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This 40th anniversary collection by the vocal group The Sixteen is of a somewhat unfamiliar sort, but the compiler -- Robin Tyson, not the group's busy director, Harry Christophers -- knew what he was doing. There are 40 selections, but there isn't one for each year; the performances are apparently all from the 2000s and 2010s (no years are given). This is reasonable, for the group's sound has remained remarkably consistent over the years. Instead, Tyson aims to show the diversity of The Sixteen's repertory and recordings, which have indeed increased down through the years from a basis in music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Christophers himself contributes a little note saying that this diversity "has actually been quite a revelation to me." Thus, you get a carefully chosen collection of 20th century music by the likes of Poulenc, Stravinsky, and James MacMillan that fits the smooth Sixteen aesthetic. The Sixteen has felt free to expand beyond that number of singers, and as if to emphasize that point the group photo included in the graphics includes 20 individuals. There is a useful and appropriate list of all the singers and instrumentalists (of the occasional Sixteen Orchestra) who have appeared on these recordings. Sample composer Morten Lauridsen's O magnum mysterium, which not that many British choirs have attempted; it shows how effective The Sixteen can be in their expanding sweet spot, with a blend that is seamless yet not exclusive of a bit of good old British sentimentality. The bottom line is that if you're new to The Sixteen, this could make a fine sampler of their work, and that's exactly what it's intended to be.
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Peter Jones, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - James MacMillan, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gregorio Allegri, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Composer, Conductor - Ben Byram Wigfield, Composer
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Möseler, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Diogo Dias Melgas, Composer
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
John Tavener, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Chester Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Arvo Pärt, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Universal Edition, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Fletcher, Composer - Francis Beaumont, Composer - Robert PEARSALL, Composer - Stainer & Bell Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Thomas Tallis, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
William BYRD, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
John Donne, Composer - William Harris, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - John Sheppard, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Robert Parsons, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - John Plummer, Composer
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ratcliffe, MusicPublisher - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Carus-Verlag, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Frank Martin, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Faber Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Thomas Tallis, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Sally Dunkley, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher - Ben Davies, MainArtist
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Sacem, MusicPublisher - Ricordi & Co, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Robert Burns, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - James MacMillan, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Alonso Lobo, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Francis Poulenc, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Ricordi & Co, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Heinrich Schütz, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Eamonn Dougan, Conductor - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Charlotte Mobbs, MainArtist - Marcin Mielczewski, Composer - Katy Hill, MainArtist - Daniel Collins, MainArtist - George Pooley, MainArtist
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Barenreiter, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Sioned Williams, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Libby Crabtree, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Howard Skempton, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Morten Lauridsen, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Peermusic UK Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Sioned Williams, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Novello, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Album review
This 40th anniversary collection by the vocal group The Sixteen is of a somewhat unfamiliar sort, but the compiler -- Robin Tyson, not the group's busy director, Harry Christophers -- knew what he was doing. There are 40 selections, but there isn't one for each year; the performances are apparently all from the 2000s and 2010s (no years are given). This is reasonable, for the group's sound has remained remarkably consistent over the years. Instead, Tyson aims to show the diversity of The Sixteen's repertory and recordings, which have indeed increased down through the years from a basis in music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Christophers himself contributes a little note saying that this diversity "has actually been quite a revelation to me." Thus, you get a carefully chosen collection of 20th century music by the likes of Poulenc, Stravinsky, and James MacMillan that fits the smooth Sixteen aesthetic. The Sixteen has felt free to expand beyond that number of singers, and as if to emphasize that point the group photo included in the graphics includes 20 individuals. There is a useful and appropriate list of all the singers and instrumentalists (of the occasional Sixteen Orchestra) who have appeared on these recordings. Sample composer Morten Lauridsen's O magnum mysterium, which not that many British choirs have attempted; it shows how effective The Sixteen can be in their expanding sweet spot, with a blend that is seamless yet not exclusive of a bit of good old British sentimentality. The bottom line is that if you're new to The Sixteen, this could make a fine sampler of their work, and that's exactly what it's intended to be.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:28:41
- Main artists: The Sixteen Harry Christophers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Coro
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2019 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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