Artist: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Album: Edmund Rubbra: Sacred Choral Works
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2016
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:13:08
Total Tracks: 24
Total Size: 1,16 GB

Tracklist:

01. Kirsty Hopkins, Kim Porter & Mark Dobell – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 First Nocturne: I. In monte Oliveti (02:52)
02. Kirsty Hopkins – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 First Nocturne: II. Tristis est anima mea (03:39)
03. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 First Nocturne: III. Ecce vidimus eum (04:56)
04. Daniel Collins & Robert Quinney – Three Motets, Op. 76: I. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (02:10)
05. Julie Cooper – Three Motets, Op. 76: II. There is a Spirit (05:34)
06. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Three Motets, Op. 76: III. Except the Lord Build the House (01:42)
07. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Second Nocturne: I. Amicus meus (02:35)
08. Various artists – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Second Nocturne: II. Judas mercator pessimus (02:10)
09. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Second Nocturne: III. Unus ex discipulis (03:17)
10. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Five Motets, Op. 37: I. Eternitie (02:44)
11. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Five Motets, Op. 37: II. Vain Wits and Eyes (01:24)
12. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Five Motets, Op. 37: III. A Hymn to God the Father (03:46)
13. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Five Motets, Op. 37: IV. The Search (02:02)
14. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Five Motets, Op. 37: V. A Song (03:42)
15. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Third Nocturne: I. Eram quasi agnus innocens (03:25)
16. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Third Nocturne: II. Una hora non potuistis (03:02)
17. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Nine Tenebrae Motets, Op. 72 Third Nocturne: III. Seniores populi (02:36)
18. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: I. Kyrie (03:58)
19. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: II. Responses (01:54)
20. Jeremy Budd & Eamonn Dougan – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: III. Credo (07:08)
21. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: IV. Sanctus (01:32)
22. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: V. Benedictus (01:36)
23. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: VI. Agnus Dei (02:04)
24. The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Missa Cantuariensis Op. 59: VII. Gloria in excelsis (03:10)

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The distinctive style of Edmund Rubbra’s music is unmistakable – his love of counterpoint, his sense of tonality, and his clever working of melody make him stand out from many of his contemporaries. His writing, whilst harmonically challenging and vocally taxing, is also intensely personal and highly charged with emotion – at times mystical, at others seriously dramatic.

Though he is best-known for his orchestral works, choral music was a constant throughout his career, and a genre of particular importance to a composer of strong spiritual conviction.

In this beautiful new recording The Sixteen explores some of his little-known choral music including the extraordinary Tenebrae Nocturns and the Missa Cantuariensis with its fabulous double-choir writing.

This album also features the first recording of the Responses from the Missa Cantuariensis.