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The Sixteen Edition - Bach: Mass in B minor / Christophers

2 CD / Coro / 2006-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Beckett, Rachel; Denley, Catherine; Dubosc, Catherine; George, Michael; Montgomery, Roger; Robson, Anthony; Woodcock, David
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Bach's Mass in B minor displays all the ingredients that contribute to his supreme ranking amongst his peers of any age, and also demonstrates the...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (04/1994)....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Delirio amoroso, etc / Murray

1 CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Clori, mia bella Clori, cantata, HWV 92; Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Il Delirio amoroso
Performers: Murray, Ann
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Handel's Italian secular cantatas are some of the most wonderfully expressive operatic-style scenes that he composed. Written for the drawing rooms of Italian aristocrats, they...continue...

Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Christophers, The Sixteen, et al

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Anderson, Lorna; Chance, Michael; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael [bass]; Murray, Ann; Partridge, Ian; Suart, Richard
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Fairy Queen hardly an 'opera' in the conventional sense: its musical virtues lie in the composer's uncanny ability to summon a...continue...

Handel: Israel in Egypt / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (no 13), HWV 295
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Evans, Robert; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; MacKenzie, Neil; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

It's not surprising that 'Isreal in Egypt' is much-performed. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs, are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Esther / Christophers

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther; Sonata for Oboe in G minor, HWV 404
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Robson, Anthony; Russell, Lynda
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

"Pure enchantment... the choral singing has an exceptional grandeur, and the instrumental playing a shimmering beauty." -Classical Music (Canada)...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Alexander's Feast

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Alexander's Feast, an ode to St Cecilia by the longdead John Dryden, was set by Handel in 1736 and revised many times....continue...