Recordings
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Discography
The following is a list of recordings that the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus has
been involved in. Sound samples have been licensed by kind permission of Naxos
Rights International Ltd.
Naxos Recordings and Sound
Samples.
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Bournemouth Municipal Choir Discography March
2019:
Adams, John.
Harmonium. BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Bournemouth Symphony
Chorus, Grant Llewellyn. Recorded live in St David’s Hall, Cardiff 28 May 1999.
Also contains Adams: Short ride in a Fast Machine; The Chairman Dances; Louis
Andriessen: De Snelheid.
1 CD. Issued with BBC Music Magazine Vol.11 No.2
Bartók, Bela.
The Miraculous Mandarin. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Marin
Alsop. Also contains Bartok: Dance suite; Hungarian Pictures. [The Chorus only
appears on track 14]. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 19-20 July 2004
1 CD. Naxos 8.557433.
Bernstein, Leonard.
Chichester Psalms. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Marin Alsop;
Thomas Kelly, treble; Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, soprano; Victoria Nayler,
alto; Jeremy Budd, tenor; Paul Charrier, bass. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole
14- 15 April 2003. Also contains Bernstein: On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite;
On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
1 CD. Naxos 8.559177
Blackford, Richard.
Mirror of Perfection. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lake Preparatory
School Choir, Dorset Youth Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Blackford;
Ying Huang, soprano; Bo Skovhus, baritone. Recorded at the Winter Gardens,
Bournemouth June 16-18 and August 25-27, 1997.
1 CD. Originally issued on Sony SK 60285; reissued on Quartz QTZ2046;
latest reissue on Nimbus NI 6205 (coupled with Richard Blackford: Anthems, sung
by the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill)
Blackford, Richard.
Not in Our Time. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus, Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, Gavin Carr; Paul Nilon, tenor; Stephen Gadd, baritone.
Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 18-19 September 2011.
1 CD. Nimbus N6161
Blackford, Richard.
Voices of Exile. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Kokoro Ensemble, Neville Creed;
Christine Botes, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; Paul Whelan, baritone.
Recorded live at Poole Arts Centre November 17 2001.
1 CD. Privately issued
Blackford, Richard. Millennium. SEE under Millennium
Must See TV Documentary ofthe making of Voices of Exile in 2001 (24 minutes)
Blackford, Richard.
Pietà is a setting of the Stabat Mater by Richard Blackford, with additional poems by the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Performed by mezzo and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, children’s chorus, string and solo saxophone. Pietà was commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and St. Albans Choral Society (conductor George Vass) with support from the Nimbus Foundation. It was first performed on June 22nd 2019 at The Lighthouse, Poole with Nimbus recording this remarkable work directly after the premier.
Breiner, Peter [arr.].
A Christmas Choral Spectacular. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,
Peter Breiner; Margaret Burdett, soprano; Cecily Atkinson, alto; Lynton
Atkinson, tenor; Jonathan Prentice, bass. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 26-27
June 2004.
Ding dong merrily on high/Coventry Carol/Deck the hall/O Tannenbaum/The Infant
King/O come all ye faithful/O little town of Bethlehem/Puer nobis
nascitur/Silent night/Little Jesus, sweetly sleep/Gloucester wassail/Quem
pastores laudavere/The virgin Mary had a baby boy.
1 CD. Naxos 8.557585
Carr, Paul.
Four New Seasons. Conducted by Gavin Carr with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra. Poole Lighthouse 30-31 July, 2022. Also includes Saxaphone Concerto.with Rob Burton.
1 CD Stone Records 5060192781212
Chappell, Herbert.
How sweet the moonlight (SATB). Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Greg Beardsell.
Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 10 June 2008
1 CD single. Privately issued
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel.
Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Kenneth
Alwyn; Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor. Also contains Coleridge-Taylor: Bamboula,
op.75. Recorded at Wessex Hall, Poole 3-4 March 1984
1 CD. EMI EMX2276. Previously on LP and cassette.
Delius, Frederic
A Mass of Life; Requiem. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox; Rebecca Evans, soprano
[Requiem]; Joan Rodgers, soprano [Mass]; Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano; Nigel
Robson, tenor; Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone. Recorded at Wessex Hall, Poole 9
June 1996 [Requiem] and 5-7 July 1996 [Mass of Life].
2 CDs. Chandos CHAN 9515
Delius, Frederick.
Sea Drift; Songs of Farewell; Songs of Sunset. Waynflete Singers, Southern
Voices, members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox; Sally
Burgess, mezzo-soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone. Recorded at Wessex Hall, Poole
27-28 February 1993
1 CD. Chandos CHAN 10868
Dyson, George.
St Paul’s Voyage to Melita; Agincourt. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and
Orchestra, Vernon Handley; Neil Mackie, tenor. Recorded at Wessex Hall, Poole,
25-26 May 2002. Also contains Dyson: Nocturne (Quo Vadis).
1 CD. Somm SOMMCD 234
Elgar, Edward.
The Dream of Gerontius. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, David Hill; William Kendall, tenor; Matthew Best,
bass-baritone; Sarah Fryer, mezzo-soprano. Recorded mostly live at Wessex Hall,
Poole 13-14 November 1996.
2 CDs. Naxos 8.553885-86
Elgar, Edward.
From the Bavarian Highlands. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth
Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar. Recorded in Christchurch Priory 2-4 December 1980.
Also contains Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest (qv) and Toward the Unknown
Region (CBSO).
1 CD CDC 7494382; later re-issued on CDM 5651292
(with Stanford Symphony 3). Previously on LP and cassette. Also on CD 095422,
a five-disc compilation of works by Elgar, Stanford and Parry.
Elgar, Edward.
The Music Makers. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Simon Wright;
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole, 7-8 January 2006.
Also contains Elgar: Sea Pictures.
1 CD Naxos 8.557710
Fanshawe, David.
African Sanctus; Dona Nobis Pacem. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Choristers of
St George’s Chapel, Windsor, African Sanctus Ensemble, Neville Creed;
Wilhelmenia Fernandez, soprano. Recorded at the Wessex Hall, Poole 19-20
February 1994.
1 CD Silva Classics SILKD 6003
The movements African Sanctus, Kyrie/Call to Prayer, the Lord’s Prayer and Dona
Nobis Pacem also on Sea Images: the best of David Fanshawe.
Silva Screen Music SILCD1205
Fanshawe, David.
African Sanctus revisited. A film by Herbert Chappell telling the remarkable
story of the journey made by composer David Fanshawe, combining authentic
footage spanning 20 years. Artists as above. NB This is not a filmed
performance of African Sanctus, but combines film taken in Africa by David
Fanshawe in 1969, the television programme in which he revisited in 1995 the
sites of his original journey, and video from the recording sessions in
Lighthouse, Poole in February 1994. Includes a complete performance of Dona
Nobis Pacem.
1 VHS tape CTVC GHE 2007; 1 DVD CTV/BBC DVD01
Fanshawe, David.
Pacific song. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, BackBeat Percussion, Greg Beardsell;
Susan Milan, flute. Live recording at Lighthouse, Poole, 10 November 2007.
Contains
Hulo Hulo; Muli Tu Pe; ‘Otuhaka; Muli Tu Pe Farewell.
1 CD single. Fanshawe One World Music.
Finzi, Gerald.
Intimations of Immortality; For St Cecilia. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and
Orchestra, David Hill; James Gilchrist, tenor. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole
4-5 June 2005.
1 CD Naxos 8.557863
Holst, Gustav.
The Planets suite. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ladies voices of the
Bournemouth Municipal Choir, George Hurst. Recorded at the Guildhall,
Southampton [?1974]
1 LP Contour 2870 367 + cassette
Hymns and Church Music
(Atmosphere Music Ltd). A collection of hymns, national songs, organ pieces, traditional
songs and folk music. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Neville Creed; Christopher
Dowie, organ. Recorded at Wimborne Minster, 17-18 February 1998.
Hymns:
We plough the fields and scatter (J Schultz); Praise my soul the King of Heaven
(J Goss/H Lyte); Jerusalem (CHH Parry/W Blake); Eternal Father, strong to save
(J Dykes/W Whiting); Abide with me (W Monk/H Lyte); The day thou gavest Lord is
ended (C Scholefield/J Ellerton); All people that on earth do dwell (Day’s
Psalter); Now thank we all our God (J Cruger/M Rinkart, trans.C Winkworth); He
who would valiant be (trad./John Bunyan & others); Onward Christian
soldiers (A Sullivan/S Baring-Gould); O God our help in ages past (W Croft/I
Watts)
National songs:
Guide me O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) (J Hughes/W Williams); Men of
Harlech (trad.); Land of my fathers (J James/E James); God save the Queen; God
save the King; Rule Britannia (T Arne/J Thomson)
Organ pieces:
Prelude in C minor (J S Bach); Rondeau {Abdelazar) (H Purcell); Largo from
Serse (G F Handel); Sonata no.1 for organ (F Mendelssohn); Largo from Trio
sonata no.2 BWV526 (J S Bach); Wedding march (Lohengrin) (R Wagner); Wedding
March (A Midsummer night’s dream) (F Mendelssohn)
Traditional and Folk:
On Ilkley Moor Bah T’at; Auld lang syne; Swing low, sweet chariot; Goodnight
ladies.
1 CD BMG Classical Series BPM 1004
Jubilate.
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Neville Creed; Christopher Dowie, piano. Recorded
in the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, 11 November 2000
Lotti Crucifixus/Weelkes Hosannah to the son of David/Bruckner Locus iste/Parry
My soul there is a country/Gabrieli Jubilate Deo/Byrd Ave verum
corpus/Sweelinck Hodie Christus natus est/
Holst Ave Maria/Rachmaninov Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria)/Finzi All this
night/Fanshawe Celtic lullaby/ Blackford Lullaby of the Nativity.
1 CD Purple Jaguar pj002
Liszt, Franz. Missa Choralis.
Bournemouth Municipal Choir (Section), Geoffrey Tristram, organ, Norman Austin;
Anne Dunn & Marvis Walters, soprano; Kathleen Lenthall & Laurie
Arrow-Smith, contralto; Donald Pearce & John Whitman, tenor; Victor Thomas
& Geoffrey Otter, bass. Recorded in Christchurch Priory, Autumn 1965
1 LP Ryemuse SALP 1203
McNeff, Stephen.
Weathers (2007); words by Thomas Hardy (world premiere recording). Bournemouth
Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Dominic Wheeler.
Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 24 July 2012. Also contains: McNeff: Sinfonia
(2007); Heiligenstadt (2005); Secret Destinations (2005)
1 CD Dutton Epoch CDLX 7301
Mahler, Gustav.
Symphony no.2 in C minor (Resurrection). Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Amadeus
Orchestra, Philip Mackenzie. Cheryl Enever, soprano; Jeanette Ager, contralto.
Filmed in Exeter Cathedral 25 July 2013.
Also contains Janacek: Sinfonietta (First movement); Mozart: Concerto for two
pianos, K.365.
1 DVD Black Swan. www.bsfv.co.uk
Opera Gala Live.
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth; Rosalind
Sutherland, soprano; Leah-Marian Jones, mezzo-soprano; Bonaventura Bottone,
tenor; Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone. Recorded live at the Winter Gardens,
Bournemouth May 1996.
Verdi Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore)/Bizet Toreador’s song (Carmen)/Verdi Brindisi
(La Traviata)
Verdi Va pensiero (Nabucco)/Puccini Nessun Dorma (Turandot) + 12 other
non-choral items
Orff, Carl.
Carmina Burana. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Highcliffe Junior Choir,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill; Janice Watson, soprano; James
Bowman, counter-tenor; Donald Maxwell, baritone. Recorded at Wessex Hall,
Poole, 11-12 September 1994
1 CD Virgin VBD5 61510-2; Virgo 5624792.
Also issued in a 2 CD set coupled with Holst The Planets.
Orff, Carl.
Carmina Burana. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus, Highcliffe
Junior Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop; Claire Rutter,
soprano, Thomas Randle, tenor; Markus Eiche, baritone. Recorded at Lighthouse,
Poole 13-14 May 2006
1 CD Naxos 8.570033
Rhapsody in Yellow (Cammegh, Hallam & Lowes).
A free advertising flexi-disc (33 rpm) issued by Yellow Buses. Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Includes a spoken introduction by Ian
Cunningham. Recorded at the Winter Gardens (BSO) 8 March 1983 and 2CR Studio
(BSC), Southcote Rd, Bournemouth
Schonberg, Claude-Michel.
Les Misérables symphonic suite. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,
Anthony Inglis. Recorded at the Wessex Hall, Poole, 20-21 September 1993. Also
contains: Miss Saigon Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra [Sean Alderking, piano].
1 CD First Night CASTCD39 and on cassette
Serebrier, José.
Nueve: Double Bass Concerto; They rode into the sunset – music for an imaginary
film. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, José Serebrier. Recorded at
Lighthouse, Poole 23-24 June 2009. Also contains Serebrier Symphony no.1,
Violin Concerto “Winter”, Tango en Azul, Casi un Tango.
1 CD Naxos 8.559648
Stanford, Charles Villiers.
Songs of the Sea; Songs of the Fleet. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and
Orchestra, Norman Del Mar; Benjamin Luxon, baritone. Recorded at Guildhall,
Southampton, 9-10 July 1982. Also contains Delius: Sea Drift (not BSC).
1 CD EMI CDM 651132. First issued on LP and cassette
Vaughan Williams, Ralph.
Flos Campi. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel; Paul
Silverthorne, viola. Recorded at Lighthouse, Poole 6-7 March 2003. Also
contains Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4.
1 CD Naxos 8.557276
Also available in a set of the complete VW Symphonies 6 CDs Naxos 8.506017
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. In Windsor Forest. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
and Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar. Recorded in Christchurch Priory 2-4 December
1980. Also contains Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands (qv), Vaughan Williams:
Toward the Unknown Region (not BSC).
1 CD EMI CDC 7497382.
First issued on LP and cassette. Reissued on CDM 5651312 with Vaughan
Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Norfolk Rhapsody No.1; Fantasia on the
Theme by Thomas Tallis; Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (all CBSO). Also on
Vaughan Williams: The Collector’s Edition – a set of 30 CDs of VW’s music. EMI
2066362
Vaughan Williams, Ralph.
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1). Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Paul
Daniel; Joan Rodgers, soprano; Christopher Maltman, baritone. Recorded in
Wessex Hall, Poole 8-10 February 2002.
1 CD Naxos 8.557059.
Also on Hybrid SACD. Also available in a set of the complete VW Symphonies 6 CDs Naxos 8.506017
Vaughan Williams, Ralph.
Symphony No.7 “Sinfonia antartica”. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ladies’
voices of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Kees Bakels. Recorded in the Wessex
Hall, Poole 6-7 September 1996. Also contains Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.8.
1 CD Naxos 8.550737.
Also available in a set of the complete VW Symphonies 6 CDs Naxos 8.506017
Walton, William.
Belshazzar’s Feast. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers, L’Inviti,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton; Bryn Terfel, baritone. Recorded
in Winchester Cathedral 3-5 February 1995.
1 CD London 4481342; 1 cassette 4481344. Reissued in William Walton: The
Centenary Edition. 4 CDs Decca 4705082.
Welcome Yule.
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes; Christopher Dowie, organ.
Recorded in St Ambrose Church, Bournemouth 27-28 November 1981
Welcome Yule (Parry)/Sussex carol (arr Willcocks)/ Adam lay y-bounden
(Ord)/When the crimson sun had set/O come all ye faithful/Christmas song
(Praetorius)/Stille Nacht (Gruber, arr. Cashmore)/See amid the winter snow
(Goff)/Sir Christemas (Matthias)/Kymbayah (arr.Dinham)/Shaio bao (arr.
Dinham)/Carol of the drum (Davies)/Hawaiian Lullaby (Sargent)/ Deck the halls
(arr. Willcocks)/Christmas is coming (arr. Walford Davies)/Cowboy carol
(Sargent)/We wish you a merry Christmas (Warrell).
1 LP Nimbus
Complied by Sandrey Date May 2012. Revised June 2017. Revised March 2019.