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There are glorious moments, particularly in the centrepiece, Sheppard's Media vita, where The Sixteen's perfect ensemble, translucent colours and sensitivity to the text set the spine tingling. —
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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The Sixteen provide us with beauty in generous quantities, together with elegant phrasing, clear words and immaculate tuning —
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Special offer. The Rose and the Ostrich Feather
RecommendedEton Choirbook Volume 1
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Early Music
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Special offer. Haydn: Symphony No. 100 & Nelson Mass
RecommendedLive
Sumner Thompson, Mary Bevan (soprano), Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Jeremy Budd (tenor), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Handel and Haydn Society, Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Harry Christophers
Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston present a neatly turned-out Military Symphony, closer to the urbanity of Colin Davis than the rawer edges of Eugen Jochum or, on original... —
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Building A Library, April 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 100)
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Grace Davidson, Charlotte Mobbs (sopranos), Simon Berridge, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell (tenor) & Ben Davies, Eamonn Dougan (bass)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers sees Monteverdi attempting here to 'speak through singing'...and this, he tells us, allows the conductor 'the most amazing licence' - of accentuation, speed and declamation. Hence... —
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Special offer. 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... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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This is a fascinating lesson in the art of creative transcription by a master transcriber. Both Masses bring out the relaxed and avuncular in Christophers...With scrupulous instrumental underpinning,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Samson
Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore, Lynda Russell, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Michael George, Jonathan Best
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
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This live recording of a BBC concert sounds dated as a result less of its performance practice than of its recorded sound. While the Hilliard Ensemble's reading remains compelling, the production's... —
