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
Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Alexandra Kidgell, Harry Christophers, Katy Hill, The Sixteen
O vos omnes
Alexandra Kidgell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, The Sixteen, Mark Dobell, Katy Hill, Harry Christophers
Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
Alexandra Kidgell, Harry Christophers, Katy Hill, The Sixteen, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Mark Dobell
Astiterunt reges
Katy Hill, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Alexandra Kidgell
Aestimatus sum
Katy Hill, The Sixteen, Mark Dobell, Harry Christophers, Alexandra Kidgell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins
Sepulto Domino
Alexandra Kidgell, Katy Hill, Mark Dobell, Harry Christophers, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, The Sixteen
R. Schumann: Missa in lectulo meo
Miserere – its evolution
The Sixteen, Kim Porter, Kirsty Hopkins, Grace Davidson, Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan
Production
- Mark BrownProducer
- Mike HatchEngineer
- Harry ChristophersEditing Engineer
- Ben Byram WigfieldEditing Engineer
- Marco BorggrevePhotography
- Noel O'ReganLiner Notes
- Andrew GilesGraphic Design
- Jonathan ArnoldLiner Notes
- Fire DogPhotography
- Harry ChristophersLiner Notes