Swingle Singers - Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5

The Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France with Ward Swingle, Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont and Jean Cussac. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the lead soprano in the original French group. There are a total of eight members in the group: two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses. In 1973, the original French group disbanded and Ward Swingle moved to London and re-formed the group with new members as Swingle II. They would later perform and record under the name The Swingles and then, The New Swingle Singers and eventually, simply, The Swingle Singers. Since the London group's incarnation, the group has never disbanded. Members have come and gone and the other members have re-auditioned for the voice part that has left.

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[migas28]

I had to smile when I heard the music from 0:55 :)

[phroug2]

I tried to sing along with each individual part one-at-a-time during the slow jazzy parts and my head nearly exploded trying to pick out all the harmonies. I finally gave up and gave this video a thumbs up

[patsematary]

@migas28 I'm not so pleased about the "swinging" arrangement pushing this classical-piece into  a "Manhattan Transfer" scherzo.

[sunfullshadow]

i wish this awesomeness was longer...

[sunfullshadow]

i wish this awesomeness were longer...

[Zyqvx]

woowww...!! how can I have the score of this piece?? it's so cool :D

[Edina555]

Love these jazzy tunes!!!!