Compact discs "The Essential Collection includes some of The Sixteen's most celebrated recordings." --container Liner notes and biographies of performers in English (15 p. : ports) in container Compilation by Robin Tyson of The King's Singers The Sixteen ; Harry Christophers, conductor ; with the BBC Philharmonic (disc 1, track 16) and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (disc 2, track 2) Sung in Latin, English, French, and German
Contents:
Disc 1. Magnificat in D, BWV 243. Magnificat anima mea Dominum / J.S. Bach (2:55) Ave Maria a 8 / Tomás Luis de Victoria (4:03) Ave verum corpus (K. 618) / W.A. Mozart (2:54) Iste confessor / Dominico Scarlatti (3:23) Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:35) Funeral sentences (first set). Man that is born of a woman (2:43) ; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (1695) (2:01) / Henry Purcell Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 / G.F. Handel (5:43) Ein deutsches Requiem = A German requiem. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen / Johannes Brahms (6:32) Crucifixus a 8 / Antonio Lotti (3:14) A hymn to the Mother of God / John Tavener (3:18) Te Deum. Te gloriosus Apostolorum / António Teixeira (5:18) The lark. Spring song / Leonard Bernstein (1:54) Le cantique des cantiques. La voix du bien-aimé / Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur (3:49) Requiem. Pie Jesu / Gabriel Fauré (3:23) Sept répons des ténèbres. Una hora / Francis Poulenc (3:27) A hymn of Saint Columba / Benjamin Britten (1:59) Israel in Egypt, HWV 54. Moses & the children of Israel (:57) ; I will sing unto the Lord (2:41) / G.F. Handel Mass in B minor, BWV 232. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (4:30) ; Cum Sancto Spiritu (3:50) / J.S. Bach Disc 2. Solomon, HWV 67. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / G.F. Handel (3:03) Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339. Laudate Dominum / W.A. Mozart (3:59) Miserere mei / Gregorio Allegri (12:11) Missa Papae Marcelli. Kyrie / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (3:56) Deus in adiutorium meum intende / Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (2:08) O Domine Iesu Christe / Tomás Luis de Victoria (3:36) Libera nos / John Sheppard (3:22) Mass for double choir. Agnus Dei / Frank Martin (5:41) The Lamb / John Tavener (3:35) Versa est in luctum (Funeral motet) / Tomás Luis de Victoria (4:03) Agnus Dei / Samuel Barber (8:25) Advance democracy / Benjamin Britten (3:17) Messiah, HWV 56. Hallelujah / G.F. Handel (3:52) Cantata, BWV 147. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben / J.S. Bach (2:42) Gloria in D. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Antonio Vivaldi (2:26) Cantata, BWV 50. Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft / J.S. Bach (3:43) Samson, HWV 57. Let the bright seraphim (air & chorus) / G.F. Handel (6:29)
