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TALLIS / MANCHICOURT / SHEPPARD / GUERRERO
Philip & Mary: A Marriage of England & Spain The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro The Sixteen 30th Anniversary / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Wonderful music by Spanish and English composers including Tallis's great mass Puer natus. |
FRANCIS POULENC
Francis Poulenc Harry Christophers & The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Francis Poulenc is considered one of the greatest melodists of the 20th century but it is his individual and immediately recognisable harmonic language that makes his music so distinctive. Often overlooked in his lifetime and in the years after his... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Mess a quattro voci et salmi of 1650 Vol II The Sixteen & Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "..it is the chamber/consort music that really delights here: the Confitebor, flexibly sung by Elin Manahan Thomas, the bass duo (Stuart Young, Jimmy Holliday), and the Laetatus Sum for five instruments and six voices." Sunday Times |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
The Mystery of the Cross: The Lamentations of Jeremiah The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "This is what recording should be about...excellent performances and recorded sound...beautiful and moving." GRAMOPHONE |
HUMFREY / COOKE / BLOW
Music from the Chapel Royal: The King's Musick The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (with Walter Reiter, Miles Golding, violins & David Miller, theorbo) [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] It was largely through the efforts of ‘Captain’ Henry Cooke (c.1615-1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660. |
ETON CHOIRBOOK
Eton Choirbook Vol III: The Pillars Of Eternity The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] "It is difficult to believe that any 15th or 16th century choir could have sung this music with the refined blend, the rich tone, or the shapeliness shown by The Sixteen, under the direction of Harry Christophers." THE TIMES |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Miserere Robert Farley (trumpet) / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "James MacMillan has always shown a flair for dramatic portrayals of spiritual conflict: light against dark, anxiety and despair against consolation...The Sixteen surmount them all [technical demands] triumphantly, and make a sound of impassioned... |
JAMES MACMILLAN
MacMillan: Symphony No. 5, 'Le grand Inconnu' / The Sun Danced The Sixteen, Genesis Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Mary Bevan, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "In 24-bit sound this sounds remarkably first-rate. If you haven't yet encountered MacMillan's Stabat Mater, that should be your first priority. The new release may (be) well worth obtaining." MuscWeb |
ALLEGRI / ANERIO / JOSQUIN / VICTORIA
The Call Of Rome: Music by Allegri, F. Anerio, Josquin and Victoria The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Rome - the 'Eternal' City. Once the capital of a republic and empire which defined the Western world in ancient times and left indelible imprints thereafter both physically and spiritually. A city of unparalleled beauty, a source of learning, and a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Enduring Voice The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] All of the music from The Choral Pilgrimage 2019 The Sixteen has long been hailed for its championing of Tudor music, especially that of the Eton Choirbook, as well as for choral treasures of 20th century and its work with 21st-century composers.... |
The Sixteen. Harry Christophers
The Rose and The Ostrich Feather: Eton Choirbook Volume I (Music by Robert Fayrfax, Richard Hygons & others) [ Coro / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "wonderful music, wonderfully performed ... sit back and let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits." GRAMOPHONE |
DAVY / MUNDY / SHEPPARD
The Voice of the Turtle Dove The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] In 2014 The Sixteen returns to its grass roots for the repertoire of the 14th Choral Pilgrimage tour as it revisits the golden age of Renaissance polyphony in England. In this new programme The Sixteen presents a stunning selection of music by John... |
HOWELLS / BRITTEN / WARLOCK / RAVENER / LEIGHTON
Hodie: Christmas Music Of 20th Century The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] CORO is the award-winning record label of Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Formed in 2001, CORO re-mastered, re-packaged and re-issued recordings of The Sixteen that were, for a short time, available on Collins Classics. |
BRITTEN / MacMILLAN / BYRD / TALLIS / TIPPETT
An Immortal Legacy The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] 16th-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time and it is testament to their incredible skill and musical mastery that composers like Tallis and Byrd were able to produce such magnificent works in such... |
JOHN TAVENER
Ikon Of Light The Sixteen / Members of the Duke Quartet / Harry Christopers [ Coro / CD - released 5/Feb/2014 ] "As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers' music-making more and more captivating ..." BBC RADIO 3, CD REVIEW |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Delirio Amoroso: Italian Secular Cantatas Ann Murray (soprano) The Sixteen. Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 8/Apr/2005 ] " ... a dazzling revelation of (Handel's) melodic freshness and inventive touch...Ann Murray sings superlatively." |
FRANCESCO DURANTE
Durante: Requiem / Organ Concerto Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Baroque, Soloists from The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] "he soloists are uniformly excellent, and the string playing as crisp and alert as the fresh young voices of the Christ Church trebles" (Observer) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas 34, 50, 147 Gillian Fisher, David James, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "The Sixteen are, as usual, in excellent form here… Recording and remastering are top-notch; notes and texts are complete. Thanks to CORO, many choral collectors who never got around to taking their full pick of this legendary group's old Collins... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Harry Christophers & The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] Charles II's formal Restoration in 1660 marked both an end and a beginning: the end of England's republican experiment and the beginning of a long process of monarchical reconstruction; and with a politically accident-prone king on the throne,... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM CORNYSH
Sacred And Profane: Music By Benjamin Britten & William Cornysh Harry Christophers & The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] William Cornysh and Benjamin Britten were prolific writers of both sacred and secular music. Cornysh is actually two people, quite possibly father and son. Both were court musicians who excelled at writing complex and adventurous antiphons for the... |
