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