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Escapism is the idea behind this latest offering from Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, and while that's certainly an apt concept for 2021 thus far, you don't need to be craving escapism in order to appreciate its contents.
Their interpretation of “escapism” is a satisfyingly broad one, too. Encompassing over 500 years of repertoire and themes, there's everything here from the robust jollity of William Cornysh's male-voice Hoyda, hoyda, jolly rutterkin (“hoyda” being a jovial greeting, and a “rutterkin” being a swaggering gallant or bully) to the peaceful legato and suspended harmonies of Will Todd's mixed-voice Whisper Him my name based on a prayer of Saint Joseph, commissioned for Christophers and The Sixteen. Indeed those two sit side by side.
There's also a new commission from baritone and composer Roderick Williams in the form of an unabashedly romantic and rapturous arrangement of An Eriskay Love Lilt, set to rippling piano waves. In fact one of the pleasures of this album is even balance between 21st century composers (there's also Peter Maxwell Davies, Bob Chilcott, James MacMillan and Eric Whitacre) and names of the past such as Cornyth, Stanford and Bax; and always with the flow from one work (and often century) to the next feeling thoroughly organic.
The singing is equally everything you would anticipate from The Sixteen, with all their usual warmth and purity of tone, smooth blending, and committed expression of their clearly articulated texts' meanings. In short, this is yet another recording from The Sixteen which both their fans and choral lovers in general will be reaching for regularly and indefinitely, far into the future. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
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Edward Naylor, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Cathedral Music, MusicPublisher - Alexandra Kidgell, MainArtist
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Davies, MusicPublisher - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - George Mackay Brown, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Anonymous, Composer - ManuScript, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Rob Macdonald, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - George Pooley, MainArtist
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - James MacMillan, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Bob Chilcott, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Frederick Edward Weatherly, Composer - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Ciro Pinsuti, Composer - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
ManuScript, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - William Cornysh, Composer - Rob Macdonald, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - John Skelton, Composer - George Pooley, MainArtist
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Will Todd, Composer - Tyalgum Press, MusicPublisher - Ben Dunwell, Composer
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Stainer & Bell Ltd, MusicPublisher - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Composer
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
ManuScript, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - William Cornysh, Composer - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Sir Thomas Wyatt, Composer
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Eric Whitacre, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Charles Anthony Silvestri, Composer - Walton Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Roderick Williams, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Top C Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
ManuScript, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - William Hayes, Composer - Ben Davies, MainArtist - George Pooley, MainArtist
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Arnold Bax, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Chappell Music ltd, MusicPublisher - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
Escapism is the idea behind this latest offering from Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, and while that's certainly an apt concept for 2021 thus far, you don't need to be craving escapism in order to appreciate its contents.
Their interpretation of “escapism” is a satisfyingly broad one, too. Encompassing over 500 years of repertoire and themes, there's everything here from the robust jollity of William Cornysh's male-voice Hoyda, hoyda, jolly rutterkin (“hoyda” being a jovial greeting, and a “rutterkin” being a swaggering gallant or bully) to the peaceful legato and suspended harmonies of Will Todd's mixed-voice Whisper Him my name based on a prayer of Saint Joseph, commissioned for Christophers and The Sixteen. Indeed those two sit side by side.
There's also a new commission from baritone and composer Roderick Williams in the form of an unabashedly romantic and rapturous arrangement of An Eriskay Love Lilt, set to rippling piano waves. In fact one of the pleasures of this album is even balance between 21st century composers (there's also Peter Maxwell Davies, Bob Chilcott, James MacMillan and Eric Whitacre) and names of the past such as Cornyth, Stanford and Bax; and always with the flow from one work (and often century) to the next feeling thoroughly organic.
The singing is equally everything you would anticipate from The Sixteen, with all their usual warmth and purity of tone, smooth blending, and committed expression of their clearly articulated texts' meanings. In short, this is yet another recording from The Sixteen which both their fans and choral lovers in general will be reaching for regularly and indefinitely, far into the future. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:38
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Sixteen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CORO
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2021 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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