Album Description

Can it really be 40 years since a fledgling group of singers gave their first concert in May 1979? To celebrate this milestone, we have chosen 40 tracks which have defined this acclaimed ensemble over the last four decades and which display its incredible versatility, as well as the sheer range of music and styles it has covered.

Featuring music from the last 600 years and with personal recommendations from The Sixteen’s members both past and present, as well as the longest-serving members of the administrative team, this beautifully packaged album promises to be the must-have collection for all fans of choral music.

Artists

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

Harry's Album Introduction Video

Track Listing

CD 1:
Handel 
1. How excellent thy name

MacMillan
2. O Radiant Dawn

Palestrina 
3. Surge amica mea

Victoria
4. O Domine Jesu Christe

Purcell
5. Remember not, Lord, our offences

Allegri
6. Miserere (Evolution version)

Monteverdi
7. Deus in adiutorium meum intende

Melgás
8. Salve Regina

Tavener
9. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God

Pärt
10. The Deer's Cry

Pearsall
11. Lay a garland

Tallis
12. O nata lux

Byrd
13. Haec dies

Harris
14. Bring us, O Lord God

Handel
15. Let thy hand be strengthened

Sheppard
16. In manus tuas I

Parsons
17. Ave Maria

Plummer
18. Tota pulchra est

Fauré
19. Sanctus

J.S. Bach
20. Gott der Herr is Sonn' und Schild 

Total running time:   76. 12

CD 2:

Stravinsky
1. Exaudi orationem meam Domine

Martin
2. Sanctus and Benedictus

J.S. Bach
3. Kyrie eleison II

Palestrina
4. Ave Maria

Tallis
5. Miserere nostri

Purcell
6. Symphony / O sing unto the Lord

Handel
7. And the glory of the Lord

Messiaen
8. Cinq Rechants: I

MacMillan
9. The Gallant Weaver

Lobo
10. Versa est in luctum

Poulenc
11. Sanctus

Monteverdi
12. Gloria

Schütz
13. Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener

Mielczewski
14. Benedictio et claritas

Mozart
15. Dixit Dominus

Britten
16. Balulalow

Skempton
17. Adam lay ybounden

Lauridsen
18. O magnum mysterium

Britten
19. This little Babe

Handel
20. Your voices tune

Total running time:   72. 51