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G.F. Handel: Saul / Sarah Connolly, Elizabeth Atherton, Joelle Harvey, Christopher Purves, Robert Murray - The Sixteen

3 CD / Coro / 2012-09-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen are revered for their performances and recordings of Handel's great oratorios, and they add to their stunning collection with this...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (01/2012)....continue...

Handel: Messiah / Christophers, Sampson, Padmore, The Sixteen, et al

3 CD / Coro / 2008-09-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Solomon; Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for soprano, recorder & continuo, HWV 134; Concerto for Harp in B ...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bircher, Katy; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Purve...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

This brand new recording by one of the most celebrated ensembles in the world features distinguished soloists revered for their performances of Handel....continue...

Discover - Choral Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-08-28

Works: Gregorian Chant: Crux fidelis, inter omnes, hymn (GR 182); Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; John Taverner: Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"; Christe Jesu, pastor bone; Thoma...
Performers: Bentch, Timothy; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Drabowicz, Wojciech; Kubiak, Barbara; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nowacki, Piotr
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang; Antal, Mátyás; Oberfrank, Géza; Christophers, Harry; Halász, Michael; Drahos, Béla; Spering, Andreas; Rilling, Helmuth; Rahbari, Alexander; Talmi, Yoav; Wi...
Ensemble: ; Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra); The Sixteen

Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favorites like John Rutter and Arvo Part, via Renaissance...continue...

Handel: Samson / Christophers, Randle, The Sixteen, et al

3 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Vine, Matthew
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable 'Samson' yet recorded.'-Sunday Times...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 - Martin: Mass for Double Choir, etc

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Frank Martin: Cantate pour le 1er août, for chorus & piano or organ; Choral Works (3) (Janeton, Si Charlotte avait voulu, Petite église) for male & female chorus; Ariel Songs (5), for choru...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Edwards, Catherine; Gunton, Simon; Hensel, Joanna; Kennedy, Richard; Margaret Phillips, Margaret [Organ]; Nieman, Paul; Nwanoku, Chi Chi; Saunders, Stephen [Tr...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Frank Martin was arguably Switzerland's greatest composer. His shimmering Mass for Double Choir, completed in 1926 as "an affair between God and himself," is one...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-09-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; James, David
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'This is a model among live recordings' (The Guardian)

'One of the most attractive ever on disc' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) 'The performance is one...continue...