor
Helen Dowdy, vocals
Helen Jepson, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lawrence Winters, baritone
Camilla Williams, soprano
Inez Matthews, soprano
Warren Coleman, baritone
June McMechen, soprano
Eddie Matthews, baritone
Wiiliam A. Glover, tenor
Irving Washington, tenor
Harrison Cattenhead, tenor
Sadie McGill, mezzo-soprano
George Fisher, baritone
Hubert Dilworth, baritone
Ray Yeats, tenor
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Konsoulov, baritone
Nikola Smochevski, baritone
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 14 January 1938


4.   Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime - 2:15


Time Was (more info)
Composed by: Damaso Perez Prado


5.   Time Was - 2:43


Scarborough Fair (more info)
Composed by: Traditional Paul Simon


6.   Scarborough Fair - 3:21


6 Romances, Op. 6 (arr. G. Langford) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky


7.   6 romansov (6 Romances), Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt ( None but the Lonely Heart) - 2:46


Linstead Market (more info)
Composed by: Gordon Langford Traditional


8.   Linstead Market - 2:10


The Oak and the Ash (more info)
Composed by: Gordon Langford Traditional


9.   The Oak and the Ash - 2:48


Wives and Lovers (more info)
Composed by: Burt Bacharach


10.   Wives and Lovers - 2:15


Blow Away the Morning Dew (more info)
Composed by: Gordon Langford Traditional


11.   Blow Away the Morning Dew - 1:55


Alamo (more info)
Composed by: Dimitri Tiomkin


12.   The Green Leaves of Summer - 2:52


What Kind of Things (more info)
Composed by: Ron Goodwin


13.   What Kind of Things - 1:53

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