Bach, Handel, Tallis: Agnus Dei / The Sixteen

$10.49
Label
Coro
Release Date
September 3, 2021
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      The Sixteen, Christophers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 03, 2021
    • UPC
      828021618628
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16186
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Requiem, Op. 48: Agnus Dei (1900 version)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Mass, "Puer natus est nobis": Agnus Dei

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Missa, "La stella": Agnus Dei

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Missa Pro defunctis a 6 (1605), "Requiem": Agnus Dei I-III

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Messa a 4 voci da cappella: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59, "Canterbury Mass": Agnus Dei

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Missa pro defunctis: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Duarte Lôbo

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Missa, "La Lombardesca": Agnus Dei

      Composer: Bartłomiej Pękiel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Eamonn Dougan

    11. Mass for Double Choir: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. Masses, Book 2: Missa Papae Marcelli a 6: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Missa brevis, Op. 63: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Euge bone Mass: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Christopher Tye

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Missa Che fa oggi il mio sole: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Gregorio Allegri

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. Mass in G Major, FP 89: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Julie Cooper, Kim Porter, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    17. Missa Cantate: Agnus Dei

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    18. Messiah, HWV 5,: Part II: Behold The Lamb of God

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    19. Missa Regina caeli: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Manuel Cardoso

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    20. Agnus Dei, Op. 11

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Ruth Dean

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


There are certain texts which inspire composers more than others but there is one in particular that has provided us with sublime music ever since it appeared centuries ago—the Agnus Dei. This collection from The Sixteen celebrates some of the finest settings from the Renaissance through to the 20th century. Let time stand still whilst listening to the arching melismas and subtle imitation of settings by Tye and Sheppard; delight in the genius of Bach’s setting in the Mass in B minor; and revel in Poulenc’s soaring soprano solo at the opening to his Agnus Dei—so poignant, ethereal and effortlessly beautiful. Of course no collection of this type would be complete without Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei—probably one of the most famous settings ever written, certainly in recent times, and which rarely leaves a dry eye. From Tallis to Scarlatti and Rubbra to Britten, the variety of settings and musical language featured here is quite astounding and you may even discover an Agnus Dei that you haven’t heard before!