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Conductor Harry Christophers himself points out that his choir, The Sixteen, has very rarely recorded secular music; most of the group's recordings are devoted to Renaissance and Baroque sacred works. Here, Christophers turns not only to secular music but to 20th century pieces in an idiom the group has rarely essayed. So often, a move like this is the kiss of death, but here is the example that proves the rule. The program consists of part-songs mostly from the 20th century, with one earlier work, Arthur Sullivan's The Long Day Closes (a work all the later composers would have known). The songs themselves, with a few exceptions, are not familiar, although many of the texts are. The idiom is a somewhat restricted one, almost semi-popular, but the texts are handled with great skill. Consider Imogen Holst's sextet of songs on poems by Keats, especially the opening "Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow." What is impressive is that Christophers remakes the sound of The Sixteen, adding a layer of fetching sentimentality to the group's usual precise polyphony. This is not at all easy to do with a group of singers who have mastered a certain style through long drills. One could certainly just listen to this album as an enjoyable introduction to an underrated repertory, but it is also quite admirable as a piece of choral art.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Elizabeth Maconchy, Composer - William Browne, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Chester Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Joshua Cooter, MainArtist - Maconchy, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Imogen Holst, Composer - Sioned Williams, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Keats, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Ursula Wood, Composer
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robert Bridges, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Arthur Sullivan, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Henry Fothergill Chorley, Composer - James Gibb Editions, MusicPublisher
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
Conductor Harry Christophers himself points out that his choir, The Sixteen, has very rarely recorded secular music; most of the group's recordings are devoted to Renaissance and Baroque sacred works. Here, Christophers turns not only to secular music but to 20th century pieces in an idiom the group has rarely essayed. So often, a move like this is the kiss of death, but here is the example that proves the rule. The program consists of part-songs mostly from the 20th century, with one earlier work, Arthur Sullivan's The Long Day Closes (a work all the later composers would have known). The songs themselves, with a few exceptions, are not familiar, although many of the texts are. The idiom is a somewhat restricted one, almost semi-popular, but the texts are handled with great skill. Consider Imogen Holst's sextet of songs on poems by Keats, especially the opening "Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow." What is impressive is that Christophers remakes the sound of The Sixteen, adding a layer of fetching sentimentality to the group's usual precise polyphony. This is not at all easy to do with a group of singers who have mastered a certain style through long drills. One could certainly just listen to this album as an enjoyable introduction to an underrated repertory, but it is also quite admirable as a piece of choral art.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Sixteen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CORO
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2023 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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