The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra (communément appelé The Sixteen) est un ensemble britannique vocal et orchestral spécialisé dans le répertoire de la musique de la Renaissance et de la musique baroque, mais également dans la musique chorale et orchestrale des .

Historique 
L'ensemble The Sixteen a été créé par Harry Christophers en 1979 pour se consacrer à la polyphonie anglaise, à la musique de la Renaissance et au répertoire baroque.

Après des débuts chez Hyperion Records et Chandos Records, The Sixteen passa chez Collins Classics, un label fondé en 1989 qui cessa ses activités en 1998. Harry Christophers et son ensemble The Sixteen fondèrent alors en 2001 leur propre label de disques CORO, qui a publié  plus de 90 titres à ce jour (dont une partie est constituée de rééditions de leurs enregistrements antérieurs).

À côté de la musique ancienne, l'ensemble se consacre également au répertoire du  (Johannes Brahms) ou du  (Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Michael Tippett, John Tavener, André Jolivet, Olivier Messiaen, Daniel-Lesur, Frank Martin, Andrzej Panufnik...).

Discographie 
 1982 - Fayrfax: Missa Albanus & Aeternae laudis lilium. Hyperion Records CDA66073.
 1984 - Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas. Hyperion Records CDH55052.
 1986 - Monteverdi: Mass In illo tempore / Mass for four voices.Hyperion Records CDH55145
 1987 - Christmas Music from Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Hyperion Records CDA66263
 1987 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah. Hyperion Records CDD22019 (2 CD)
 1988 - John Sheppard: Church Music, vol. 1. Hyperion Records CDA66259.
 1988 - John Sheppard: Church Music, vol. 2. Hyperion Records CDA66418
 1988 - John Sheppard: Church Music, vol. 3. Hyperion Records CDA66570 
 1988 - John Sheppard: Church Music, vol. 4. Hyperion Records CDA66603
 1988 - Taverner: Missa O Michael. Hyperion Records CDH55054.
 1988 - William Mundy: Cathedral Music. Hyperion Records CDH55086.
 1988 - Monteverdi: Vespers for the feast of Santa Barbara. Hyperion Records CDD22028 (2 CD)
 1988 - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems 1-3. Chandos 8600 
 1989 - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems 4-6. Chandos 0504 
 1989 - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems 7-9. Chandos 0505 
 1989 - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems 10-11. Chandos 0509 
 1989 - Taverner: Missa Corona Spinea. Hyperion Records CDH55051
 1989 - Byrd: Mass for Five Voices. Edición más moderna en CD en la recopilación: Byrd: Masses for 4 & 5 Voices
 1990 - Byrd: Mass for Four Voices. Edición más moderna en CD en la recopilación: Byrd: Masses for 4 & 5 Voices
 1990 - Thomas Tallis: Sacred Choral Works. Spem in Alium, Lamentations of Jeremiah, etc. Chandos 0513.
 1990 - Taverner: Missa Sancti Wilhelmi. Hyperion Records CDH55055.
 1990 - Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion. Chandos 1507/8 (2 CD)
 1990 - Poulenc: Figure Humaine. Edición más moderna en CD en la recopilación: Poulenc - Choral Works
 1990 - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Motets. Hyperion Records CDA66369
 1990 - Allegri: Miserere / Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli. Coro COR16014 .
 1990 - 20th Century Christmas Collection. Reeditado como Hodie - An English Christmas Collection. Obras de Walton, Tavener, Maxwell Davies, Leighton, Fricker, Rubbra, Britten, Howells, Hayward, Warlock, Gardner. Coro COR16004
 1991 - Handel: Dixit Dominus. Chandos 0517 
 1991 - Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories. Virgin Classics 5612212
 1991 - Taverner: Mass The Western Wynde. Hyperion Records CDH55056
 1991 - The Rose & the Ostrich Feather. Music from the Eton Choirbook, Volume I. Coro COR16026.
 1991 - George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast . Coro COR16028 (2 CD)
 1991 - A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection. Coro COR16043 
 1991 - Purcell: The Fairy Queen. The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra. Coro COR16005 (2 CD)
 1992 - Barber: Agnus Dei. An American Collection. Obras de Barber, Fine, Copland, Reich, del Tredici, Bernstein. Coro COR16031
 1992 - Vivaldi: Gloria / Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D. Coro COR16042. The Sixteen junto con "The Symphony of Harmony and Invention"
 1992 - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas 34, 50, 147 . Coro COR16039
 1992 - Benjamin Britten: Choral Works I: Blest Cecilia. Coro COR16006 
 1992 - Lassus: Missa Bell' Ammfitrit' Altera. Collins Classics 13602
 1992 - Texeira: Te Deum . Coro COR16009
 1992 - The Crown of Thorns. Music from the Eton Choirbook, Volume II. Coro COR16012.
 1992 - The Pillars of Eternity. Music from the Eton Choirbook, Volume III. Coro COR16022.
 1993 - The Flower of All Virginity. Music from the Eton Choirbook, Volume IV. Coro COR16018.
 1993 - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Coro COR16017 (2 CD)
 1993 - Poulenc: Mass in G. Edición más moderna en CD en la recopilación: Poulenc - Choral Works 1993 - Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima. Hyperion Records CDH55053
 1993 - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt. Coro COR16011 
 1993 - Benjamin Britten: Choral Works II: A Ceremony of Carols. Coro COR16034
 1993 - Benjamin Britten: Choral Works III: Fen and Meadow. Coro COR16038 
 1993 - A Renaissance Anthology. Allegri, Lotto, Palestrina, Lassus, Caldara, Frescobaldi, Gabrieli, Cavalli, Monteverdi. Collins Classics 70212
 1994 - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor . Coro COR16044
 1994 - Cardoso / Lobo: Renaissance Portugal. Sacred Music of Cardoso and Lobo. Coro COR16032.
 1994 - John Tavener : Ikon of Light. Coro COR16015 
 1994 - Purcell: Love's Goddess Sure was Blind . Coro COR16024 
 1995 - The Voices of Angels. Music from the Eton Choirbook, Volume V. Coro COR16002.
 1995 - A la Gloire de Dieu. Stravinsky, Poulenc, Tippett, Ives. Coro COR16013 
 1996 - George Frideric Handel: Esther. Coro COR16019  (2 CD)
 1996 - Diogo Dias Melgás / João Lourenço Rebelo: Sacred Music from Seventeenth Century Portugal. Reeditado como A Golden Age of Portuguese Music. Coro COR16020.
 1996 - Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir. Coro COR16029
 1996 - Early English Christmas Collection. Reeditado como Christus Natus Est - An Early English Christmas. Obras de Anon, Byrd, Ravenscroft, Pygott, Sheppard. Coro COR16027.
 1996 - La Jeune France. Jolivet, Messaien, Daniel-Lesur. Coro COR16023 
 1997 - Victoria: Devotion to Our Lady (Volume I). Coro COR16035.
 1997 - George Frideric Handel: Samson. Coro COR16008 (3 CD)
 1997 - Carver: Mass Dum sacrum mysterium / Magnificat / O bone Jesu. Coro COR16051
 1997 - Domenico Scarlatti: Iste Confessor. Stabat Mater, Iste Confessor, Missa Breve "La Stella". Coro COR16003
 1998 - George Frideric Handel: Delirio Amoroso. Italian Secular Cantatas. Coro COR16030 
 1998 - Victoria: The Mystery of the Cross (Volume II). Coro COR16021 
 1998 - Victoria: The Call of the Beloved (Volume III). Coro COR16007 .
 1998 - Philip & Mary. A Marriage of England & Spain. Coro COR16037.
 1998 - Heinrich Schütz : Musikalische Exequien / Magnificat. Coro COR16036 
 2000 - A Choral Pilgrimage. The Glories of Tudor Church Music. Byrd, Sheppard, Taverner, Mundy, Tallis, Browne. Linn CKD118
 2000 - Bach, Schutz: In Honore J S Bach . Linn CKD148
 2001 - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri . Linn CKD141
 2001 - The Flowering of Genius. Guerrero, Tallis, Byrd, Victoria. Coro COR16001 
 2003 - Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium. Music for Monarchs and Magnates. Coro CORSACD16016
 2003 - An Eternal Harmony. Obras de Robert Carver, James MacMillan, Robert Ramsey y William Cornysh. Coro COR16010 
 2004 - George Frideric Handel: Heroes and Heroines. "The Symphony of Harmony and Invention". Coro COR16025 
 2005 - Victoria: Requiem. Coro CORSACD16033 
 2005 - Renaissance. Music For Inner Peace. Decca UCJ9870128
 2006 - Ikon. Music For The Spirit & Soul. Decca
 2006 - George Frideric Handel: Fedel e Costante. Handel Italian Cantatas. Elin Manahan Thomas junto con miembros de "The Symphony of Harmony and Invention". Coro COR16045 
 2006 - Venetian Treasures. Obras de Gabrieli, Caldara, Monteverdi, Cavalli. Coro COR16053
 2006 - The King's Musick. Music from the Chapel Royal. Obras de Cooke, Humfrey, Blow. Coro COR16041 
 2007 - Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Streams of Tears. Coro COR16059
 2007 - Music from the Sistine Chapel. Allegri, Anerio, Palestrina, Marenzio. Coro COR16047
 2007 - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Coro COR16050
 2007 - Fauré: Requiem. The Sixteen junto con la Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Coro COR16057
 2007 - Treasures of Tudor England. Obras de Parsons, White, Tye. Coro COR16056
 2007 - Into the Light. Featuring Kaori Muraji. Decca DCCMGB3D0 
 2008 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah. Coro COR16062 (3 CD)
 2008 - A mother's love''. Music for Mary. Decca UCJ 476 6295

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Ensemble britannique de musique classique
Ensemble vocal classique
Ensemble de musique baroque
Ensemble de musique de la Renaissance
Formation de musique classique fondée dans les années 1970
Fondation en 1979