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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
The Sixteen, Christophers
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
May 10, 2019
Catalog #
COR16172
UPC
828021617225

About

Welcome to The Sixteen's 40th anniversary album. Can it really be 40 years since a fledgling group of singers gave their first concert in May 1979? To celebrate this milestone, we have chosen 40 tracks which have defined this acclaimed ensemble over the last four decades and which display it's incredible versatility, as well as the sheer range of music and styles it has covered. Featuring music from the last 600 years and with personal recommendations from The Sixteen's members both past and present, as well as the longest-serving members of the administrative team, this beautifully packaged album promises to be the must-have collection for all fans of choral music. "Forty years on, The Sixteen's supple, fastidiously nuanced soundworld continues to serve 'ancient' and 'modern' with aplomb." (BBC Music Magazine)

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Saul, HWV 53, Act I: How excellent Thy name, O Lord 02:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    Saul, HWV 53, Act I: How excellent Thy name, O Lord
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 2 The Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn 03:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 3 Surge, propera, amica mea 02:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Surge, propera, amica mea
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 4 O Domine Iesu Christe 03:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    O Domine Iesu Christe
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Tomás Luis de Victoria
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 5 Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50 03:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 6 Il salmo Miserere mei Deus 11:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    Il salmo Miserere mei Deus
    Duration
    11:28
    Composer
    Gregorio Allegri
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 7 Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension: Deus in adjutorium meum intende 01:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension: Deus in adjutorium meum intende
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 8 Salve Regina 04:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Salve Regina
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Diogo Dias Melgaz
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 9 2 Hymns to the Mother of God: No. 2. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother God 04:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    2 Hymns to the Mother of God: No. 2. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother God
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. 10 The Deer's Cry 04:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Deer's Cry
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  12. 11 Lay a garland on her hearse 03:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    Lay a garland on her hearse
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Robert Lucas Pearsall
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 12 O nata lux de lumine 01:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    O nata lux de lumine
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 13 Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Haec dies 02:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Haec dies
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 14 Bring us, O Lord God 03:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    Bring us, O Lord God
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    William Henry Harris
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  16. 15 Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259 03:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  17. 16 In manus tuas I 03:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    In manus tuas I
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    John Sheppard
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  18. 17 Ave Maria 04:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Robert Parsons
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  19. 18 Tota pulcra es 03:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Tota pulcra es
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  20. 19 Requiem, Op. 48: Sanctus (1900 version) 03:11
    Track
    19
    Title
    Requiem, Op. 48: Sanctus (1900 version)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  21. 20 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 04:53
    Track
    20
    Title
    Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  22. Disc 2
  23. 1 Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine 03:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  24. 2 Mass for Double Choir: Sanctus - Benedictus 04:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mass for Double Choir: Sanctus - Benedictus
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Frank Martin
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  25. 3 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison 03:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  26. 4 Ave Maria 04:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  27. 5 Miserere nostri 02:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Miserere nostri
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis, William Byrd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  28. 6 O sing unto the Lord, Z. 44 03:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    O sing unto the Lord, Z. 44
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  29. 7 Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: And the glory of the Lord 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: And the glory of the Lord
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  30. 8 5 Rechants: No. 1. Hayo kapri tama 04:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    5 Rechants: No. 1. Hayo kapri tama
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  31. 9 The Gallant Weaver 05:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Gallant Weaver
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  32. 10 Versa est in luctum 04:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Versa est in luctum
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  33. 11 Mass in G Major, FP 89: Sanctus 02:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    Mass in G Major, FP 89: Sanctus
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  34. 12 Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 190-204: Gloria, SV, 190 04:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 190-204: Gloria, SV, 190
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  35. 13 Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 432-433 03:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 432-433
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Heinrich Schütz
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  36. 14 Benedictio et claritas 04:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    Benedictio et claritas
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Marcin Mielczewski
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  37. 15 Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Dixit Dominus 03:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Dixit Dominus
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  38. 16 A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow 01:20
    Track
    16
    Title
    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  39. 17 Adam lay y-bounden 01:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    Adam lay y-bounden
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Howard Skempton
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  40. 18 O Magnum Mysterium 06:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    O Magnum Mysterium
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Morten Lauridsen
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  41. 19 A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: This little Babe 01:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: This little Babe
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  42. 20 Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Part II: Recitative: Your voices tune, and raise them high 03:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Part II: Recitative: Your voices tune, and raise them high
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers