The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Sirens’ Song (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Sirens’ Song (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:59 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
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What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole programme of secular music devoted to English partsongs. From Stanford’s cycle of Eight Partsongs based on the sparing yet infectious poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to Bridges’ lyrically descriptive writing in Finzi’s Seven Poems of Robert Bridges and Imogen Holst’s idyllic Six Part-Songs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly.

Tracklist:
1-01. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 1, The Witch (02:45)
1-02. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 2, Farewell, My Joy (02:32)
1-03. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3, The Blue Bird (03:27)
1-04. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 4, The Train (01:37)
1-05. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 5, The Inkbottle (01:47)
1-06. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 6, The Swallow (01:25)
1-07. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 7, Chillingham (02:08)
1-08. The Sixteen – Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 8, My Heart in Thine (02:17)
1-09. Julie Cooper – Siren’s Song (04:27)
1-10. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: I. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (01:53)
1-11. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: II. Teignmouth (01:47)
1-12. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: III. Over the Hill and Over the Dale (01:08)
1-13. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: IV. O Sorrow (03:10)
1-14. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: V. Lullaby (02:44)
1-15. The Sixteen – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: VI. Shed no Tear (01:38)
1-16. The Sixteen – Silence and Music (05:07)
1-17. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 1, I Praise the Tender Flower (02:07)
1-18. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 2, I Have Loved Flowers The Fade (02:40)
1-19. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 3, My Spirit Sang All Day (01:47)
1-20. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 4, Clear and Gentle Stream (04:04)
1-21. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 5, Nightingales (02:46)
1-22. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 6, Haste On, My Joys! (02:16)
1-23. The Sixteen – Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 7, Wherefore To-night So Full Of Care (03:07)
1-24. The Sixteen – The Long Day Closes (04:08)

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