Since you are interested in The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime (incls 'Zadok the Priest', 'Ave verum corpus' & Allegri - Miserere), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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 |
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. |
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 |
PARSONS / TYRE / WHITE
Treasures Of Tudor England The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "The Sixteen are on fine form in a repertory that often sees them at their most confident: Parson's Ave Maria, the best-known work here, is despatched with considerable polish, and White's five-part Lamentations are equally fluent (and what wonderful |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete oratorio based on the first published edition) The Sixteen / The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers' music-making more and more captivating ." BBC Radio 3, CD Review Nov 2002 |