Concerts & Recordings 1972

Elizabeth Vaughan - soprano
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano
Neil Jenkins - tenor
Forbes Robinson - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

In the presence of the composer

Helen Donath - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Shogo Miyahara - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orquesta Nacional de España
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Helen Donath - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Shogo Miyahara - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orquesta Nacional de España
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Helen Donath - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Shogo Miyahara - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orquesta Nacional de España
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Elisabeth Speiser - soprano
Norma Procter - mezzo-soprano
Werner Hollweg - tenor
Håkan Hagegård - baritone

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orquesta Nacional de España
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Helen Donath - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Shogo Miyahara - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orquesta Nacional de España
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by John Pritchard

Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Siegmund Nimsgern - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Agnes Giebel - soprano
Helen Watts - mezzo-soprano
William Cochran - tenor
Theo Adam - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Jill Gomez - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Anthony Ransome - baritone
Paul Hudson - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Sergiu Comissiona

Jenny Hill - soprano
Janet Baker - contralto
Peter Pears - tenor
John Shirley-Quirk - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Festival of the City of London

BBC Radio 3 live relay

Recording was subsequently issued on BBC Legends

Jenny Hill - soprano
Janet Baker - contralto
Peter Pears - tenor
John Shirley-Quirk - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Festival of the City of London

Edith Mathis - soprano
Christa Ludwig - mezzo-soprano
Ernst Haefliger - tenor
John Shirley-quirk - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Orchestre de Paris
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Heather Harper - soprano
Anne Pashley - soprano
Elizabeth Bainbridge - soprano
Helen Watts - contralto
John Mitchinson - tenor
Raimund Herincx - baritone
Forbes Robinson - bass

Wandsworth School Boys Choir
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

BBC Chorus

BBC Choral Society

London Philharmonic Choir

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Colin Davis

BBC Promenade Concert

BBC Radio 3 live relay

Ileana Contrubas - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
John Mitchinson - tenor
Siegmund Nimsgern - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel

Flanders Festival

Teresa ?ylis-Gara - soprano
Margarita Lilowa - mezzo-soprano
Carlo Bergonzi - tenor
Nicola Ghiuselev - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel

Flanders Festival

Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Anna Reynolds - mezzo-soprano
William Holley - tenor
Simon Estes - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos

Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Anna Reynolds - mezzo-soprano

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

Münchner Philharmoniker
conducted by Rudolf Kempe

BBC Promenade Concert

BBC Radio 3 live relay

Subsequently released on BBC Legends.

Felicity Palmer - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Gerald English - tenor
Benjamin Luxon - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Eliahu Inbal

Elizabeth Vaughan - soprano
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano
Charles Craig - tenor
Martti Talvela - bass

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel

Joyce Barker - soprano
Elizabeth Simon - soprano
Norma Burrowes - soprano
Joyce Blackham - mezzo-soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
John Mitchinson - tenor
Raymond Myers - baritone
Gwynne Howell - bass

Highgate School Choir
Chorus Master - Tillett

Orpington Junior Singers
Finchley Children's Music Group
Chorus Master - John Andrewes

Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

Bruckner-Mahler Choir of London
Chorus Master - Wyn Morris

Ambrosian Singers
Chorus Master - John McCarthy

Symphonica of London
conducted by Wyn Morris

Further recording sessions were held on 22 and 23 November 1972

Recorded by IWR (Independent World Releases)

Joyce Barker - soprano
Elizabeth Simon - soprano
Norma Burrowes - soprano
Joyce Blackham - mezzo-soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
John Mitchinson - tenor
Raymond Myers - baritone
Gwynne Howell - bass

Highgate School Choir
Chorus Master - Tillett

Orpington Junior Singers
Finchley Children's Music Group
Chorus Master - John Andrewes

Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Walter Hagen-Groll

Bruckner-Mahler Choir of London
Chorus Master - Wyn Morris

Ambrosian Singers
Chorus Master - John McCarthy

Symphonica of London
conducted by Wyn Morris

New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Yuval Zaliouk

Recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future transmission