Discography
The London Symphony Chorus - a Discography 1966-2007 compiled by Brian Godfrey
Requires Adobe Acrobat reader | The Chorus has made over 100 recordings, many under Richard Hickox, including Britten’s Peter Grimes, which received a Grammy Award, Billy Budd and most recently Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. Two further Grammys were received for Berlioz Les Troyens under Sir Colin Davis and the LSO in 2000. Other collaborations with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra on the LSO Live label are Britten’s Peter Grimes, Verdi’s Falstaff (which won a Grammy Award), Sibelius's Kullervo (which won a BBC Music Magazine Award), Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Mozart's Requiem and Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini. |
LIVE RECORDINGS Since the advent of "live" recordings, in which concert performances have subequently been released on CD, the London Symphony Chorus has taken part in many such recordings, principally with the LSO on their pioneering LSO-live label. All such releases listed below are on LSO-live unless otherwise indicated, and the dates are when the recordings were first issued: September 2008: BEETHOVEN: Mass in C (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) June 2008: TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) April 2008: BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) tbc: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (LSO, Richard Hickox) Chandos Live February 2008: MOZART: Requiem (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) February 2007: BEETHOVEN: Fidelio (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) September 2006: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (LSO, Bernard Haitink) August 2006: ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) February 2006: SIBELIUS: Kullervo (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) tbc: MAHLER: Symphony No. 8 (CBSO, Sir Simon Rattle) EMI October 2004: VERDI: Falstaff (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) GRAMMY AWARD 2006 July 2004: BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) May 2003: HOLST: The Planets (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) July 2001: BERLIOZ: Les Troyens (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) 2 GRAMMY AWARDS 2000 April 2001: BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) October 2000: BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem (LSO, Andre Previn) October 2000: BERLIOZ: Beatrice et Benedict (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) June 2000: BERLIOZ: Romeo et Juliette (LSO, Sir Colin Davis) |