CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale Volume 1 - 3 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "these are some of the most spirited and individual performances of this repertory available" Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
ALLEGRI / ANERIO / PALESTINA / MARENZIO
Music From the Sistine Chapel The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Roman double-bill on wich Palestrina himself gets a run for his money" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2007 |
HEINERICH SCHUTZ
Musikalsiche Exequien The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) - "Outstanding recording presence… heavenly singing." CLASSIC CD |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Vol. 4 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro Palestrina Edition / CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] This album features a selection of Palestrina's music for Christmas including his largely unknown masterpiece, the Missa O magnum mysterium. Also presented are several unusual hymn settings amongst them A solis ortu cardine-a setting of a chant hymn... |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Vol. 5 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro Palestrina Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "The energy that The Sixeen bring to their Palestrina is admirable, though I continue to hope for a surprise in the format to keep the series on its toes." (Gramophone) |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Vol. 6 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro Palestrina Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] 'Christophers artfully moulds and heightens the contours of the polyphonic lines, which ebb and flow in a liquid tapestry of sound.' (BBC Choral & Song Choice - Oct 2015) |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Volume 7 The Sixteen Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Palestrina is perhaps the most famous of all Renaissance composers, certainly by name. By the time of his death his reputation outshone all others. His musical legacy is prodigious even by the standards of the time-he wrote over 100 masses-and he was... |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina Volume 8 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] The Sixteen continues its exploration of Palestrina's great art with the eagerly anticipated eighth album in the series which includes the Missa Fratres ego enim accepi. Palestrina had a vast impact on the development of music. Hugely famous in... |
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. |
PALESTRINA / MacMILLAN / ALLEGRI
The Queen of Heaven The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ CORO / CD - released 10/Apr/2013 ] Now, in its 13th year, The Choral Pilgrimage stands as testament to Harry Christophers' ongoing mission to bring a wide variety of sacred music back to the kind of buildings for which it was written. |
BYRD / TALLIS / LASSUS / VICTORIA etc
A Renaissance Christmas The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD ] Following The Sixteen's hugely successful album, 'Song of the Nativity', which featured Christmas music from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, this new seasonal offering explores a stunning selection of festive works from the Renaissance. The... |
CARDOSO / LOBO
Renaissance Portugal: Sacred Music The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 15/Dec/2005 ] " ...a performance of deeply searching spirituality, paced intelligently, as is everything by this choir's director, Harry Christophers" THE TIMES |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Requiem 1605 - Officium Defunctorum The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro SACD / SACD - released 15/Dec/2005 ] This new recording features the celebrated Requiem of 1605, Victoria's final composition, a work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity. |
MONTEVERDI
Selva morale e spirituale Vol 1 The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "There's a nice immediacy to the choral sound here, without too much churchy resonance obscuring the clarity of the diction and articulation of the Sixteen's performances, one to a part up to a maximum of eight singers." The Guardian |
MONTEVERDI
Selva morale e spirituale Vol 2 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "Vol 2 covers the most modern and old-fashioned compositions the elderly Monteverdi selected...choral refrains are supple, solos are sung eloquently and the Latin texts are communicated crisply." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime (incls 'Zadok the Priest', 'Ave verum corpus' & Allegri - Miserere) The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Some of the most celebrated recordings from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble. Equally appealing to fans of The Sixteen and those who are new to the group, this disc provides a definitive collection of familiar classics and... |
THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Spem in Alium : Music for Monarchs and Magnates The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "Beautiful music compellingly sung..The choice of music on this CD is wonderfully varied, scaling down from the Tallis to the poise of Byrd's intense Deus venerunt gentes for 10 voices." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2003) |
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 |
TRADITIONAL
Traditional Christmas Carol Collection The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "Simple, sincere and thoroughly engaging" American Record Guide |
TRADITIONAL
Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Vols 1 & 2 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] CORO is very proud to release a double CD containing wonderful, festive music that deserves to be better known. The collection is both traditional and genuine, and performances have been kept as close as possible to the original texts. |