Coro is the lively and successful record label of The Sixteen and Harry Christophers. Formed in 2001, Coro is re-mastering, re-packaging and re-issuing recordings of The Sixteen that were for a short time available on Collins Classics.  Recordings of The Sixteen are also available on other major labels like Virgin Classics, Chandos, Hyperion and Linn.  Every year The Sixteen and Coro make brand new recordings, prompting such accolades as …

A right royal celebration
Though royalty is an inexhaustible source for low-budget TV series and popular marketing, The Sixteen’s anthology of a century of royal repertoire composed ‘for monarchs and magnates’ is the real thing: a masterpiece of detective work, rare repertoire and artful editing, and a fitting celebration of its first quarter-century devoted to early music.
BBC Music Magazine
Performance ***** Sound *****
Spem in alium: Music for Monarchs and Magnates CORSACD16016
Tallis, Byrd, Tomkins and Gibbons

An outstanding disc from start to finish
This is the new Handel recording by the British mezzo Sarah Connolly, with the Symphony of Harmony and Invention and their conductor Harry Christophers on his own Coro label. It's simply an outstanding disc from start to finish. Connolly's sense of line is impeccable, and on a purely musical level she's never less than a pleasure to listen to.
BBC Radio 3, CD Review
Heroes and Heroines, Handel Arias COR16025
Sarah Connolly
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers
Editor’s Choice, November 2004
BBC Music Magazine 5 star review, December 2004

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For more information about Coro, please contact Cath Edwards on +44 (0)1865 793999, or cath@thesixteen.org.uk