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This is a compilation album from The Sixteen, offering tracks dating as far back as 1989. Special credit goes to mastering engineer Tom Lewington for putting together music recorded in quite a variety of sacred and secular acoustic environments; differences remain, but listeners won't be distracted by them. The usual praise of The Sixteen as one of the world's most consistent choral ensembles may certainly be brought to bear here, but there is more. This is among those rare cases where a compilation is preferable to the original source material, for its conception is unique. Director Harry Christophers selects settings of the Agnus Dei from the Catholic Mass (and the equivalent "Behold the Lamb of God" from Handel's Messiah, HWV 56), with movements ranging from the Renaissance to the 20th century. They are not chronologically presented, and they don't need to be; what makes this idea work is that settings of the Mass rely on tradition to a point where they seem, to an extent, to exist outside of time. Edmund Rubbra and Duarte Lobo can bump up against each other without the slightest discomfort. Of course, stylistic changes are reflected in the music, and when entirely new ideas appear, in the Agnus Dei movements of Britten's Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63, or Poulenc's Mass in G major, FP 89, they have a vaguely revelatory effect. The album has some unusual pieces, like one from early Baroque composer Bartłomiej Pękiel, but Christophers, as usual, provides a final emotional payoff with Samuel Barber's remaking of his Adagio for strings into an Agnus Dei setting. A thoroughly crowd-pleasing compilation that also offers much to consider.
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Gabriel Fauré, Composer - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Thomas Tallis, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra - Oxenford, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Carus, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Complete Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Lengnick, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Orlande De Lassus, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Duarte Lobo, Composer - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Eamonn Dougan, Conductor - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bartłomiej Pękiel, Composer - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Frank Martin, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Gema, MusicPublisher - Faber Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Margaret Phillips, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey and Hawkes, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Christopher Tye, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Sally Dunkley, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gregorio Allegri, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Francis Poulenc, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kim Porter, MainArtist - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
John Sheppard, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Charles Jennens, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Manuel Cardoso, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Samuel Barber, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Schirmer, MusicPublisher - Ruth Dean, MainArtist - The Sixteen Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Album review
This is a compilation album from The Sixteen, offering tracks dating as far back as 1989. Special credit goes to mastering engineer Tom Lewington for putting together music recorded in quite a variety of sacred and secular acoustic environments; differences remain, but listeners won't be distracted by them. The usual praise of The Sixteen as one of the world's most consistent choral ensembles may certainly be brought to bear here, but there is more. This is among those rare cases where a compilation is preferable to the original source material, for its conception is unique. Director Harry Christophers selects settings of the Agnus Dei from the Catholic Mass (and the equivalent "Behold the Lamb of God" from Handel's Messiah, HWV 56), with movements ranging from the Renaissance to the 20th century. They are not chronologically presented, and they don't need to be; what makes this idea work is that settings of the Mass rely on tradition to a point where they seem, to an extent, to exist outside of time. Edmund Rubbra and Duarte Lobo can bump up against each other without the slightest discomfort. Of course, stylistic changes are reflected in the music, and when entirely new ideas appear, in the Agnus Dei movements of Britten's Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63, or Poulenc's Mass in G major, FP 89, they have a vaguely revelatory effect. The album has some unusual pieces, like one from early Baroque composer Bartłomiej Pękiel, but Christophers, as usual, provides a final emotional payoff with Samuel Barber's remaking of his Adagio for strings into an Agnus Dei setting. A thoroughly crowd-pleasing compilation that also offers much to consider.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:57
- Main artists: The Sixteen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CORO
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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