Harry Christophers
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The choir is at its best in the full choral works such as the anthem ‘Turn Our Captivity’ where they impressively shape and unfold the music...this is a significant and welcome addition to Byrd’s... —
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Record Review, 8th October 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Macmillan: Stabat Mater
RecommendedThe Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Harry Christophers
His vivid, trenchant string writing is realised with striking clarity by the Britten Sinfonia in this recording, made just a fortnight after the same performers gave the world premiere last... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Chorale
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Record Review, 4th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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The thread is spiritual intensity – how composers, centuries apart, give voice to penitence, ecstasy, doubt and resolve…Kerensa Briggs’s Lead, Kindly Light, commissioned for this pilgrimage,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2026, Choral Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Saul
Christopher Purves (Saul), Sarah Connolly (David), Robert Murray (Jonathan), Elizabeth Atherton (Merab), Joélle Harvey (Michal), Mark Dobell (High Priest), Jeremy Budd (Witch of Endor) & Stuart Young (Ghost of Samuel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
the choruses are always beautifully contoured, as is the incisive playing of The Sixteen's house band. Christopher Purves and Sarah Connolly all but steal the show: Purves's splenetic Saul is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedJeremy Budd (Acis), Grace Davidson (Galatea), Stuart Young (Polyphemus), Mark Dobell (Damon), Simon Berridge (Coridon)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Without undue hurry, [Christophers] keeps the delightful score bouncing merrily along; the instrumentalists supply expert playing…Davidson’s Galatea offers a small but pretty soprano and Jeremy... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Building A Library, April 2025, Recommended Recording
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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... —
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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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Special offer. 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... —
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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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Special offer. Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs
RecommendedThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers
there’s no denying the sympathetic freshness of The Sixteen’s performances. Half of the 30 items included in the recital are first recordings, making this an especially useful release in the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Special offer. The Sixteen sing Handel & Steffani
RecommendedElin 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... —
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Building A Library, March 2026, Top Choice (Dixit Dominus)
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Special offer. Spem in alium
RecommendedMusic for Monarchs and Magnates
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 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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