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Welcome to The Sixteen's 40th anniversary album. Can it really be 40 years since a fledgling group of singers gave their first concert in May 1979? To celebrate this milestone, we have chosen 40 tracks which have defined this acclaimed ensemble over the last four decades and which display it's incredible versatility, as well as the sheer range of music and styles it has covered. Featuring music from the last 600 years and with personal recommendations from The Sixteen's members both past and present, as well as the longest-serving members of the administrative team, this beautifully packaged album promises to be the must-have collection for all fans of choral music. "Forty years on, The Sixteen's supple, fastidiously nuanced soundworld continues to serve 'ancient' and 'modern' with aplomb." (BBC Music Magazine)

1. Saul, HWV 53, Act I: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord 2. The Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn 3. Surge, Propera, Amica Mea 4. O Domine Iesu Christe 5. Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z. 50 6. Il Salmo Miserere Mei Deus 7. Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension: Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende 8. Salve Regina 9. 2 Hymns to the Mother of God: No. 2. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother God 10. The Deer's Cry 11. Lay a Garland on Her Hearse 12. O Nata Lux de Lumine 13. Liber Secundus Sacrarum Cantionum (Cantiones Sacrae): Haec Dies 14. Bring Us, O Lord God 15. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259 16. In Manus Tuas I 17. Ave Maria 18. Tota Pulcra Es 19. Requiem, Op. 48: Sanctus 20. Gott Der Herr Ist Sonn Und Schild, BWV 79 21. Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi Orationem Meam, Domine 22. Mass for Double Choir: Sanctus - Benedictus 23. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie Eleison 24. Ave Maria 25. Miserere Nostri 26. O Sing Unto the Lord, Z. 44 27. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: And the Glory of the Lord 28. 5 Rechants: No. 1. Hayo Kapri Tama 29. The Gallant Weaver 30. Versa Est in Luctum 31. Mass in G Major, FP 89: Sanctus 32. Messa a 4, Et Salmi, SV 190-204: Gloria, SV, 190 33. Herr, Nun Lassest Du Deinen Diener, SWV 432-433 34. Benedictio Et Claritas 35. Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339: Dixit Dominus 36. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow 37. Adam Lay Y-Bounden 38. O Magnum Mysterium 39. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: This Little Babe 40. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Part II: Recitative: Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High