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BYRD / van WILDER / de MONTE / TABAKOVA / CLEMENTS
The Sixteen - A Watchful Gaze The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Christophers's juxtapositions are always rewarding, and The Sixteen is on ravishing form. There's an unmannered generosity to the singing whose wide-eyed freshness enables Christophers to keep the counterpoint buoyant and uncongested." BBC Music |
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FIRSOVA / KORVITS / CADCIOLINI / MARTIN / SCARLATTI / etc
Spirit, Strength & Sorrow: Settings of Stabat Mater The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "All three [new settings] are touching and effective: imaginative in their choral sonorities and colouring of the text, skilfully balancing a strong feeling for tradition with a distinctive individual voice" Editor's Choice Gramophone, January |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford - Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 6/Sep/2024 ] Celebrating Anglo-Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford's centenary, this new album from The Sixteen includes 17 premiere recordings of Stanford's Irish Folksongs and Partsongs. |
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Four Tet
Sixteen Oceans (LP) [ Text / 2 LP - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet drops a brand-new set on his own Text label. |
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Misled Convoy
Sixteen Sunsets [ Dubmission Records / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Michael Hodgson has forged a relentless path in the music world since his early days as Tinnitus, a music & performance art project with Angus McNaughton and Ashley Turner in Christchurch in the 80's, and then as The Projector Mix, an industrial dub... |
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J. S. BACH
The Six Motets The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "Splendid. A wonderful achievement, one that only renews our admiration for Bach. It has been six, maybe twelve months since I heard a record that impressed me as much as this one. Don't pass it by" (American Record Guide) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) David James (counter-tenor) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Sixteen / Christophers [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The performance is one of extraordinary quality. Unequivocally recommended' (The Sydney Sun Herald) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Through the Ages Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, The King’s Consort, The Sixteen, Westminster Cathedral Choir, et al. [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Other than to assure you that it works for me, need I say more?' (Fanfare, USA) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Six Motets The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/1990 ] "Splendid. A wonderful achievement, one that only renews our admiration for Bach. It has been six, maybe twelve months since I heard a record that impressed me as much as this one. Don't pass it by" (American Record Guide) |
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WILLIAM MUNDY
Cathedral Music The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'For a wallow in the richest cream of English Reformation church music you couldn't do much better than this' (Early Music Review) |
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FAYRFAX / MUNDY / SHEPPARD / TAVERNER
The Golden Age of English Polphony [10 CDs for a special price] The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] In this their 30th anniversary year, we join the Sixteen in celebrating a Golden Age of Polyphony, and of music-making, by presenting their twelve discs of this repertoire in an attractively packaged (and priced) 10-CD remastered set. |
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MONTEVERDI
Masses (Incls 'In illo tempore') The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "Strongly recommended to anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of Monteverdi beyond the Vespers - much less dramatic music, but well worth getting to know in such excellent performances" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Corona Spinea The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'A superb disc and an astonishing bargain' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'An issue of the first importance. It unquestionably merits a place in every serious record collection' (Gramophone) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'For the most important English composer of his generation, this series of Masses is long overdue, and we are fortunate that it is being completed with such a high level of success' (Fanfare, USA) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Missa O Michael The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'There are so many special moments that if you are a Taverner fan all I can do is to recommend strongly that you sample this CD' (CDReview) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: The Western Wynde Mass / O Splendor gloriae / Te Deum The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] "The only reason not to buy this excellent CD is that it will make you want the five other recordings in the series" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Feb 2008) |
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Sixteen/Christophers
Christmas Music [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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Sixteen/Christophers
Monteverdi: Masses & Motets [ Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
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Sixteen/Christophers
Taverner:missa Mater Christi S [ Helios / CD ] |