Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers

Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers is a compilation album of previously released tracks from 3 Philips Swingle Singers recordings: Place Vendôme (a.k.a. Encounter) (7 tracks / complete), Getting Romantic (a.k.a. Les Romantiques) (6 tracks) and Spanish Masters (a.k.a. Sounds of Spain) (3 tracks).

Track listing

 * 1) "Air for G String" (Bach)   – 5:37
 * 2) "Zortzico" (Albéniz) – 2:05
 * 3) "Scherzo" ("Sonata op. 24 for violin and piano") (Beethoven)  – 1:11
 * 4) "Three Windows" (John Lewis) – 7:09
 * 5) "Aranjuez" (after the "Adagio", 2nd movement of the Concierto de Aranjuez) (Vidre) – 4:18
 * 6) "When I am Laid in Earth" ("Dido's Lament") (Purcell)  – 5:03
 * 7) "Tango in D Major" (No. 2 from "España" op. 165) – 2:12
 * 8) "Etude Op. 25 No. 2" (Chopin)  – 1:27
 * 9) "Vendome" (Lewis) – 3:31
 * 10) "Le Marche de Limoges" ("Pictures at an Exhibition") (Mussorgsky)  – 1:23
 * 11) "Little David's Fugue" ("Sascha") (Lewis) – 4:15
 * 12) "Andante" (Quartet op. 44 no. 1) (Mendelssohn)  – 3:28
 * 13) "Ricercare à 6" (from "The Musical Offering") (Bach)  – 6:29
 * 14) "Romance Espagnole" ("Jeux Interdits" / "Spanish Romance") (anonymous)  – 2:34
 * 15) "Alexander's Fugue" (Lewis) – 4:50
 * 16) "Little Prelude and Fugue" ("Album for the Young") (Schumann)  – 2:09

Personnel
The Swingle Singers: Rhythm section: The Modern Jazz Quartet:
 * Christiane Legrand – soprano
 * Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
 * Claudine Meunier – alto
 * Alice Herald – alto
 * Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
 * Claude Germain – tenor
 * Jean Cussac – bass
 * José Germain – bass
 * Daniel Humair – drums
 * Guy Pedersen – double bass
 * John Lewis – piano
 * Milt Jackson – vibraphone
 * Percy Heath – double bass
 * Connie Kay – drums

References / external links

 * Mercury 830-701-2
 * Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers at [ Allmusic.com]