Gold

The world’s most famous male choral ensemble celebrates its 50th anniversary with a stunningly recorded collection of glorious secular, close-harmony, and spiritual music. Including some brilliant new commissions from Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, and Toby Young, the range of music, inspired by past King’s Singers albums and concerts, takes in everything from medieval France, William Byrd, Schubert, and Saint-Saëns, to arrangement of hits by The Beatles, U2, Paul Simon, and Billy Joel. Their vocal blend is as smooth and pure as ever. Magical.