"a capella" version of Ravel's Bolero ?

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    robert_cyrus

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    hi
    my girlfriend remembers hearing a vocal arrangement of Ravel's Bolero - does anyone have any idea who performed this ? if it's available on cd ?
    thanks
    robert
     
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    michaelab desafinado

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    I'd love to know how they do the drums ;)

    Michael.
     
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    tones compulsive cantater

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    Easy, someone just makes brrrrumadumadum noises (for example, the King's Singers in the fabulous recording of Jannequin's "La Guerre" (complete with battle noises!)). I haven't heard of a choral Bolero, but it should be possible without too many problems.
     
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    well, I knew there was one but forgot where I had heard it. I started googling and came up here. if someone goes my way ten more years later again this may be of some help: I finally remembered, the Swingle Singers did it on the album "Beauty and the Beatbox" (2007). Wikipedia also mentions a a vocal adaptation of the Boléro called "Lonlon" by Angelique Kidjo from "Djin Djin".
     
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    ...and my post was from 2003, pre dating both recordings by 4 years.
    Maybe my post was the inspiration for these recordings?!
     
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