GREAT EUROPEAN CHORAL WORKS

Harry Christophers & The Sixteen

HANDEL Dixit Dominus from Dixit Dominus

MONTEVERDI Beatus Vir (Primo) (from Selva morale e spirituale)

PALESTRINA Assumpta est Maria

VICTORIA Gaude Maria

BUXTEHUDE Cantata I, Ad pedes (from Membra Jesu Nostri)

LASSUS Timor e tremor

BRAHMS Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (from Ein Deutsches Requiem)

MOZART Laudate Dominum (from Vespers)

MARTIN Sanctus & Benedictus (from Mass for Double Choir)

POULENC Judas, marcator pessimus (from Sept Répons des Ténèbrae)

FAURÉ Agnus Dei from Requiem

SCHÜTZ Herr, nun lässet du deinen Diener (from Musikalische Exequien)

TEIXEIRA Te Gloriosus (from Te deum)

BACH Cantata 34 - (Chorus) O ewiges Feuer

Since they were founded in 1979 Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new collection, CORO presents a selection of their most celebrated recordings of music by composers from across Europe.

This disc features music from over a dozen composers representing ten countries from Palestrina’s Assumpta Est Maria and Monteverdi’s Beatus Vir to excerpts from Poulenc’s Sept Répons des Ténèbrae and Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir. This disc provides a superb collection of works from some of Europe’s most celebrated composers and, alongside the first disc in this set, Great British Choral Works, is the perfect introduction to The Sixteen’s wonderful music.

“let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits.” gramophone

“outstanding...astonishing stylistic and expressive range.” bbc music magazine

“one of the finest choirs of our day.” Gramophone

CORO COR16102