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An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

Giovanni Palestrina, Vol. 3 - Missa Regina caeli; Stabat Mater; Motet Regina caeli, Terra tremuit et al. / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-02-12

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Ad coenam Agni providi, hymn for 5 voices (from Complete Hymns); Vineam meam, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum); Si ign...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

A towering figure in Renaissance polyphony, Palestrina is arguably one of the greatest composers of liturgical music of all time. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London (10/2012)....continue...

Palestrina, Vol. 2 - Hodie Christus natus est; Christe Redemptor omnium; Magnificant Quinti toni; Tui sunt caeli et al. / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-10-09

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Christe redemptor omnium, hymn for 6 voices; Magnificat, Tone 5, (odd) for 4 voices (from Magnificats on the 8 Tones, Book 1); Tui sunt coe...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Volume two of The Sixteen's new series devoted to Palestrina is based around his glorious antiphon for Christmas Day. Palestrina's legacy and impact on sacred...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, England (02/2012)....continue...

Allegri: Miserere; Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah & other Renaissance masterpieces

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor; Jacob Obrecht: Salve regina; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Giovanni Pierlui...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of King s College Cambridge; Gabrieli Consort; The Sixteen

From the heavenly stratospheric of Allegri's Miserere to the Elizabethan splendor of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, this outstanding collection celebrates the vocal magnificence of...continue...

Great European Choral Works / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices; Diet...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cornwell, Joseph; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dobell, Mark; Dunkley, Sally; Evans, Robert; Jones, Tim [Vocals]; Macdonald, Rob...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...continue...

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Coro / 2012-05-08

Works: John Browne: Salve regina no 1; Robert Wylkynson: Jesus autem transiens / Credo in Deum; Anonymous: Hail, Mary, full of grace; Regina sovrana, lauda for 4 voices; This Day Day Dawes; Surrexit Christu...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination is the British Library's first major exhibition to bring together its Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts...continue...

The Italian Collection / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

5 CD / Coro / 2012-03-13

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Te Deum, motet for double chorus & organ in C major; Iste confessor; Missa, for chorus & organ in A minor ("La stella"); Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrin...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Purves, Christo...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Featuring five of The Sixteen's most celebrated recordings, The Italian Collection is a sumptuous anthology of music. From Allegri's hauntingly beautiful Miserere to the virtuosity,...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Silas the Martyr, London, England (01/1992); St Augustine's, Kilburn, London (01/1992); St John's, Smith Square, London (01/1992); St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Ga...continue...

The Earth Resounds: Josquin, Brumel & Lassus / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-02-14

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Aurora lucis rutilat, motet for 10 voices, M. xxii (S. xxi/119); Timor et tremor; Magnificat "Praeter rerum seriem"; Aurora lucis rutilat (octavi toni), magnificat for 10 voices, H...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

A brand new recording from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble, The Sixteen. This disc features arguably the three most celebrated composers from the Franco-Flemish...continue...
Recording information: St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (10/2011)....continue...

Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories / Christophers - The Sixteen

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Amicus meus, responsory for 4 voices; Judas mercator, responsory for 4 voices; Unus ex discipulis, responsory for 4 voices; Eram quasi agnus, responsory for 4 voices; Una...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Recording information: St. Jude's on the Hill, London (05/1990)....continue...

Great British Choral Works / Christophers - The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2011-09-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Esther, HWV 50a, 1718 version; Messiah, HWV 56; William Byrd: Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer, for treble, chorus & or...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; George, Michael; Glynn, Christopher; Hopkins, Kirsty; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...continue...

Palestrina, Vol. 1 / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2011-06-14

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina (unspecified of 5); Assumpta est Maria; Missa "Assumpta est Maria"; Ave regina coelorum, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book III); Tota pulchra es, mot...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

2011 sees the first recording by The Sixteen completely devoted to Palestrina! The disc marks the start of a new project, which will result in...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. George the Martyr, Holborn, London, Engla (02/2011)....continue...

The Victoria Collection

4 CD / Coro / 2011-03-08

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Laetatus sum; Missa Laetatus sum, for 12 voices & organ; Veni Creator Spiritus, hymn for 4 voices; Vadam et circuibo; Vidi speciosam; Ad caenam agni providi, hymn for 4 v...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomas Luis de Victoria. This remarkable Spaniard, perhaps the most outstanding composer of his...continue...

Hail, Mother of the Redeemer / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2011-02-08

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Salve regina, antiphon for 5 voices; Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 5 voices; Congratulamini mihi, motet for 6 voices; Sancta Maria succure miseris - Tomás L...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

This release coincides with celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of Victoria's death in 1611, and also marks CORO's 10th Anniversary! Priest, scholar, mystic, singer,...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London (10/2010)....continue...

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Sacred Music, Series One / Christophers/Sixteen, Beale [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Coro / 2010-03-09

Works: Peter Abelard: Work(s); Léonin: Work(s); Pérotin: Work(s); Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Work(s); Josquin Des Préz: Work(s); Orlande de Lassus: Work(s); William Byrd: Work(s)
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Fascinating stories, beautiful architecture, and some of the greatest music ever written - CORO brings the BBC's groundbreaking TV series to DVD! The complete first...continue...

Golden Age of English Polyphony / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

10 CD / Hyperion / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Fayrfax: Aeternae Laudis Lilium for 5 voices; Missa Albanus for 5 voices; Gregorian Chant: Archangeli Michaelis interventione, for chorus; John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; Missa "O Michael", for ...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Royall, Christopher
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

When The Sixteen embarked upon their recording career back in 1982, few would have been able to predict quite how successful they would become, or...continue...

Sounds Sublime: Essential Collection - Sixteen/Christophers

2 CD / Coro / 2009-09-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 50, "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft" (incomplete), BWV 50...
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Crabtree, Libby; Dawson, Lynne; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; George, Michael; Glynn, Christopher; Montgomery, Roger; Purves, Christopher; Russell, Lynda; Steele-Perkins, Cr...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Some of the most celebrated recordings from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble, in a beautiful 2-CD digipak set. Equally appealing to fans of The...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Guerrero: Missa de la Batalla Escoutez; Janequin: La Guerre / Christophers, et al

1 CD / Coro / 2009-03-10

Works: Clément Janequin: Escoutez tous gentilz, chanson for 4 voices ("La bataille de Marignan;" "La Guerre"), M. 1/3; Francisco Guerrero: Lauda mater ecclesia, for 4 voices; Tota pulchra es Maria, mot...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

This release contains brand new recordings of works by Spanish Renaissance composer Francisco Guerrero, including his exquisite 'Missa de la Batalla Escoutez'. The Mass is...continue...

A Mother's Love - Music for Mary / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; William Cornysh: Ave Maria mater Dei; Josquin Desprez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi, motet for 4 parts; Anton Bruckner: Tota pulchra es, WAB 46; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Berridge, Simon; Cooper, Julie; Davidson, Grace; Dobell, Mark; Dougan, Eamonn; Dunkley, Sally; Jones, Timothy; Outram, Rebecca; Roy, David; Unwin, William
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Britain’s best-selling choir of the 21st Century, The Sixteen, releases a new album of music inspired by the Virgin Mary. Harry Christophers, the most prolific...continue...

Venetian Treasures - Caldara, Gabrieli, etc / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2007-10-09

Works: Antonio Caldara: Caldara - Crucifixus a 16; Stabat Mater; Andrea Gabrieli: De profundis clamavi; Claudio Monteverdi: Domine, ne in furore; Francesco Cavalli: Salve Regina; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoni...
Performers: Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Venetian Treasures brings together the unique style of sacred choral music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries from Venice. From the rich and sonorous sound...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Carver: O bone Jesu, etc / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: Robert Carver: Antiphon; Mass "Dum Sacrum Mysterium" for 10 voices; Magnificat-7th tone faburden; O Bone Jesu, motet for 19 voices
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Rare repertoire by one of Scotland's most important historic composers. The massive granite-like choral writing of early sixteenth-century Scottish choral music is displayed in Carver's...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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Music from Magdalen - Sheppard, Davy, Mason / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2007-05-08

Works: Plainchant: Magnificat Antiphon--Inclita sancte (Mode 1); Magnificat antiphon-- In diebus illis (Mode 7); John Sheppard: Magnificat a.4 (Mode 1); O happy dames; Laudem dicite Deo, for five voices; In...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Beer, Stuart; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Oxley, James; Roy, David
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Magdalen Collection

Magdalen College, oxford was a center of excellence in the sixteenth century, with three of the era's greatest composers-John Sheppard, Richard Davy, and John Mason-holding...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Traditional Christmas Carol Collection

1 CD / Coro / 2006-11-14

Works: Traditional: The first nowell; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; While shepherds watched their flocks by night; I saw three ships; Angels from the realms of glory; Rocking; In dulci jubilo; Ding Don...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Here's the definitive album of household favorite carols, beautifully and expertly sung. This collection of well-loved traditional Christmas carols is perfect for creating a warm...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - The Eton Choirbook Collection

5 CD / Coro / 2006-10-10

Works: Robert Fayrfax: Ave Lumen Gratie; Most Clere of Colour for 3 voices; Richard Hygons: Salve Regina; Edmund Turges: From Stormy Windes, for chorus; John Browne: Stabat Iuxta Christi Crucem; Jesu, Mercy...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

The Gramophone
Wonderful music, wonderfully performed ... sit back and let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits
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Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

The Sixteen Edition - Victoria: Requiem

1 Super Audio CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Salve regina a 8; Ave regina coelorum, antiphon for 5 voices; Nigra sum sed formosa, motet for 6 voices; Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui, motet for 4 voices; Trahe me pos...
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

This recent recording features the celebrated Requiem of 1605, Victoria's final composition, a work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity. It can be seen as...continue...
Recording information: Saint Silas the Martyr, London, England (04/25/2005-04/27/2005)....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Philip & Mary / Christophers, et al

1 CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: Pierre de Manchicourt: Jubilate Deo, motet for 6 voices; Reges Terrae, motet à 6 for the Feast of Epiphany; John Sheppard: Reges Tharsis et insulae; Libera nos, salva nos; Thomas Tallis: Suscipe...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

After 27 years of worldwide performance, The Sixteen is recognized as one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles, with a special reputation for clarity and...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Tallis: Spem in alium, etc

1 Super Audio CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Te Deum, for 5 voices; Orlando Gibbons: O all true faithful hearts; Great King of Gods; William Byrd: Deus venerunt gentes, motet for 5 voices (SAATB); Thomas Tomkins: K...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

"Though royalty is an inexhaustible source for low-budget TV series and popular marketing, The Sixteen's anthology of a century of royal repertoire composed 'for monarchs...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - The Flower of All Virginity

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Hugh Kellyk: Gaude Flore Virginali; Christmas Traditional: Ah, my dear, ah, my dear Son!, carol (English); John Nesbett: Magnificat; Robert Fayrfax: Most Clere of Colour for 3 voices; John Browne: Sa...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

The Sixteen Edition - Victoria: Mystery of the Cross

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Lamentations, for chorus; Vexilla regis "more hispano," hymn for 4 voices; Pange lingua "more hispano," hymn for 4 voices
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"This is what recording should be about...excellent performances and recorded sound...beautiful and moving." -Gramophone...continue...
Recording information: St. Judes on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London,....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Christus Natus Est

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Sarum Chant: Verbum caro factum est; Christmas Traditional: Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation"); Nowell Sing We, carol (English); Gaudete Christus e...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"A sublime Gloria...and, finest of all, Byrd's 'Lullaby' in a masterly performance." -Gramophone...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Devotion to our Lady - Victoria

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Salve regina a 8; Missa Salve regina, for 8 voices & organ; Ave maris stella, hymn for 4 voices; Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 2 choirs & organ; Regina coeli, anti...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

The long-established tradition of devotion to the Virgin Mary resulted in some superb settings from Spanish composers. Supreme amongst them, Victoria set some of his...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (02/05/1997-02/07/1997)....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - The Flowering of Genius / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Francisco Guerrero: Ave Virgo Sanctissima, motet for 5 voices; Thomas Tallis: Suscipe quaeso, motet for 7 voices, P. 222; Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49; Tomás Lui...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

The Sixteen Edition - Call of The Beloved - T.L. de Victoria

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Laetatus sum; Missa Laetatus sum, for 12 voices & organ; Veni Creator Spiritus, hymn for 4 voices; Vadam et circuibo; Vidi speciosam; Ad caenam agni providi, hymn for 4 v...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Recording information: St. Judes on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London,....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Allegri: Miserere; Palestrina, et al

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 8 Voix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Gloria; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

"Christophers draws brilliant performances from his singers, both technically assured and vividly impassioned." -The Guardian...continue...

Stabat Mater - Music from the Eton Choir Book / The Sixteen

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-09-03

Works: William Cornysh: Ave Maria mater Dei; John Browne: Stabat mater; Salve regina; Richard Davy: Stabat mater; Walter Lambe: Nesciens mater; Stella caeli; Robert Wylkynson: Salve Regina
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

W. Mundy: Cathedral Music / H. Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-10-01

Works: William Mundy: O Lord, the Maker of All Things, anthem for 4 voices; Videte Miraculum, for 5 voices; Sive Vigilem, for 5 voices; Ah, Helpless Wretch, anthem for 5 voices & organ; Vox patris caelestis...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

"A signal achievement in bringing life to a much-spurned composer. The Sixteen make a very persuasive case for his rehabilitation. Their singing is wonderfully fluid...continue...

Taverner: Missa O Michael, etc / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: John Taverner: Missa "O Michael", for 6 voices; Kyrie "Leroy"; Dum transisset sabbatum (i), motet for 5 (another version exists for 4) voices
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"...This recording includes one piece of chant...and three works of sacred choral music...All these works are examples of Taverner's 'cantus-firmus'-style writing, that is, new polyphonic...continue...

Taverner: Missa Sancti Wilhelmi / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: John Taverner: O Wilhelme, pastor bone, antiphon for 5 voices (lost, but same as Christe Jesu; lacks tenor part); Dum transisset sabbatum (i), motet for 5 (another version exists for 4) voices; Mass ...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'A splendid introduction for those who have yet to discover the riches of early Tudor music' (CDReview)

'Splendid' (Fanfare, USA)

'Excellent sound and an informative booklet help...continue...

Taverner: Mass 'The Western Wynde' / Christophers, Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: John Taverner: O splendor gloriae, antiphon for 5 voices (poss. spurious); Te Deum laudamus (Te aeternem Patrem), motet for 5 voices (lacks tenor part); Alleluia, veni electa mea, motet for 4 voices;...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'A definitive performance of this glorious work ... superbly recorded' (Classic CD)

'Performed with tonal beauty and stunning, expressive clarity ... this CD has a mesmerising...continue...

Taverner: Missa Coronea Spinea / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-05-01

Works: John Taverner: Gaude plurimum; Missa "Corona Spinea", for 6 voices; In pace in idipsum, motet for 4 voices
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'A superb disc and an astonishing bargain' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'I found this recording a pure delight' (Gramophone)

'Superb' (Organists' Review)...continue...

Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 1996-11-27

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Tallis: Sacred Choral Works / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Te lucis ante terminum; In manus tuas; Lamentations (Set 1); Lamentations (Set 2); I call and cry to thee; Jesu salvator saeculi; Absterge Domine; Loquebantur variis lin...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Christmas Music from Medieval & Renaissance Europe / Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 1988-12-01

Works: Anonymous: Puer natus est nobis; Nowell, nowell; Gaudete!; Traditional: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Boar's Head Carol; Song of the Nuns of Chester; Quem pastores laudavere;...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'A most unusual and attractive record' (The Guardian)...continue...