CD 1:
G.F. Handel:
How excellent thy name (from Saul HWV 53)
Let thy hand be strengthened (from Coronation Anthem Let thy hand be strengthened HWV 259)

James MacMillan:
O Radiant Dawn (From The Strathclyde Motets)

G.P. da Palestrina:
Surge amica mea

Tomás Luis de Victoria:
O Domine Jesu Christe

Henry Purcell:
Remember not, Lord, our offences (Z 50)

Gregorio Allegri:
Miserere (Evolution version)

Claudio Monteverdi:
Deus in adiutorium meum intende (from Vespers of 1610 SV 206)

Diogo Dias Melgás:
Salve Regina

John Tavener:
Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God

Arvo Pärt:
The Deer’s Cry

Robert Pearsall:
Lay a garland

Thomas Tallis:
O nata lux

William Byrd:
Haec dies

William Harris:
Bring us, O Lord God

John Sheppard:
In manus tuas I

Robert Parsons:
Ave Maria

John Plummer:
Tota pulchra es

Gabriel Fauré:
Sanctus (from Requiem)

J.S. Bach:
Gott der Herr ist Sonn’ und Schild (from Cantata 79 BWV 79)

CD 2:
Igor Stravinsky:
Exaudi orationem meam Domine (from Symphony of Psalms)

Frank Martin:
Sanctus and Benedictus (from Mass for double choir)

J.S. Bach:
Kyrie eleison II (from Mass in B minor BWV 232)

G.P. da Palestrina:
Ave Maria

Thomas Tallis:
Miserere nostri

Henry Purcell:
Symphony/O sing unto the Lord (from O sing unto the Lord Z 44)

G.F. Handel:
And the glory of the Lord (from Messiah HWV 56)
Your voices tune (from Alexander’s Feast HWV 75)

Olivier Messiaen:
Cinq Rechants:
I

James MacMillan:
The Gallant Weaver

Alonso Lobo:
Versa est in luctum

Francis Poulenc:
Sanctus (from Mass in G FP 89)

Claudio Monteverdi:
Gloria (from Messa a quattro voci SV 190)

Heinrich Schütz:
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener (SWV 432)

Marcin Mielczewski:
Benedictio et claritas

W.A. Mozart:
Dixit Dominus (from Vespers K 339)

Benjamin Britten:
Balulalow (from A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28)

Howard Skempton:
Adam lay ybounden

Morten Lauridsen:
O magnum mysterium

Benjamin Britten:
This little Babe (from A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28)

Czterdzieści utworów na czterdziestolecie istnienia zespołu The Sixteen pod dyrekcją Harry’ego Christophersa. To, co zostało zebrane na dwypłytowym albumie definiuje ten zespół - jego brzmienie, walory wykonawcze, szeroki zakres repertuarowy. Wszystko w tym fascynuje - interpretacje od muzyki renesansu po czasy współczesne. Ten album jest prawdziwą gratką nie tylko dla fanów The Sixteen, ale także dla miłośników szybkiej wędrówki muzycznej przez epoki. Ponad 600 lat muzyki „osłuchane” na 40 utworach. Od Purcella, Byrda, Tallisa, przez Handla, Bacha, aż po Brittena czy Messiaena! Nie zabrakło też polskiego akcentu - utworu Mielczewskiego. To interesująca wycieczka! Tym bardziej, że mamy do czynienia z fantastycznymi przewodnikami!

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Welcome to The Sixteen’s 40th anniversary album. Can it really be 40 years since a fledgling group of singers gave their first concert in May 1979? To celebrate this milestone, we have chosen 40 tracks which have defined this acclaimed ensemble over the last four decades and which display its incredible versatility, as well as the sheer range of music and styles it has covered. Featuring music from the last 600 years and with personal recommendations from The Sixteen’s members both past and present, as well as the longest-serving members of the administrative team, this beautifully packaged album promises to be the must-have collection for all fans of choral music. Forty years on, The Sixteen’s supple, fastidiously nuanced soundworld continues to serve ‘ancient’ and ‘modern’ with aplomb.’ BBC Music Magazine