More By Artist: The Sixteen. Harry Christophers
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PARRY / HARRIS / STANFORD / STAINER / HOWELS
I Was Glad Harry Christophers and The Sixteen [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 5/May/2011 ] Includes choral works used at the 2011 Royal wedding - Few choirs in the world today offer greater precision, musicianship and sheer beauty of sound than The Sixteen. This collection offers the great anthems of English Choral Music over the past 100... |
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. |
J. S. BACH
The Six Motets The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "Splendid. A wonderful achievement, one that only renews our admiration for Bach. It has been six, maybe twelve months since I heard a record that impressed me as much as this one. Don't pass it by" (American Record Guide) |
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... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Six Motets The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/1990 ] "Splendid. A wonderful achievement, one that only renews our admiration for Bach. It has been six, maybe twelve months since I heard a record that impressed me as much as this one. Don't pass it by" (American Record Guide) |
WILLIAM MUNDY
Cathedral Music The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'For a wallow in the richest cream of English Reformation church music you couldn't do much better than this' (Early Music Review) |
JOHN SHEPPARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sheppard - Church Music The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Recording 'Superb' (Classic CD) |
MONTEVERDI
Masses (Incls 'In illo tempore') The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "Strongly recommended to anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of Monteverdi beyond the Vespers - much less dramatic music, but well worth getting to know in such excellent performances" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Corona Spinea The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'A superb disc and an astonishing bargain' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'An issue of the first importance. It unquestionably merits a place in every serious record collection' (Gramophone) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'For the most important English composer of his generation, this series of Masses is long overdue, and we are fortunate that it is being completed with such a high level of success' (Fanfare, USA) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Missa O Michael The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'There are so many special moments that if you are a Taverner fan all I can do is to recommend strongly that you sample this CD' (CDReview) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Sancti Wilhelmi The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'A splendid introduction for those who have yet to discover the riches of early Tudor music' (CDReview) |
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 |
JOHN TAVERNER
The Western Wynde Mass The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] "The only reason not to buy this excellent CD is that it will make you want the five other recordings in the series" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Feb 2008) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Into the Light The Sixteen (Featuring Kaori Muraji, guitar) / Harry Christophers [ Decca / CD - released 18/Feb/2007 ] The beautiful blend of Britain's best-loved choir and a chart-topping Japanese guitarist...Marrying centuries of great European choral tradition with the sublime sonorities and simplicity of the classical guitar. |
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 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Volume 4 Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chaconne / CD ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. The group performs early English... |
