The Sixteen - Music for Mary

Britain s best-selling choir of the 21st Century, The Sixteen, releases a new album of music inspired by the Virgin Mary. Harry Christophers, the most prolific choral conductor of modern times, directs the choir performing a disc of Marian songs ranging from medieval composers like Palestrina, and Lassus through Bruckner and Liszt, all the way to modern times, including a world premiere work by Margaret Rizza, Ave Generosa. A Mother s Love: Music for Mary is The Sixteen s third album with Universal Classics and Jazz. The first two, Renaissance and Ikon, have already made them the bestselling choral artists in the UK as well as winning them a Classical Brit Award. Harry Christophers has been selected to front a new BBC4 show exploring the History of Sacred Music, rightly using his credentials as the authority in this field. The series, to be aired in spring 2008, will see Christophers as the new Howard Goodall. Business propositions aside, the very highest standards of singing remain the number one priority for Christophers and The Sixteen. The choir s repertoire never deviates from the core classical cannon. And so Christophers is delighted that, through the choir s renewed profile and enlarged fanbase, they can prove to the world with this recording that There s still Something About Mary…

Tracklist:
1. Grieg: Ave Maris Stella 3:12
2. Cornysh: Ave Maria, Mater Dei 3:09
3. Josquin: Gaude Virgo Mater Christi 2:39
4. Bruckner: Tota Pulchra Es Maria (Antiphon) 5:25
5. Saint-Saens: Ave Maria 2:48
6. Britten: A Hymn To The Virgin 3:41
7. Mendelssohn: Ave Maria 7:14
8. Obrecht: Salve Regina 7:51
9. Rizza: Ave Generosa 6:11
10. Anon (mediaeval): Alma Redemptoris Mater 4:47
11. Faure: Ave Maria 3:41
12. Palestrina: Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas 3:21
13. Liszt: Ave Maris Stella 5:08
14. Elgar: Ave Maria 2:53
15. Durufle: Tota Pulchra Es 2:23
16. Plainsong: Salve Regina 2:55
17. Lassus: Salve Regina 4:08