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The Deer’s Cry: The Sixteen sing Pärt, Byrd & Tallis RecommendedThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers
[The Deer's Cry] is a deceptively easy-looking piece on the page, but keeping its halting, minimalist ground-rhythm pulsing meaningfully, and building the slow-burn crescendo over several minutes... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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With St Paul's Deptford standing in for Westminster Abbey the acoustic is ideally focused - no 'billow' blurring the edges of a wonderfully buoyant 'The King Shall Rejoice' (its ensuing 'Exceeding... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Three of the four outstanding soloists - fine Handelians all - cut their teeth in the choir, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers has been a regular soloist. Crucially they don't stand apart, regally dispensing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2008
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 RecommendedAnn Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Fairy Queen hardly an 'opera' in the conventional sense: its musical virtues lie in the composer's uncanny ability to summon a discrete, potent atmosphere whose capacity to move the listener... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (CD)
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime Includes some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings in this beautiful 2CD digi-pack set
The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers
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Spem is literally a surround-sound piece, so this recording, the first to use the latest technology in new audio formats, gets closer than most. The Sixteen (enlarged to the requisite 40) have... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2016, Recommended Version in English
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Harry Christophers imbues this account with maturity and assurance as well as a deep understanding of the music's architecture. He inspires some impassioned singing from the choir - plumbing... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Sixteen sing Handel & Steffani Elin Manahan Thomas & Grace Davidson (soprano), Ruth Massey (alto), Jeremy Budd & Mark Dobell (tenor) & Eamonn Dougan & Rob Macdonald (bass)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Sixteen's sincere and nourishing performance does glorious justice to Steffani's profoundly moving and lovely setting. The Sixteen's Dixit Dominus… retains only three musicians from two... — More…
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 RecommendedLynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo)
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Like Gardiner… the Sixteen's recording throbs with the joy of it all. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2005, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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