Great European Choral Works / The Sixteen

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Coro
Release Date
May 28, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HENDEL MONTEVERDI BRAHMS
    • PERFORMER
      Great European Choral Works
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 28, 2012
    • UPC
      828021610226
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16102
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: Dixit Dominus Domino meo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, The Sixteen Orchestra

      Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas, Ruth Massey, Mark Dobell

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Beatus vir I

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Orchestra

      Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas, Grace Davidson, Mark Dobell, Joseph Cornwell, Julian Stocker, Robert MacDonald

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Assumpta est Maria a 6

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Gaude, Maria virgo

      Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. I. Ad pedes: Sonata

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Orchestra

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. I. Ad pedes: Ecce super montes pedes

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, The Sixteen Orchestra

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. I. Ad pedes: Salve mundi salutare

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, The Sixteen Orchestra

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. I. Ad pedes: Clavos pedum

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. I. Ad pedes: Dulcis Jesu

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Orchestra

      Performer: Simon Birchall

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. I. Ad pedes: Ecce super montes pedes

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, The Sixteen Orchestra

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Timor et tremor

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Eamonn Dougan

    12. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (version with piano duet accompaniment)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

      Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Sanctus -

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Benedictus

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. 7 Repons de tenebres, FP 181: No. 2. Judas, mercator pessimus

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

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

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

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

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    18. Musicalische Exequien, Op. 7, SWV 279-281: Herr nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 281

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    19. Te Deum: Te gloriosus

      Composer: António Teixeira

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    20. O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


"Let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits." GRAMOPHONE "Outstanding...astonishing stylistic and expressive range." BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE "One of the finest choirs of our day." GRAMOPHONE This disc features music from over a dozen composers representing ten countries from Palestrina's Assumpta Est Maria and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir to excerpts from Poulenc's Sept Répons des Ténèbrae and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. This disc provides a superb collection of works from some of Europe's most celebrated composers and, alongside the first disc in this set, Great British Choral Works, is the perfect introduction to The Sixteen's wonderful music