Recording Catalogue 2022

The Rose and the Ostrich Feather

Eton Choirbook Vol. I

Music by Browne, Cornysh, Fayrfax, Hygons and Turges.

The Crown of Thorns

Eton Choirbook Vol. II

Music by Browne, Cornysh, Davy and Sheryngham.

The Voices of Angels

Eton Choirbook Vol. V

Music by Davy, Lambe, Plummer and William of Stratford.

The Eton Choirbook Collection

Boxed-set

5 CDs. All five volumes in one slipcased edition.

The Pillars of Eternity

Eton Choirbook Vol. III

Music by Cornysh, Davy, Lambe and Wylkynson.

The Flower of All Virginity

Eton Choirbook Vol. IV

Music by Browne, Fayrfax, Kellyk and Nesbett.

Star of Heaven

The Eton Choirbook Legacy

Music from and inspired by the Eton Choirbook. Features music by Wylkynson, Cornysh, Lambe, Joseph Phibbs, Philip Cooke, Marco Galvani, Sir James MacMillan and Stephen Hough.

The Flowering of Genius

Music by Guerrero, Tallis, Victoria, Sheppard, Monte and Byrd.

Treasures of Tudor England

Music by Parsons, White and Tye composed during the turbulent years of the English Reformation.

An Eternal Harmony Music

by Carver, Sir James MacMillan, Cornysh and Ramsey.

Spem in Alium Music for Monarchs and Magnates

SACD-CD Hybrid (plays on all CD players)

The famous 40-part motet and other music by Tallis.

Philip & Mary

Ceremony and Devotion Music for the Tudors

Music by Tallis, Byrd and Sheppard.

The Voice of the Turtle Dove

Music from the golden age of Renaissance polyphony in England. Features music by Sheppard, Davy and Mundy.

The Deer’s Cry

A Marriage of England

& Spain Music

by English and Spanish composers including Tallis and Guerrero.

Robert Carver Master of the Scottish Renaissance

Includes Carver’s O bone Jesu and Missa Dum sacrum mysterium.

Music by Arvo Pärt and Byrd. The album includes Pärt’s stunningly beautiful The Deer’s Cry and Byrd’s mighty eight-voice motet, Ad Dominum cum tribularer.

William Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets, 1611

The Sixteen | Fretwork Music by William Byrd

Allegri Miserere

Music by Palestrina, Lotti and Allegri.

Guerrero: Missa de la batalla escoutez

Guerrero’s Missa de la batalla escoutez and Janequin’s La Guerre.

A Golden Age of Portuguese Music

Sacred music by Melgás and Rebelo.

The Earth Resounds

Music by Josquin, Brumel and Lassus including movements from Brumel’s thrilling Missa Et ecce terraemotus.

Renaissance Portugal

Sacred Music of Cardoso and Lôbo

Cardoso’s Missa Regina caeli and Lôbo’s Missa Pro Defunctis a 8.

Music from the Sistine Chapel

Music by Allegri, F. Anerio, Palestrina and Marenzio.

Streams of Tears

Music by Padilla, one of the most important composers of the ‘New World’.

Flight of Angels

Music fom the Spanish Renaissance. Features music by Guerrero and Lobo including Guerrero’s Duo Seraphim and Lobo’s beautiful Versa est in luctum.

The Call of Rome

The Choral Pilgrimage 2021 Features some of the finest music inspired by the city of Rome composed by Allegri, Josquin, F. Anerio and Victoria. Includes Allegri’s famous Miserere.

Scarlatti: Iste Confessor

Includes Scarlatti’s Iste Confessor, Missa Breve ‘La Stella’ and his setting of the Stabat Mater.

Teixeira: Te Deum

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien

Includes Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien and Deutsches Magnificat.

Music from the Chapel Royal ‘The King’s Musick’

17th century anthems by Cooke and his pupils, Humfrey and Blow.

Venetian Treasures

Music by Gabrieli, Caldara, Monteverdi and Cavalli.

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri

Soloists: Carolyn Sampson, Libby Crabtree, Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist and Simon Birchall. COR16082

Vivaldi: Gloria / Bach: Mass in G major

Two great Barqoue favourites on one discVivaldi’s uplifting Gloria and Bach’s inventive Mass in G major.

The Polish Collection

Boxed-set

5 CDs. All five of The Sixteen’s celebrated Polish recordings in one Boxed-Set Collection.

Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki

Gorczycki was regarded as the outstanding Polish composer of the high baroque. This recording includes his Conductus funebris, Litania de Providentia and Missa Rorate caeli. COR16130

Helper and Protector

Italian

Bartłomiej Pękiel

Music from the Polish Baroque. This recording includes Pękiel’s Ave Maria, Audite mortales and Missa Concertata La Lombardesca.

The Blossoming Vine

Italian Maestri in Poland

Includes works by Pacelli, Bertolusi and G.F. Anerio who flourished at the court of King Sigismund III during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Maestri in Poland

Works by Marenzio, Pacelli and Bertolusi including the premiere recording of the complete Missa super Iniquos odio habui by Marenzio. COR16141

Marcin Mielczewski

Mielczewski learnt his craft from the Italian masestri working in Poland but he also embraced the ‘modern’ style. This selction of his music includes his Benedictio et claritas, Missa O gloriosa domina and two canzoni. COR16153

à la Gloire de Dieu

The Sixteen | BBC Philharmonic Harry Christophers

Music by Stravinsky, Poulenc and Tippett. Award-winning disc

La Jeune France

Music by Jolivet, Messiaen and Daniel-Lesur.

Award-winning disc

COR16031

Barber: Agnus Dei

An American Collection

Also includes music by Bernstein, Reich, Fine, Copland and Del Tredici.

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

COR16050

An Old Belief

Music by Parry, Campian and McDowall.

Ikon of Light

John Tavener

The original recording of Ikon of Light from The Sixteen and a Special Commemorative Edition which was released in the year of Tavener’s death and includes a new essay.

Frank Martin

Includes his stunning Mass for Double Choir alongside several chansons.

Award-winning disc

Brahms’ beautiful version for choir and piano duet. Soloists: Elin Manahan Thomas and Eamonn Dougan.

Fauré: Requiem

The Sixteen | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Harry Christophers

Fauré’s Requiem and Mozart’s Vespers all on one disc. Soloists: Elin Manahan Thomas, Ruth Massey, Mark Dobell and Roderick Williams.

Francis Poulenc

Music with themes of conflict and atonement by Poulenc. It includes Un soir de neige, Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence and his sublime Salve Regina. COR16149

An Old Belief

Parry’s Songs of Farewell alongside three short pieces by Campion, a selection of medieval carols and a new work by award-winning composer Cecilia McDowall.

Bright Orb of Harmony

A fascinating mix of music by Sir James MacMillan and Purcell.

The Deer’s Cry

Music by Arvo Pärt and Byrd. The album includes Pärt’s stunningly beautiful The Deer’s Cry and Byrd’s mighty eight-voice motet, Ad Dominum cum tribularer.

Padre Pio Prayer

Music by Sir James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

O Guiding Night

The Spanish Mystics

Music by Tarik O’Regan, Roderick Williams and Ruth Byrchmore. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

James MacMillan: Miserere

The premiere recording of Sir James MacMillan’s exquisite Miserere. Also includes a selection of The Strathclyde Motets and The Tenebrae Responsories.

Spirit, Strength & Sorrow Settings of Stabat Mater

Settings of the Stabat Mater from Alissa Firsova, Tõnu Kõrvits, Matthew Martin, Scarlatti and Casciolini. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

Edmund Rubbra

The Sixteen explore some of Rubbra’s little-known choral music including his Missa Cantuariensis and the Tenebrae Nocturns.

James MacMillan: Stabat mater

The Sixteen | Britten Sinfonia | Harry Christophers

The premiere recording of Sir James MacMillan’s critically aclaimed work. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

Award-winning disc

James MacMillan: Symphony No. 5 ‘Le grand Inconnu’

The Sixteen | Genesis Sixteen | Britten Sinfonia | Harry Christophers. The premiere live recording of Sir James MacMillan’s new symphony and The Sun Danced. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

A Meditation

St John Henry Newman

Music by Elgar, MacMillan, Todd, Semple, Desmond, Robertson

Palestrina Volume 1

Includes Missa Assumpta est Maria, Song of Songs Nos. 9-11, Salve Regina and Ave Maria.

Award-winning disc

Palestrina Volume 2

Includes Missa Christus natus est, Song of Songs Nos. 1-3, Magnificat quinti toni and Christe Redemptor omnium.

Palestrina Volume 3

Includes Missa Regina caeli, Song of Songs Nos. 4-6, Terra tremuit and Stabat Mater a 8.

Palestrina Volume 4

Includes Missa O magnum mysterium, Song of Songs Nos. 7, 8 and 12, A solis ortu cardine and Ave Regina caelorum.

Palestrina Volume 5

Includes Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat, Song of Songs Nos. 13-15, Veni Creator Spiritus and Dum complerentur.

Palestrina Volume 6

Includes Missa L’homme armé, Song of Songs Nos. 16-18, Parce mihi Domine and Tribularer si nescirem.

Palestrina Volume 7

Includes Missa Ave Regina caelorum, Song of Songs Nos. 19-21 and Beata Barbara.

Palestrina Volume 8

Includes Missa Fratres ego enim accepi, Song of Songs Nos. 25-27 and motets Sacerdotes Domini and Caro mea vere cibus.

The Call of The Beloved

Devotion to our Lady

The Mystery of the Cross

Hail, Mother of the Redeemer

The

Selva morale e spirituale

Vol. I

Includes Monteverdi’s Gloria a 7, Dixit Dominus (Secondo) a 8 and the popular Beatus Vir.

Selva morale e spirituale Vol. II

Includes the extraordinary bass solo Ab aeterno ordinate sum together with O ciechi, ciechi, Confitebor tibi Domine (Primo) and the Messa à 4 da cappella.

Selva morale e spirituale Vol. III

Includes one of the most impressive settings of the Magnificat alongside È questa vita un lampo and Memento, Domine, David.

Monteverdi in Mantua

The Genius of the

Vespers

DVD | Special Edition DVD & CD

Simon Russell Beale, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen invite us into the heart of the Vespers and the world of their creator. A special edition is also available which includes The Sixteen’s audio recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (COR16126) alongside the Monteverdi in Mantua DVD.

Messa a quattro voci et salmi of 1650 Volume I

The album includes some of the finest works from Monteverdi’s years as director of music at St Mark’s in Venice.

The Selva morale e spirituale Collection

Boxed-set

3 CDs. Released to celebrate Monteverdi’s 450th anniversary, this boxed-set includes the three volumes of Selva morale e spirituale.

Vespers of 1610

2 CDs. The Sixteen turns its attention and innumerable talents to one of the most significant collections of sacred music ever written.

Messa a quattro voci et salmi of 1650 Volume II

The album continues The Sixteen’s exploration of the collection which contains some of the finest works from Monteverdi’s years as director of music at St Mark’s in Venice.

The Fairy Queen

2 CDs. Soloists: Ann Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge and Michael George.

COR16163

Love’s Goddess Sure was Blind

Includes Love’s Goddess Sure was Blind and The Complete Funeral Music for Queen Mary.

Bright Orb of Harmony

A fascinating mix of music by Sir James MacMillan and Purcell.

The Indian Queen

Henry Purcell’s brilliantly dramatic work, The Indian Queen is here presented with Daniel Purcell’s The Masque of Hymen. Performed by soloists from The Sixteen, this is a truly sumptuous recording.

Royal Welcome Songs for King James II

The first release in a new series showcasing the variety of Purcell’s writing; includes the Chacony in G minor, When on my sick bed I languish and two Welcome Songs written for King James II.

Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume I

Includes Purcell’s first Welcome Song written during King Charles II’s reign, Welcome, Vicegerent of the mighty King and Fly, bold rebellion.

Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume II

More of Purcell’s Welcome Songs written for King Charles II. Includes Welcome to all the pleasures and From hardy climes.

Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume III

Further Welcome Songs written for King Charles II. Includes What shall be done and From those Serene and Rapturous joys.

Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume IV

Includes Welcome Songs Swifter, Isis swifter flow and The summer’s absence unconcerned we bear and music for Nathaniel Lee’s tragedy Theodosius.

Samson

3 CDs. Soloists: Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore, Lynda Russell, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Michael George and Jonathan Best.

Israel in Egypt

This recording is based on the first published edition (1771).

Esther

2 CDs. Soloists: Lynda Russell, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore and Michael George.

Heroes and Heroines

Sarah Connolly | Orchestra of The Sixteen Harry Christophers Arias from Alcina, Soloman, Ariodante and Hercules.

Alexander’s Feast

2 CDs. Soloists: Nancy Argenta, Ian Partridge and Michael George.

Award-winning disc

Delirio Amoroso Handel Secular Cantatas

Ann Murray | Orchestra of The Sixteen Harry Christophers

Fedel e Costante

Handel Italian Cantatas

Elin Manahan Thomas | Principals from the Orchestra of The Sixteen

Messiah

Bonus CD Edition

3 CDs. Soloists: Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore and Christopher Purves.

Award-winning disc

Coronation Anthems

Winner of the Classic FM Gramophone Baroque Vocal Award 2009.

Award-winning disc

Dixit Dominus

Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Steffani’s Stabat Mater.

Saul

3 CDs. Soloists: Christopher Purves, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd and Stuart Young.

Jephtha

3 CDs. Soloists: James Gilchrist, Susan Bickley, Sophie Bevan, Robin Blaze, Matthew Brook and Grace Davidson.

The Handel Collection

Boxed-set

12 CDs. Eight of The Sixteen’s celebrated Handel recordings in one stylish boxed-set. Includes Delirio Amoroso, Heroes and Heroines, Coronation Anthems, Alexander’s Feast, Fedel e Costante, Israel in Egypt, Esther and Samson.

Acis and Galatea

2 CDs. Soloists: Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Stuart Young, Mark Dobell and Simon Berridge. Winner of the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik - Best Listen Award, February 2019.

Award-winning disc

Handel Choruses

Handel is quite simply the master of chorus and on this compilation, taken from The Sixteen’s award-winning back-catalogue, there is much rejoicing.

A Handel Celebration

DVD. The Sixteen’s celebratory Prom concert from the Royal Albert Hall in 2009. Programme includes Handel’s Coronation Anthems.

Weihnachts Oratorium

Christmas Oratorio

2 CDs. Soloists: Lynda Russell, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore and Michael George.

Cantatas 34, 50, 147

Soloists: Gillian Fisher, David James, Ian Partridge and Michael George.

Bach: Magnificat in D major

/ Vivaldi: Gloria Bach’s Magnificat in D major and Vivaldi’s Gloria in D major all on one album.

Mass in B minor

2 CDs. Soloists: Catherine Dubosc, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley and Michael George.

Lutheran Masses Vol. I

Mass in G minor, Cantata 102 and Mass in F major.

Lutheran Masses Vol. II

Mass in G major, Cantata 79 and Mass in A major.

The Bach Collection Boxed-set

5 CDs. Three of The Sixteen’s Bach recordings in one boxed-set. Includes Weihnachts Oratorium, Cantatas 34, 50, 147 and Mass in B minor.

Bach Masses Boxed-set

2 CDs. Two of The Sixteen’s Bach Mass recordings in one boxed-set. Includes Bach’s 4 Lutheran Masses and Cantatas 79 & 102.

Blest Cecilia

Britten

Choral Works I

Includes Hymn to the Virgin, Rejoice in the Lamb, Hymn to St Cecilia, Antiphon, Te Deum in C, Jubilate Deo and Festival Te Deum.

A Ceremony of Carols

Britten Choral Works II

Includes A Ceremony of Carols, Missa Brevis in D and A Boy was Born.

Award-winning disc

Fen and Meadow

Britten

Choral Works III

Includes Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’, Five Flower Songs and Sacred and Profane.

The Britten Collection

Boxed-set

3 CDs. Blest Cecilia, Fen and Meadow and A Ceremony of Carols.

Sacred and Profane

Sacred and secular choral music by the Williams Cornysh (elder & younger) and Benjamin Britten. The album includes Britten’s Sacred and Profane and Corynsh’s Salve Regina.

An Eternal Harmony

Music by Carver, Sir James MacMillan, Cornysh and Ramsey.

Bright Orb of Harmony

A fascinating mix of music by Sir James MacMillan and Purcell.

Padre Pio Prayer

Music by Sir James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

Miserere

The premiere recording of Sir James MacMillan’s exquisite Miserere. Also includes a selection of The Strathclyde Motets and Tenebrae Responsories.

Stabat mater

The Sixteen | Britten Sinfonia | Harry Christophers

COR16150

Award-winning disc

Symphony No. 5 ‘Le grand Inconnu’

The Sixteen | Genesis Sixteen | Britten Sinfonia Harry Christophers

The premiere live recording of Sir James MacMillan’s new symphony and The Sun Danced. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation.

The premiere recording of Sir James MacMillan’s critically aclaimed work, Stabat mater. Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation. COR16179

Children are a Heritage of the Lord Apple Music Exclusive

Originally commissioned by The Sixteen’s season patron, The Marquess of Salisbury. Available to stream from Apple Music.

Sounds Sublime

The Essential Collection

2 CDs. Highlights from some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings.

Great British Choral Works

Music by Tallis, Byrd, Purcell, Tippett, Britten and Sir James MacMillan.

Great European Choral Works

Choral works from the great European composers including Monteverdi, Mozart, Brahms and Fauré.

An Immortal Legacy

One of The Sixteen’s most popular programmes. Music by Tallis, Byrd, Tippett, Britten and Sir James MacMillan.

The Queen of Heaven

Music by Palestrina and Sir James MacMillan alongside a new version of Allegri’s Miserere which shows its evolution over five centuries.

Music of the Kingdom

Music written for the monarchy by Tallis, Byrd, Purcell and Handel.

Poetry in Music

Music by Britten, Howells, Ramsey, Rubbra, Tippett and Tomkins. In a journey covering five centuries of musical history, The Sixteen performs a cappella anthems with powerful texts by writers as varied as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Fry and W.H. Auden.

40

The Anniversary Collection

40 tracks that have defined The Sixteen over the last 40 years; each track endorsed by members of the ensemble, both past and present.

Good night, beloved

A beautiful collection of choral music from exuberant early works such as Hoyda, hoyda, jolly rutterkin to Will Todd’s sublime Whisper Him my name, Maxwell Davies’ Lullabye for Lucy and Stanford’s glorious The Blue Bird.

Agnus Dei

This collection from The Sixteen celebrates some of the finest Agnus Dei settings from the Renaissance through to the 20th century.

The Flowering of Genius

The Choral Pilgrimage 2001/2002 Music by Guerrero, Tallis, Victoria, Sheppard, Monte and Byrd.

An Eternal Harmony

The Choral Pilgrimage 2002/2003 Music by Carver, Sir James MacMillan, Cornysh and Ramsey.

A Golden Age of Portuguese Music

The Choral Pilgrimage 2004 Sacred music by Melgás and Rebelo.

An Immortal Legacy

The Choral Pilgrimage 2005 Music by Tallis, Byrd, Tippett, Britten and Sir James MacMillan.

Victoria: Requiem 1605

The Choral Pilgrimage 2006 | SACD-CD Hybrid (plays on all CD players) Victoria’s final composition, a work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity.

Music from the Sistine Chapel

The Choral Pilgrimage 2007 Music by Allegri, Anerio, Palestrina and Marenzio.

Treasures of Tudor England

The Choral Pilgrimage 2008 Music by Parsons, White and Tye composed during the turbulent years of the English Reformation.

Handel: Coronation Anthems

The Choral Pilgrimage 2009 Winner of the Classic FM Gramophone Baroque Vocal Award 2009.

Award-winning disc

Bright Orb of Harmony

The Choral Pilgrimage 2009 A fascinating mix of music by Sir James MacMillan and Purcell.

Ceremony and Devotion Music for the Tudors

The Choral Pilgrimage 2010 Music by Tallis, Byrd and Sheppard.

Victoria: Hail, Mother of the Redeemer

The Choral Pilgrimage 2011 Includes Victoria’s Magnificat octavi toni, Litaniae Beatae Mariae a 8 and Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater.

The Earth Resounds

The Choral Pilgrimage 2012

Music by Josquin, Brumel and Lassus including movements from Brumel’s thrilling Missa Et ecce terraemotus.

The Queen of Heaven

The Choral Pilgrimage 2013

Music by Palestrina and Sir James MacMillan together with a new version of Allegri’s Miserere which shows its evolution over five centuries.

The Voice of the Turtle Dove

The Choral Pilgrimage 2014

Music from the golden age of Renaissance polyphony in England composed by Sheppard, Davy and Mundy.

Flight of Angels

The Choral Pilgrimage 2015

Music fom the Spanish Renaissance by Guerrero and Lobo. Includes Guerrero’s Duo Seraphim and Lobo’s beautiful Versa est in luctum.

The Deer’s Cry

The Choral Pilgrimage 2016

Music by Arvo Pärt and Byrd. The album includes Pärt’s stunningly beautiful The Deer’s Cry and Byrd’s mighty eight-voice motet, Ad Dominum cum tribularer.

Palestrina Volume 6

& Francis Poulenc

The Choral Pilgrimage 2017 Music with themes of conflict and atonement by Palestrina and Poulenc.

Sacred and Profane

The Choral Pilgrimage 2018

Sacred and secular choral music by the Williams Cornysh (elder & younger) and Benjamin Britten. The album includes Britten’s Sacred and Profane and Corynsh’s Salve Regina.

An Enduring Voice

The Choral Pilgrimage 2019 Features music from the late 15th century right up to works by some of the leading choral composers around today such as Eric Whitacre, Sir James MacMillan and Gabriel Jackson.

The Call of Rome

The Choral Pilgrimage 2021 Features some of the finest music inspired by the city of Rome composed by Allegri, Josquin, F. Anerio and Victoria. Includes Allegri’s famous Miserere.

Hodie An English Christmas Collection

Christus Natus Est

A Ceremony of Carols

Song of the Nativity

A Traditional Christmas Carol

Volume I & II

A Renaissance Christmas

Carol of the Bells

Sacred Music: Series One

Series One of the BBC’s ground-breaking classical music documentary follows renowned actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale as he explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

Sacred Music: An Easter Celebration

Simon Russell Beale presents a special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke’s in London. Highlights include Allegri’s Miserere.

A Handel Celebration

The Sixteen’s celebratory Prom concert from the Royal Albert Hall in 2009. The programme includes Handel’s Coronation Anthems.

Sacred Music: A Christmas History

Simon Russell Beale takes a journey through Italy, Britain, Germany and Austria exploring how the sound of Christmas has evolved.

Sacred Music: God’s Composer

The Sacred Music journey continues with this special programme marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Monteverdi in Mantua

The Genius of the Vespers

DVD | Special Edition DVD & CD

Simon Russell Beale, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen invite us into the heart of the Vespers and the world of their creator. A special edition is also available which includes The Sixteen’s audio recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (COR16126) alongside the Monteverdi in Mantua DVD.

The Eton Choirbook Collection

5 CDs. The Rose and the Ostrich Feather, The Crown of Thorns, The Pillars of Eternity, The Flower of all Virginity and The Voices of Angels.

The Christmas Collection

3 CDs. Hodie, Christus Natus Est and A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Vol. I.

The Bach Collection

5 CDs. Three of The Sixteen’s Bach recordings in one boxed-set. Includes Weihnachts Oratorium, Cantatas 34, 50, 147, and Mass in B minor.

The Handel Collection

12 CDs (Eight recordings). Includes Delirio Amoroso, Heroes and Heroines, Coronation Anthems, Alexander’s Feast, Fedel e Costante, Israel in Egypt, Esther and Samson.

The Victoria Collection

4 CDs. The Call of The Beloved, Requiem 1605, The Mystery of the Cross and Devotion to our Lady.

The Italian Collection

5 CDs. Allegri: Miserere, Scarlatti: Iste Confessor, Music from the Sistine Chapel, Handel: Dixit Dominus and Venetian Treasures.

The Britten Collection

3 CDs. Blest Cecilia, Fen and Meadow and A Ceremony of Carols.

The Complete Traditional Christmas Carols Collection

2 CDs. Two of The Sixteen’s most popular festive releases in one slipcased edition. Includes A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Volumes I and II.

The Selva morale e spirituale Collection

3 CDs. Released to celebrate Monteverdi’s 450th anniversary, this boxed-set includes the three volumes of Selva morale e spirituale from The Sixteen.

The Polish Collection

5 CDs. All five of The Sixteen’s celebrated Polish recordings in one Boxed-Set Collection.

Music from Magdalen

The Magdalen Collection Music by Sheppard, Davy and Mason.

Musique pour Mazarin!

Qui a le coeur a tout le Jardin Secret Music by Charpentier, Lully, Guédron, Carissimi and Couperin.

Auf Wiener Art

Music from the Habsburg

Imperial Court le Jardin Secret Music by Cavalli, Froberger, Sartorio, Schenk and Fux.

Fedel e Costante

Handel Italian Cantatas

Elin Manahan Thomas | Principals from the Orchestra of The Sixteen

Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua

The Hilliard Ensemble

Includes Viderunt omnes and Sederunt principes by Pérotin and other important works from the Ars Antiqua.

Award-winning disc COR16046

For Ockeghem

The Hilliard Ensemble Movements from Ockeghem’s most famous masses are showcased alongside works by Lupi and Compère and extracts of Crétin’s Lament on the Death of the Late Ockeghem read by Bob Peck.

Antoine Brumel

The Hilliard Ensemble Includes Brumel’s Missa Victimae paschali laudes and anoymously written laude - songs of praise - from the Cortona collection.

Guillaume Dufay

The Hilliard Ensemble

A selection of music by Guillaume Dufay including his superb Missa Se la face ay pale.

Ravish’d with Sacred Extasies

Elin Manahan Thomas and David Miller

Devotional songs by Dowland, Campion, Humfrey and Purcell.

NEW

Hilliard Live: The Collection

The Hilliard Ensemble | Boxed-set 4 CDs. All four discs from the Hilliard Live series in one boxed-set.

J. S. Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ

Organ Works Vol. I | Robert Quinney

All of Bach’s Trio Sonatas for organ on one disc.

J. S. Bach: Organ Works Vol. II

Robert Quinney

Includes the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565), Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) and the Passacaglia (BWV 582).

J. S. Bach: Organ Works Vol. III

Robert Quinney

Includes the festive Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ (BWV 769a), Three Preludes on ‘Nun komm’ (BWV 659-661) and Pastorella (BWV 590).

J. S. Bach: Organ Works Vol. IV

Robert Quinney

The fourth disc in our highly-commended series features Bach’s Partita on ‘Sei gegrusset, Jesu, guti’ (BWV 768) and the Prelude and Fugue in E minor (BWV 653).

Francesco Durante: Requiem

Christ Church Cathedral Choir | Oxford Baroque

Soloists from The Sixteen | Stephen Darlington

Invictus: A Passion

Howard Goodall composer

Christ Church Cathedral Choir | The Lanyer Ensmble

Soloists from The Sixteen | Stephen Darlington

Multi-award-winning composer, Howard Goodall, has created a work which explores the Passion story afresh.

Leonardo: Shaping the Invisible

I Fagiolini

This new recording of Durante’s seldom-heard Requiem gives this beautiful and majestic work the spotlight it deserves. COR16171

In celebration of da Vinci’s 500th anniversary, I Fagiolini, inspired by his art, present an album featuring music by Josquin, Victoria, Tallis and many others.

John Wilbye: Draw on Sweet Night

I Fagiolini

WINNER: PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN

SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK

(German Record Critics’ Award)

Award-winning disc

Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Volume 1

Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata

Volume 1 features Beethoven’s Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23, and the ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 – a blazing landmark in violin virtuosity and classical music repertoire.

Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Volume 2

Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata

The second album features Beethoven’s exquisite ‘Spring’ Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, as well as Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96. COR16164

Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

Callino Quartet

Haydn’s The Seven Last Words... is one of the most unusual and remarkable compositions of the classical period.

Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Volume 3

Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata

Volume 3 features Beethoven’s three sonatas that make up his Op. 30 - a collection of incredible variety and sophistication.

Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Volume 4

Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata

Volume 4 features the most Mozartian of Beethoven’s fortepiano and violin sonatas. Together, the three sonatas make up his Opus 12.

Beethoven: String Quartets from Op. 18, Nos. 1-3

Eybler Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartets from Op. 18, Nos. 4-6

Eybler Quartet

The Eybler Quartet finish their exploration of Beethoven’s string quartets from Opus 18. This volume includes Nos. 4-6.

The Eybler Quartet performs the first three string quartets from Opus 18. They show Beethoven’s supremely confident first step in total mastery of the Classical String Quartet. COR16174

Beethoven: The Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Collection

Boxed-set

| Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata

4 CDs. In recognition of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, we have collated all of Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata’s acclaimed Sonata recordings in one boxed-set.

Mozart: Mass in C minor

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Soloists: Gillian Keith, Tove Dahlberg, Thomas Cooley, Nathan Berg

Mozart: Requiem

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Soloists: Elizabeth Watts, Phyllis Pancella, Andrew Kennedy, Eric Owens, Robert Nairn

Mozart: Coronation Mass

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Soloists: Teresa Wakim, Paula Murrihy, Thomas Cooley, Sumner Thompson

The album also features Haydn’s Symphony No. 85, one of his Paris symphonies.

Joy to the World: An American

Christmas

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers An American flavoured Christmas collection.

Haydn: The Creation

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Haydn’s crowning masterpiece is performed here by soloists Sarah Tynan, Jeremy Ovenden and Matthew Brook.

The Old Colony Collection

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers Includes anthems and glees by Mozart, Handel, Chapple and Kent.

Haydn: Symphonies No. 6 & No. 82, Violin Concerto in G major

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers Aisslinn Nosky violin

Haydn: Symphonies No. 7 & No. 83, Violin Concerto in C major

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Aisslinn Nosky violin

Haydn: Symphonies No. 8 & No. 84, Violin Concerto in A major

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Aisslinn Nosky violin

Haydn: Symphonies No. 26 & No. 86, Violin Concerto in G major

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Aisslinn Nosky violin

Mozart: Violin Concertos Vol I

Handel and Haydn Society | Aisslinn Nosky violin

Handel and Haydn Society

Haydn: Symphonies No. 49 & No. 87, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Aisslinn Nosky violin | Max Mandel viola

Haydn: London Symphony No. 99 & Mass in B-flat major ‘Harmoniemesse’

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Mireille Asselin | Catherine Wyn Rogers

Jeremy Budd | Sumner Thompson

Haydn: London Symphony No. 100 & Mass in D minor ‘Lord Nelson Mass’

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Mary Bevan | Catherine Wyn Rogers Jeremy Budd | Sumner Thompson

Haydn: London Symphony 103 Theresienmesse

Handel and Haydn Society | Harry Christophers

Solists: Mary Bevan, CAtherine Wyn-Rogers, Jeremy Budd, Sumner Thompson

MAR Song in the Wilderness

The Sixteen | Harry Christophers

Music from The Choral Pilgrimage 2023 by Byrd, de Monte, Clemens non Papa, Wilder & Dobrinka Tabakova.

JUN Palestrina Volume 9

The Sixteen | Harry Christophers

The Sixteen continues its acclaimed serie of Palestrima recordings on CORO. Volume 9 features the Missa Ut re mi fa sol la

SEPT Stanford & Finzi Partsongs (title TBC)

The Sixteen | Harry Christophers

Includes Stanford - Eight Partsongs Op.119; Finzi - Seven Poems of Robert Bridges as well as music by Imogen Holst, Maconchy and Vaughan Williams.

OCT Mozart Violin Concertos Vol II

Handel and Haydn Society | Aisslinn Nosky

More releases will be announced in 2023. For further information visit www.thesixteenshop.com

Please note that our forthcoming releases are correct at the time of going to print but are subject to change.

CORO Distributors

UK and Ireland by Naxos Music UK Ltd. Australia by Select Austria by Gramola Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg by Outhere Music Canada by Naxos of America Inc. Czech Republic by RCD Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia by Naxos Far East France by Socadisc Germany by Note 1 Music Greece by Greenway Hungary by Ability Italy by Sound and Music Japan by Tokyo M-Plus Malta by Gerald E. Fenech New Zealand by Ode Records Poland by Music Island Romania by Alma Artex Russia by Warner South Africa by Dynamite South Korea by C-Sharp Media Co. Spain, Portugal by Connexmusica Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Latvia, Luthuania, Estonia by Naxos Scandinavia Switzerland by MusiKontakt USA by Naxos of America Inc.

Awards

Many of the CDs on CORO are Award-Winners:

COR16009 Teixeira: Te Deum Diapason d’Or COR16023 La Jeune France Diapason d’Or COR16026 The Rose and the Ostrich Feather Gramophone Award COR16028 Handel: Alexander’s Feast Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik COR16029 Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir Diapason d’Or COR16034 Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik COR16046 Hilliard: Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua Diapason d’Or COR16062 Handel: Messiah MIDEM Award

COR16066 Handel: Coronation Anthems Classic FM Gramophone Award COR16088 Hail, Mother of the Redeemer The Record Academy Awards COR16091 Palestrina Volume 1 International Classical Music Award COR16150 MacMillan: Stabat mater Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2017 COR16169 Handel: Acis and Galatea Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik COR16190 I Fagiolini: Draw on Sweet Night Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Label Manager: Cath Edwards Design: Katie Bank Album Cover Designs: Andrew Giles www.thesixteenshop.com