Plainsong
The Call of Rome
Harry Christophers and his classy choir The Sixteen answer The Call of Rome with a programme of polyphony also performed on their 2020 Choral Pilgrimage tour of the UK. Each of the four composers here—Victoria (from Spain), Des Prez (from France), Anerio and Allegri—created some of his finest music while visiting or living in The Eternal City. Inspired by this centre of pilgrimage and its spiritual power, the music here is magnificent, firmly grounded in strong faith and expressed with intensity, but often with great simplicity. The programme builds toward one of the best-known of all Roman compositions, Allegri’s glorious Miserere—sung here with breathtaking control.
Recessit pastor noster
Alexandra Kidgell, Katy Hill, The Sixteen, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Harry Christophers
O vos omnes
The Sixteen, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Harry Christophers, Katy Hill, Alexandra Kidgell
Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
Harry Christophers, Mark Dobell, Katy Hill, Alexandra Kidgell, The Sixteen, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins
Astiterunt reges
Katy Hill, Alexandra Kidgell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Mark Dobell, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Aestimatus sum
Katy Hill, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, The Sixteen, Alexandra Kidgell, Mark Dobell, Harry Christophers
Sepulto Domino
Alexandra Kidgell, Mark Dobell, Katy Hill, The Sixteen, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Harry Christophers
R. Schumann: Missa in lectulo meo
Miserere – its evolution
Eamonn Dougan, The Sixteen, Grace Davidson, Harry Christophers, Kim Porter, Kirsty Hopkins
Production
- Mark BrownProducer
- Mike HatchEngineer
- Harry ChristophersEditing Engineer
- Ben Byram WigfieldEditing Engineer
- Fire DogPhotography
- Marco BorggrevePhotography
- Noel O'ReganLiner Notes
- Andrew GilesGraphic Design
- Jonathan ArnoldLiner Notes
- Harry ChristophersLiner Notes