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The Sixteen & Eamonn Dougan - Pekiel: Messes, Motets (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 27, 2017

The Sixteen & Eamonn Dougan - Pekiel: Messes, Motets (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 66:23 minutes | 1.11 GB
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Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan, makes his full conducting debut on CORO in the first of an exciting new series exploring some of Poland s greatest choral composers. Bart omiej P ekiel was one of the most eminent Polish composers of choral music of the 17th century. He served at the court in Warsaw from around 1633, and became Kapellmeister from 1645 1655 the first non-Italian to hold the post! Just 29 of his compositions survive today, and on this new album CORO presents 10 of his works for choir and orchestra.

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The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Royal Welcome Songs for King James II (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 8, 2017

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Royal Welcome Songs for King James II (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 63:48 minutes | 1.18 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Despite being written for the celebration of royal occasions, Purcells Royal Welcome Songs were penned during a time of immense disillusionment with the monarchy. Filled with humour as well as an ironic detachment from the politics of the time, Ye tuneful muses and Sound the trumpet fizz with the dramatic energy which characterised his later operas and mark a crucial turning point in Purcells career. This programme showcases the variety and diversity of Purcells writing, opening with the Chacony in G minor, which is among the great glories of music for strings, and including When on my sick bed I languish - an amazingly impassioned piece in which he bares his soul…quintessential Purcell!

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The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Edmund Rubbra: Sacred Choral Works (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Dec. 25, 2017

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Edmund Rubbra: Sacred Choral Works (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 72:58 minutes | 1.16 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

The distinctive style of Edmund Rubbra’s music is unmistakable – his love of counterpoint, his sense of tonality, and his clever working of melody make him stand out from many of his contemporaries. His writing, whilst harmonically challenging and vocally taxing, is also intensely personal and highly charged with emotion - at times mystical, at others seriously dramatic.

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The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Song of the Nativity (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Dec. 26, 2017

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Song of the Nativity (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 73:42 minutes | 1.26 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

The Sixteen contrasts the dramatic intensity of music by some of today’s most admired composers with such traditional and modern carols as Boris Ord’s Adam lay ybounden and Henry Walford Davies’ version of O little town of Bethlehem. Much-loved modern classics including John Rutter’s There is a flower, Morten Lauridsen’s O magnum mysterium and James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn also appear on this beautiful album and there are many others which, in the course of time, will also become classics; every one of them by their unashamed simplicity, captures the joy and sincerity of this most wonderful of seasons. This album provides a perfect peaceful and uplifting antidote to the hectic pre-Christmas rush.

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The Sixteen - A Meditation (2022) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by ciklon5 at June 3, 2022

The Sixteen - A Meditation (2022) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-96kHz] | 1:18:22 | 1,38 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Coro

Once again The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation have teamed up to bring premiere recordings of a fascinating selection of new choral commissions to audiences worldwide.

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The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at April 30, 2018

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers - Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 64:41 minutes | 1.10 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Charles II's formal Restoration in 1660 marked both an end and a beginning: the end of England's republican experiment and the beginning of a long process of monarchical reconstruction; and with a politically accident-prone king on the throne, Charles's public relations machine could never rest. Purcell joined its small team of composer operatives just as the wave of Stuart propaganda swelled massively, and he surfed the wave with breathtaking panache, from his first court ode – the simple but rousing Welcome, Vicegerent of the mighty King – to the ambitious Fly, bold rebellion involving verse settings in up to seven parts and a six-part chorus.

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Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - Handel: Alexander's Feast (2005) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Aug. 4, 2018

Alexander's Feast, an ode to St Cecilia by the longdead John Dryden, was set by Handel in 1736 and revised many times. Subtitled 'The Power of Musick', it describes a banquet held by Alexander the Great after his victory over the Persians. The singing and playing of Timotheus inspire Alexander to drunkenness, pity, love and revenge, one after the other. What has this to do with the patron saint of music, you might well ask?

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Lynne Dawson, Ian Partridge, The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers - Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol.4 (1989) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Aug. 21, 2018

This series of eleven church anthems is a sterling example of doing more with less. Though their format is multiple movements for soloists and chorus and inviting of grand treatment, Handel had available only a couple of oboes and a small string band and choir (with no violas or altos for nos. 1-6). Yet each one of these anthems is a gem. Handel's music captures well the changing moods of the Psalm texts–from somber penitence to serene bliss to infectious joy to the raging of storms and seas.

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The Sixteen, Fretwork, Harry Christophers - Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611) (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 7, 2022

The Sixteen, Fretwork, Harry Christophers - Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611) (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:29:55 | 386 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CORO

The Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets of 1611 was William Byrd’s final publication. And what a superbly fitting culmination to a lifetime of musical service it is! As well as being packed with variety and invention – including both sacred and secular music and using a range of forces from small trios to consorts to full choir – it is probably the happiest, most serene collection of music Byrd ever produced.The Sixteen is joined by celebrated viol consort, Fretwork, for this complete recording of William Byrd's 1611 Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets

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The Sixteen and Harry Christophers - 40 (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at May 11, 2019

The Sixteen and Harry Christophers - 40 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) | 02:28:59 | 673 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CORO

Celebrating 40 years of one of the worlds most celebrated choral groups, '40' features tracks which have defined The Sixteen over the last four decades and which display its incredible versatility, as well as the sheer range of music and styles it has covered. A must-have collection for all fans of choral music.

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