Jocelyn somerville –

Music never ends

Close harmony singing is the vocal equivalent of a jazz big band, and this programme is the Vasari Singers' personal tour of a style in which they have excelled for years. Their connection with Ward Swingle and the pioneering Swingle Singers is explored in arrangements ranging from traditional folk songs such as the haunting Danny Boy, to favourites by The Beatles and the delicious harmonies of Stephen Sondheim. George Shearing's English musical background and American jazz influence combine in his Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, and the album closes with a cleverly integrated and up-beat version of Duke Ellington's classic It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing).

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Jocelyn Somerville
Released	2025
Music Genre	Classical
Label	NAXOS
Condition	New
UPC	747313469970
SKU	al-747313469970

1.1 Waltzing Matilda
1.2 Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
1.3 Vem kan segla förutan vind? (Who Can Sail Without the Wind?)
1.4 Paisanito
1.5 Romance
1.6 Fool on the Hill
1.7 Penny Lane
1.8 Work(s)~Blackbird - I Will
1.9 You Must Believe in Spring (from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)
1.10 How do you keep the music playing? (from Best Friends)
1.11 Summer Knows (from Summer of '42)
1.12 Summer Sonnet
1.13 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 1. Live with me and be my love
1.14 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 2. When daffodils being to peer
1.15 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 3. It was a lover and his lass
1.16 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 4. Spring
1.17 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 5. Who is Silvia?
1.18 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 6. Fie on sinful fantasy
1.19 Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare~No. 7. Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
1.20 Send In the Clowns (from A Little Night Music, Act II)
1.21 Work(s)~It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) / Swing Time