The Sixteen Edition - An American Collection

Label: Coro
Catalog No: COO 16031
New Release: No
Previous Release: Yes
Domestic/Import: Domestic
Format: CD

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Release Date: 2006-02-21
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 5 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 828021603129

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Some of the most important and beautiful a cappella works of well-known names such as Barber, Bernstein and Copland are set alongside those by two quite extraordinary but less well-known composers, Irving Fine and David Del Tredici. "A dynamic and bold collection." -Fanfare
 



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Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei, Op. 11

  • Performer: Ruth Dean (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.'
  • Running Time: 8 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1967
  • Language: Latin
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Fine, Irving : The Hour Glass

  • Performers: Nicola Jenkin (Soprano); Ruth Dean (Soprano); Caroline Trevor (Alto); Helen Templeton (Alto); Nicholas Robertson (Tenor); Simon Birchall (Bass); Roger Cleverdon (Bass)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Running Time: 14 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Written: 1949
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Reich, Steve : Clapping Music

  • Performers: Ben Hoffnung (Percussion); William Lockhart (Percussion)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Written: 1972
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Bernstein, Leonard : The Lark :: Choruses

  • Performers: Nicola Jenkin (Soprano); Nigel Short (Countertenor); Ben Hoffnung (Bells); Ben Hoffnung (Drum); William Lockhart (Bells)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Notes: This selection is sung in French, Greek and Latin.
  • Running Time: 10 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1955
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Copland, Aaron : Motets (4)

  • Performers: Carys-Anne Lane (Soprano); Nigel Short (Countertenor); Nicholas Robertson (Tenor); Simon Birchall (Bass)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Running Time: 10 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1921
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Barber, Samuel : Reincarnations, Op. 16

  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1940
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio


Del Tredici, David : Final Alice :: Acrostic Songs

  • Performers: Sarah Leonard (Soprano); Fiona Clarke (Soprano); Nicola-Jane Kemp (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1976
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio


 

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