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Christophers artfully moulds and heightens the contours of the polyphonic lines, which ebb and flow in a liquid tapesty of sound...The Sixteen's rich, buttery sound is particularly effective... —
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The choral sound is well-focused in the men-only Ave Maria and the mini-duets for sopranos (Charlotte Mobbs and Alice Gribbin) are stylish. Apart from the edgy haute-conte (high tenor) solos... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Sirens' Song
Julie Cooper, Joshua Cooter, Sioned Williams, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
One would have to travel very far to find an album of British a cappella (mostly) music as beautifully sung as this...The Sixteen’s singing, like Mike Hatch’s recording, is as excellent as one... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Director Harry Christophers draws controlled performances which highlight the music's extremes of spiritual serenity and visceral energy. As one might expect from this crack choir, there is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Alexander's Feast
Nancy Argenta, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Handel's 1736 setting of Dryden's ode is heard here with two interpolations made in the first performance - a concerto for harp and one for organ. Harry Christophers's feeling for sonority... —
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Special offer. JS Bach: Organ Works Vol. I
Robert Quinney (Frobenius Organ of The Queen’s College, Oxford)
Quinney embraces the transparency of Bach's trios with an ear for their variety, sparkle and cogency. The Frobenius organ at Queen's College, Oxford, provides him with an enticing palette of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Christophers positions himself halfway between the Purcells and Amsterdamers, settling on a choir of eight voices with predictably transparent results...Christophers's customary precision and... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. JS Bach: Organ Works Vol. II
Robert Quinney (Metzler Organ of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Several of Bach's greatest hits for the organ are heard here on an ideal instrument (Trinity College, Cambridge) in sober performances from Robert Quinney. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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Rich vocal and instrumental sounds, from the atmospheric bells and chant that open the album to the fanfares and canon that accompany a reconstructed Gabrieli Magnificat. Mind-expanding music,... —
