The King's Singers - Masterpiece (2024) by Paul Drayton

[@wolflover8765]

This piece is what introduced me to The King's Singers! So lovely to hear it with this fresh update and gorgeous reverb.

[@garyhinkle5736]

One Of My All Time Favorites By The King's Singers ❤

[@Virginia7891-z3q]

Mine as well 😊

[@TheLordbarry]

Next, we sing the piece called Masterpiece by the English composer Paul Drayton. As the title suggests, Masterpiece is a modest title for a piece with modest pretensions... 😀

[@aliceboss3134]

my favorite piece by the king's singer is back!

[@lacynylons6317]

👏👏👏. I was waiting for Brahms and Poulenc 🥰

[@hannelielohann5111]

MY dream has come true! I've listened to the original so often that I know it note for note. The new lick of paint was a lovely surprise! So very well done, as always! Much love!

[@chih-chaoyang5290]

Love it!! So glad to hear this updated version of Masterpiece with some new composers into this one!! Bravo!! 👏👏👏

[@bahrss]

Amazing! The performance by the old King's Singers was always my favorite, but now I can add one more gem to my precious collections of calming and comforting music, that always makes me a little happier, when I hear it.❤❤❤

[@donnaj9964]

No wonder we all love this piece--it's magnificent and never more so than in this new incarnation! Truly "There and Back Again," exquisitely sung--and you are all having so much *fun* with it! Bravi!!!

[@holgerpatomerizalde]

He esperado tanto para escuchar Master Piece con la nueva formación de The Kings Singers! Bravísimo!! Un abrazo desde Quito-Ecuador. Gracias por este regalo para la humanidad!

[@paul_composer]

Such glorious singing, and incredible writing. Clever and witty. One of my favourites. “Cage” 😂

[@ricardogatica344]

Bravo!!!!!! Bravísimo!!!!!!!! El Gozo de la música a través de esta Maravilla vocal. Un abrazo y mil gracias desde Chile.

[@matthewjamestaylor]

This should be required listening, um well, everywhere! Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@Frost67915]

I teach music to children and actually "require" them to listen to this :)

[@matthewjamestaylor]

@@Frost67915 Awesome!! I first heard this song when the King Singers were in the original lineup. LOL

[@shoshannafachima1306]

Beautiful rendition of the original masterpiece which i love.the king's singers have a always had and still have a wonderful gift Bravo bravissimo🎵👏🎶👏

[@autodidactin]

Delightful and amusing: just what the doctor ordered in these stressful times. Thanks you amazing chaps!👏👏👏

[@1001Meere]

This is really a gift, thank you so much, one of my absolute favourites 💛

[@djperry211]

Total mastery of their craft. Always a delight.

[@elmienthom9825]

Wonderful, thank you so much!🎼🎵🎶 from South Africa

[@tiagomarques9822]

Wow, masterfully interpreted! This is one of my favorite line-ups of The King’s Singers in blend, intonation and musicality. Only a pity about the places KZbin decided I had to hear some ads before continuing listening to you guys. It didn’t exactly ruin the experience, but it surely blemished it.

[@wendyscott8425]

It's worth it to pay for premium. That would have driven me crazy!

[@moisesperez13]

Solido!! Tremendamente bien logrado! Gracias por este hermoso regalo ❤

[@drwps.]

my god... i love this piece!!!! nostalgic!❤

[@IsidoroTaccagni]

Senza parole. Un vero capolavoro!

[@irinagrosan3586]

What an idea!😮… So beautiful!…🫶… Wonderful, thank you! ❤

[@alejandrobertuola5901]

Excelent boys!!!!! Greetings from Argentina.

[@OscarCherici]

The new parts are fantastic! Thank you for this great masterpiece indeed! ❤

[@mariafragkiadaki1360]

What a find! You've just made my day, thank you!

[@harmonicsinger]

KING'S SINGERS 💝 All Saints at once! What a gift! ..and Paul Drayton, what a genius! 💙 Thanks a lot for this strepitous gift! Greetings from Sicily

[@makomiya4452]

大好きです💕面白くてもう何度も再生してしまいました。 言葉が分かればきっともっと楽しめるのでしょうね😊 また日本に来てください。

[@arthurmorgan7557]

Great! I've actually be waiting for this quite a time now. Very happy to see this now.

[@slatersimpson5929]

This is a favorite! Thank you!

[@djvape]

I cannot explain how long I have been waiting for the newer singers to cover the song.

[@simonpelikan2543]

Same :D

[@WondrousPurple]

I have just heard "Masterpiece" on APM's Performance Today. It was my first exposure to Drayton, to this composition, and to The King's Singers. And I am loving it. :) A lot of wit, a lot of charm, and a lot of skill combined into this short piece. Love it.

[@ockofficial7010]

Amazed. Bravo. Thank you for this piece and performance. congrats to all. Also to the Music engineer.

[@donnaj9964]

And the videographer--the camera work was gorgeous!

[@helenaflohr]

Wonderful! Heard it so many times! And now with a new sound! Thank you! Could you add the text? We do not all know English good enough!

[@matteofailla]

It is very pleasing to hear it in a new "clothing"! I hope you bring it in concert with a new choreography 😂 I can't look forward to meeting you in Varese next year!

[@icguy]

Oh my god how long i've been waiting for this!

[@cécilebernard-r3f]

Excellent comme toujours ! 👏

[@idahoog1]

The Masterpiece is Bach! Love the new additions and the new rendition. Well done!

[@sureenmitchell4049]

Great vocal athletics! ❤

[@jimmypoker]

Such a candy for the ears :) so perfect !

[@thinkbaroque]

Ha! This is outstanding! What an enjoyable performance. Thank you for this.

[@grafvonsylt]

Super schön!

[@medivalmusic]

Brilliant!

[@krav4encko]

Оооооо, старий репертуар звучить по-новому. Це скарб!!! Мій улюблений твір, ще й новенького додали! Фантастично😍😍😍😍 Wie schön und wunderbar❤️❤️❤️ And i want to buy this notes!

[@mdtlamont]

This is hilarious and wonderful, thanks!

[@prinkulwatno5061]

Brilliant

[@CATHERINEGERBER]

fantastico!❤

[@star-fh1uo]

i love this piece and your version. i wanted to watch this at japanese concert.

[@ipdfe883]

Amazing singing, but to be honest the humour and the acting of the original version is completely something else! At the same time I personally appreciate the fact the you made a reinterpretation instead of doing the same performance, so well done as always

[@tweetscotchy1093]

Hilarious! Thanks for the Saturday smiles. ❤

[@vercouilliestephane3603]

Great job of re-appropriation of this piece. Not an easy thing to do, and this version does give other views to the piece than the one I used to know. Also nice job of taking the acoustic into account. Thank you guys :)

[@peterhaselden5784]

Fabulous! The old KS should be very proud.

[@Babbajune]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dustanlevenstein9477]

YUSSSS!!!!

[@nari5025]

required listening for every aspiring choir student. I fell in love with that piece some 20 years ago, still love the updated version. is there a sheet music version available?

[@madnessqueen]

Are the updated scores available anywhere?

[@philipeafroboy1]

8:00 what a chord!

[@marilynnjefferson8525]

Love this selection. Such beautiful voices, blend, selections - everything they do is perfection. Had to laugh - they are obviously in such a cold room that from time to time their breath condensation is visible.

[@SkyFly96]

Akhirnya salah lagu kesukaanku dinyanyiin lagi! ❤ But i prefer the cam standing in one position, which is center. Just like the old line KS 🤔

[@botondhegedus5130]

I love the fact that they didn't try to copy the previous version one by one, and so although I think it's up to the quality of the previous version, it's a completely different listen. Only the Strauss part is a bit disturbing because of the text change, but you can get used to that too.

[@framebadger]

Great stuff again. Next time I expect to see a parody of Jacob Collier doing audience choir.

[@juniorcj82]

It's funny cuz it's true. 😂 Well done as always, gentlemen. 💜🎵

[@ilyasivkov]

Really a Masterpiece of idea, composition and performance! P.S. Let me dare to add to minimalist :) |: Si(Bb)-me(F)-on(Db)-ten(Bb)-Holt(F),Si(Ab)-me(Eb)-on(C)-ten(Ab)-Holt(Eb) :|

[@williameby]

Beethoven was amusing!

[@Hateires]

Omg Eric whitacre part made me laugh so hard. Byrd will always be my favorite part though.

[@anemicgoalhop495]

Does the cold environment improve acoustics or something?

[@blazeleo8451]

For that first song at the Mozart part, what is that piece?

[@blazeleo8451]

original piece name*

[@lostmoon77]

Surely that SOP is related somehow to Daniel Radcliffe

[@ralfnoltensmeier8355]

🤣 das hat Pfiff!

[@danielmatthewes1346]

Why has every singer a normal music stand but one has an oven grate???

[@GIOVANNONE66]

preferisco la versione precedente era anche divertente

[@KSfan4ever]

Beautiful sounding but I miss the entertaining and clever performance skills of the KS "Dream Team" from their Cadogan Hall performance.

[@ToxicPopsicle]

The older video was my entire personality for MONTHS! I'm about to become insufferable with sharing this one as well lol

[@joao.andre.carvalho]

These KZbin adds randomly interrupting... 🤬

[@rionsanura]

Since it is a given that this lineup have squozen every drop of nonchalant hypercompetence into a fluffily folded casing of airy charisma and served it to us at the carefully calibrated temperature of perfect taste, I shall not go On too much about every shining angle on the timbral prism or every flawless feather in the downy bed of phrasal arc. Everybody knows Julian can beam a line of fluid gold into your heart with the downturn of a Mozartian grazioso. I don't have to spend too many of our collective supply of pixels on the seamless hocket or the undirected unanimity of final consonants. Instead I will note that I thought the camera person was singling Johnny out for an especially cool low-angle Beastie-Boys treatment until I recalled there is really no other way to come at him unless you're a giraffe yourself. His cool is not dependent on your perspective.

[@michaelirani1053]

Camera angles are too jumpy. Made me a bit nauseous.

[@uncreatedlogos]

We're starting to mythicize Bach. Songs like that are usually adressed to God, aren't they?😅 Edit: ok. I get it now. But saying someone's name like that just sounds too much like worship, if you ask me.🤷

[@francescofgr]

It's ok not to have perfect pitch, but this is a bit too much

[@timepanini]

What do you mean?

[@francescofgr]

@@timepanini intonation was a bit cloudy

[@wendyscott8425]

@@francescofgr It was? Dang, it sounded pretty darn perfect to me! And I do have a very good ear.

[@francescofgr]

​@@wendyscott8425 Well it's not that they are ALWAYS out of tune BY A LOT, none of that. Just some bit where some chord isn't quite clean, a normal group singing like this would be wonderful, but for the KS standard (especially this piece, being sung by previous line ups) I felt it was a bit under the standard

[@lesleywilbourne7823]

⁠@@francescofgrthe Debussy section and the Wagner were particularly rough, plus they have lost all the character and humour of the piece. There was no distinction between sforzando and substitute piano 8n the Beethoven section. Really disappointed which is not how I wanted to fed

[@thomassavary5764]

« Mussolini » ? Although I have listened to this piece about a dozen of times, I had never noticed this one ! Thank you for the laughter !

[@stephandippon9973]

Brilliant!