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. |
MONTEVERDI
Selva morale e spirituale Vol 1 The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "There's a nice immediacy to the choral sound here, without too much churchy resonance obscuring the clarity of the diction and articulation of the Sixteen's performances, one to a part up to a maximum of eight singers." The Guardian |
MONTEVERDI
Selva morale e spirituale Vol 2 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "Vol 2 covers the most modern and old-fashioned compositions the elderly Monteverdi selected...choral refrains are supple, solos are sung eloquently and the Latin texts are communicated crisply." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime (incls 'Zadok the Priest', 'Ave verum corpus' & Allegri - Miserere) The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Some of the most celebrated recordings from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble. Equally appealing to fans of The Sixteen and those who are new to the group, this disc provides a definitive collection of familiar classics and... |
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 |
TRADITIONAL
Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Vols 1 & 2 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] CORO is very proud to release a double CD containing wonderful, festive music that deserves to be better known. The collection is both traditional and genuine, and performances have been kept as close as possible to the original texts. |
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 |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
The Victoria Collection [4 CD set] The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2011 ] "Harry Christophers's love of Victoria suffuses this sumptuous recording...the seamless plainsong, searing climaxes, subtle dynamic shading and responsiveness to text is captivating." (BBC Music May 2011 Five Stars) |
DAVY / MUNDY / SHEPPARD
The Voice of the Turtle Dove The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] In 2014 The Sixteen returns to its grass roots for the repertoire of the 14th Choral Pilgrimage tour as it revisits the golden age of Renaissance polyphony in England. In this new programme The Sixteen presents a stunning selection of music by John... |
HUMFREY / COOKE / BLOW
Music from the Chapel Royal: The King's Musick The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (with Walter Reiter, Miles Golding, violins & David Miller, theorbo) [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] It was largely through the efforts of ‘Captain’ Henry Cooke (c.1615-1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660. |
ETON CHOIRBOOK
The Flower of all Virginity - Eton Choirbook Vol IV The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "Vibrant performances...The Sixteen continues to explore the astonishing riches of the Eton Choirbook with undiminished enthusiasm and imagination." GRAMOPHONE |
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 |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Love's Goddess sure was Blind (Includes The Complete Funeral Music for Queen Mary) The Sixteen / The Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "… breaks new ground in scholarship, matching it with performances of the highest order ..." BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE |
MONTEVERDI
Selva Morale e Spirituale Volume 3 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] The last of three volumes of The Sixteen's series devoted to Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale. Without doubt, Monteverdi was the greatest of the early baroque European composers. He revolutionised the music of the theatre and the church by... |
PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Vol. 3 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Early Music |
BRITTEN / MacMILLAN / BYRD / TALLIS / TIPPETT
An Immortal Legacy The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] 16th-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time and it is testament to their incredible skill and musical mastery that composers like Tallis and Byrd were able to produce such magnificent works in such... |
BARTLOMIEJ PEKIEL
Missa Concertata La Lombardesca The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan [ Coro / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan, makes his full conducting debut on CORO in the first of an exciting new series exploring some of Poland's greatest choral composers. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Christmas History / A Choral Christmas The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro DVD / DVD - released 3/Oct/2011 ] Harry Christophers and The Sixteen join Simon Russell Beale for two special Christmas programmes that look beyond the familiar carols and festive songs to reveal two millennia of music and texts from across Europe. |