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FINZI / HOLST / MACONCHY / STANFORD / SULLIVAN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Sirens' Song Harry Christophers & The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole programme of secular... |
BRITTEN / CARVER / GIBBONS / HANDEL / TALLIS / TURGES
Music of the Kingdom The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] This new compilation from The Sixteen brings together some of the finest works written for, and in celebration of, Monarchs and the Kingdom. From Turges in the 1400s to Britten in the 20th century, whether for magnificent state occasions or private... |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina Volume 9 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Palestrina's music is exquisite and sumptuous- characterised by a richness of texture and purity of sound. From his sacred Masses to settings of the secular Song of Songs, The Sixteen brings this serene and delicate soundworld to sparkling life.... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King James II The Sixteen Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "Christophers coaxes virtuosic performances from eight members of the Sixteen, with a fine band of period instrumentalists revelling in the glories of Purcell's unique harmonic palette. Recommended." Observer |
BYRD / van WILDER / de MONTE / TABAKOVA / CLEMENTS
The Sixteen - A Watchful Gaze The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] William Byrd was one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. He was widely admired in his own time both at home and abroad and the influence he had on future generations of composers was immense. This programme explores the music of his... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera) Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Stuart Young, Mark Dobell / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] "As is not uncommon in Acis, honours here are stolen by the splendidly virile but not entirely unsympathetic Polyphemus of Stuart Young, while the pure cantabile lines of Grace Davidsons's sweetly vulnerable Galatea also give much pleasure." Opera |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Choruses Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Simon Birchall, Lynda Russell, Mark Padmore (tenor) The Sixteen, The Sixteen Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Is there another composer who can match Handel's genius for writing choruses? He is quite simply the master of chorus and on this compilation of tracks, taken from The Sixteen's award-winning Handel back-catalogue, there is much rejoicing. Revel in... |
SACRED MUSIC
Sacred Music: a story spanning six centuries Simon Russell Beale / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Series One of the BBC's groundbreaking classical music programme follows renowned actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale as he explores the flowering of Western sacred music. |
LUCA MARENZIO / ASPRILIO PACELLI / VINCENZO BERTOLUSI
Helper and Protector - Italian Maestri in Poland The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan (conductor) [ Coro / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] The fourth volume in this highly acclaimed series, conducted by The Sixteen's Associate Conductor, Eamonn Dougan, explores the music of Italian composers working in the Polish court during the reign of Sigismund III Vasa. In 1594 Sigismund III set... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611) The Sixteen, Fretwork, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "This is a landmark release finally addressing one of the most obvious oversights in Byrd's recorded catalogue. It's an exquisite album of unparalleled beauty that will bear repeated listening long past the anniversary year" Gramophone Award Finalist |
