 After twenty-seven years of world-wide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest vocal ensembles. Its special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance and a diversity of 20th century music is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder, Harry Christophers. Over ninety recordings reflect The Sixteen’s quality in a range of work spanning the music of five hundred years, winning many awards including Grand Prix du Disque for Handel's Messiah, numerous Schallplattenkritik, the coveted Gramophone Award for Early Music, and most recently the prestigious Classical Brit Award 2005 for 'Renaissance'. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla - Streams of Tears
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers A disc dedicated to a master of the ‘New World’. Padilla was a composer of ‘New Spain’ - the country
we now call Mexico. Whilst born in Malaga in the late 1500s he emigrated to Puebla, Mexico in 1620
to compose music in the ‘New World’.
‘Streams of tears’ reflects not only the penitential nature of this programme, the tears shed for Christ
on the cross, but also that period in history known as the ‘Siglo de Oro’, when Spain and Portugal were
masters of the great ocean and in the process of discovering and developing new lands in the Americas
and Padilla is symbolic of this age. This was a time when the church had money as well as a great
appreciation of art in the service of the church not only in Europe but in the new cathedrals of Mexico.
The music of this period is as varied as it is distinctive, with a harmonic richness and colour that is
found nowhere else. “[de Padilla's] language has its roots in Renaissance polyphony, but it also contains more modern elements – a strong rhythmic drive, a feeling for colour and textural contrast. Everything in this set, music related to Christ’s Passion, possesses impressive grace and majesty, beautifully reflected in the gloriously phrased and blended singing of the Sixteen under Christophers.” Sunday Times, 18th May 2008 *** | 
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Elin Manahan Thomas, Roderick Williams, Ruth Massey & Mark Dobell The Sixteen & Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Harry Christophers Recorded at the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival at London’s Barbican Hall, this disc reflects the unique live experience of a concert performance that captivated its audience. “…the singers of The Sixteen evoked an unearthly expressiveness. Fauré once said: ‘here it was as if we had stumbled upon some private memorial, and caught a haunting glimpse of paradise.’"
The London Independent |
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The Sixteen, Harry Christophers “A tiny soundbite of heaven.” The Times |
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| |  | The Christmas CollectionChristmas carols from medieval times to the present day, both familiar and unfamiliar
| | Christus Natus Est An Early English Christmas Hodie An English Christmas Collection A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Well-known and well-loved arrangements |
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers 3 CDs for price of 2 “Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.” Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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The Sixteen, Harry Christophers A collection of well-loved traditional Christmas Carols, perfect for creating a warm seasonal atmosphere and to sing along with. "Simple, sincere and thoroughly engaging" American Record Guide | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ann Murray The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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