Album Description

5-CD Boxed Set

All five of The Sixteen's celebrated Polish recordings in one Boxed-Set Collection

This spectacular collection comprises The Sixteen’s five acclaimed Polish recordings with the group’s Associate Conductor, Eamonn Dougan.

Masters of the Polish Baroque such as Pękiel, Gorczycki and Mielczewski are celebrated alongside Italian maestri G.F. Anerio, Bertolusi, Marenzio and Pacelli. These composers flourished at the court of King Sigismund III marking a new dawn for sacred music in Poland.

Artists

The Sixteen
Eamonn Dougan

Reviews

'The Sixteen luxuriate in textures and sonorities, offsetting serene arching lines with more urgent declamatory passages...basses plummet while sopranos soar into the stratosphere in a swirl of all-embracing sound.'  
★★★★★ Recording 
★★★★★ Performance 
BBC Music Magazine

Track Listing

For track listings, follow the individual CD links below:

COR16110 Bartłomiej Pękiel

COR16123 The Blossoming Vine

COR16130 Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki

COR16141 Helper and Protector

COR16153 Marcin Mielczewski