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| The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime 'The Essential Collection' A collection of some of the most celebrated recordings from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble. Equally appealing to fans of The Sixteen and those who are new to the group, this disc provides a definitive collection of familiar classics and lesser-known treasures. Always Sublime...Always Captivating...Always The Sixteen "Astounding music all, all astoundingly performed..." INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW | |||||
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| 1. |
Magnificat anima mea Dominum (from Magnificat in D, BWV 243) by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. |
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| 2. |
Ave Maria À 8 by Tomás Luis de Victoria | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: by 1572; Italy |
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Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. |
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| 3. |
Ave Verum corpus (K618) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The Sixteen Period: Classical Written: 1791; Baden, Austria |
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Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs. |
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| 4. |
Iste confessor by Domenico Scarlatti | ||||
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Performer:
Libby Crabtree (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: circa 1715; Rome, Italy |
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Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. |
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| 5. |
Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: after 1559; England |
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Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs. |
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| 6. |
Man that is born of a woman (from Funeral Sentences, first set) by Henry Purcell | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: circa 1680-1682; England |
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Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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| 7. |
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts by Henry Purcell | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque |
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Length: 2 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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| 8. |
Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1727; London, England |
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Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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| 9. |
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (from Ein Deutsches Requiem) by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Performer:
Christopher Glynn (Piano),
Gary Cooper (Piano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Romantic Written: 1854-1868; Austria |
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Length: 6 Minutes 32 Secs. |
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| 10. |
Crucifixus a 8 by Antonio Lotti | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: Italy |
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Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs. |
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| 11. |
A Hymn to the Mother of God by John Tavener | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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| 12. |
Te gloriosus Apostolorum (from Te Deum) by Antonio Teixeira | ||||
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Performer:
Lynda Russell (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque |
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Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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| 13. |
Spring Song (from The Lark) by Leonard Bernstein | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1955; USA |
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Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs. |
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| 14. |
La voix du bien-aimé (from Le Cantique des Cantiques) by Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century |
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Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. |
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| 15. |
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) by Gabriel Fauré | ||||
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Performer:
Elin Manahan Thomas (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The Sixteen Period: Romantic Written: 1877-1890; France |
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Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. |
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| 16. |
Una hora (from Sept Répons des Ténèbres) by Francis Poulenc | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The Sixteen Period: 20th Century |
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Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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| 17. |
A Hymn of Saint Columba by Benjamin Britten | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1962; England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs. |
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| 18. |
Moses and the children of Israel (from Israel in Egypt, HWV 54) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: by 1739; London, England |
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Length: 0 Minutes 57 Secs. |
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| 19. |
I will sing unto the Lord (from Israel in Egypt, HWV 54) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Nicola Jenkin (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque |
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Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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| 20. |
Quoniam tu solus sanctus (from Mass in B minor, BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Michael George (Bass),
Roger Montgomery (Horns)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. |
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| 21. |
Cum Sancto Spiritu (from Mass in B minor, BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs. |
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| 22. |
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon, HWV 67) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: by 1749; London, England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs. |
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| 23. |
Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K339) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The Sixteen Period: Classical Written: 1780; Salzburg, Austria |
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Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs. |
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| 24. |
Miserere mei Deus by Gregorio Allegri | ||||
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Performer:
Ruth Dean (Soprano),
Christopher Purves (Bass),
Sally Dunkley (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: by 1603; Italy |
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Length: 12 Minutes 11 Secs. |
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| 25. |
Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) by Giovanni Palestrina | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: by 1567; Italy |
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Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs. |
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| 26. |
Deus in adiutorium meum intende by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: Mexico |
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Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. |
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| 27. |
O Domine Iesu Christe by Tomás Luis de Victoria | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance |
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Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs. |
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| 28. |
Libera nos by John Sheppard | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. |
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| 29. |
Agnus Dei (from Mass for Double Choir) by Frank Martin | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1922-1926; Switzerland |
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Length: 5 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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| 30. |
The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?" by John Tavener | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1982; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs. |
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| 31. |
Funeral motet: Versa est in luctum by Tomás Luis de Victoria | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Renaissance Written: by 1583; Italy |
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Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. |
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| 32. |
Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber | ||||
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Performer:
Ruth Dean (Soprano)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1967; USA |
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Length: 8 Minutes 25 Secs. |
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| Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.' | |||||
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| 33. |
Advance Democracy by Benjamin Britten | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: 20th Century Written: 1938; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. |
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| 34. |
Hallelujah (from Messiah HWV 56) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1742; London, England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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| 35. |
Cantata BWV 147: Chorus. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs. |
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| 36. |
Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Gloria in D) by Antonio Vivaldi | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: Venice, Italy |
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Length: 2 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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| 37. |
Cantata 50 BWV 50: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: ?1723; ?Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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| 38. |
Let the bright seraphim (from Samson HWV 57) (Air & Chorus) by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Lynne Dawson (Soprano),
Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
Conductor: Harry Christophers Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen Period: Baroque Written: by 1743; London, England |
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Length: 6 Minutes 29 Secs. |
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