The Sixteen / Harry Christophers - The Deer's Cry (2016)

The Sixteen perform music of composers born four centuries apart, both persecuted for their religious faith. William Byrd worked in the court of Elizabeth I but was a covert Catholic. Arvo Pärt (born 1935) lived the first part of his life in Soviet-controlled Estonia, finding freedom in Austria and Germany. In each case their choral writing has a simplicity and intensity, perfectly suited to the blended sound of the Sixteen. Pärt's The Deer's Cry, the incantation attributed to St Patrick ( Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me ), provides the album's title. The Byrd settings include the palindromic Diliges Dominum and the Miserere nostri (with Tallis). The Sixteen take this irresistible programme on their 2016 Choral Pilgrimage.

Tracklist:
01. William Byrd - Diliges Dominum
02. William Byrd - Christe qui lux es et dies
03. Arvo Pärt - The Deer’s Cry
04. William Byrd - Emendemus in melius
05. Arvo Pärt - The Woman with the Alabaster Box
06. William Byrd - Miserere mihi, Domine
07. William Byrd - Ad Dominum cum tribularer
08. Thomas Tallis, William Byrd - Misrere nostri
09. Thomas Tallis - When Jesus went
10. William Byrd - O lux beata Trinitas
11. Arvo Pärt - Nunc dimittis
12. William Byrd - Laetentur coeli
13. William Byrd - Tribue, Domine