Great British Choral Works

$15.99
Label
Coro
Release Date
August 30, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL BYRD TALLIS CARVER
    • PERFORMER
      Great British Choral Works
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. My Heart is inditing, HWV 261

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Laudibus in sanctis

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. A Child's Prayer

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Kirsty Hopkins, Grace Davidson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Spem in alium

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Today the Virgin

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Ave Maria mater Dei

      Composer: William Cornysh

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Missa Dum sacrum mysterium: IV. Benedictus

      Composer: Robert Carver

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Act II: One charming night

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Michael Chance

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Act II: Hush, no more, be silent all

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Michael George

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Esther, HWV 50a (1718 version), Scene II: Aria: Tune your harps to cheerful strains

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Mark Padmore

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. A Child of our Time: 5 Negro Spirituals: No. 2. Nobody knows

      Composer: Michael Tippett

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Media vita in morte sumus (excerpt)

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. A New Song

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Christopher Glynn

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Part III: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. Part III: Amen

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


Since they were founded in 1979 Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this collection, CORO presents a selection of their most celebrated recordings of music by British composers. From Tallis's monumental Spem in Alium and Sheppard's Media Vita in morte sumus to the delights of Purcell's The Fairy Queen and MacMillan's powerfully emotive A Child's Prayer written in memory of the Dunblane tragedy, this disc provides a superb collection of works from some of Britain's most eminent composers. Sixteen tracks, eleven composers, and a feast of British choral music that will delight fans of The Sixteen as well as those new to the ensemble.