Concerts & Recordings 1976
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Heather Harper - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
David Rendall - tenor
Willard White - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Rieger
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Royal Festival Hall, London
Ileana Cotrubas - soprano
Bernd Weikl - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Rieger
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Ileana Cotrubas - soprano
Bernd Weikl - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Rieger
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Pilar Lorengar - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - alto
Dieter Ellenbeck - tenor
Marius Rintzler - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Rieger
Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible
Royal Festival Hall, London
Irina Arkhipova - contralto
Vaclav Vitek - baritone
Otakar Brousek - narrator
Gianluigi Colmagro - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Mozart - Mass in C minor K. 427
Royal Festival Hall
Christiane Eda-Pierre - soprano
Julia Hamari - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Michael Devlin - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti
One of 12 special concerts to celebrate Silver Jubilee of Royal Festival Hall
Haydn - Die Schöpfung
Grosser Tonhallesaal, Zürich
Edith Mathis - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
José van Dam - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
conducted by Gerd Albrecht
Zurich June Festival
Schumann - Des Paradies und die Peri
Grosser Tonhallesaal, Zurich
Helen Donath - soprano
Kathrin Graf - soprano
Agnes Baltsa - alto
Peter Schreier - tenor
Dieter Ellenbeck - tenor
José van Dam - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
conducted by Gerd Albrecht
Zurich June Festival
Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'
Royal Festival Hall, London
Jill Gomez - soprano
Anna Reynolds - mezzo-soprano
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 'Choral'
Steps of St Paul's Cathedral, London
Heather Harper - soprano
Anna Reynolds - contralto
Robert Tear - tenor
Gwynne Howell - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
Brighton Festival Chorus
Chorus Master - Laszlo Heltay
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Daniel Barenboim
Concert to mark the Bicentenary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Opening concert of the Festival of the City of London
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 'Choral'
Théâtre Antique, Orange
Galina Vishnevskaia - soprano
Michèle Vilma - mezzo-soprano
James King - tenor
John Macurdy - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
Orchestre National de France
conducted by Mstislav Rostropovitch
Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'
St Baaf's Cathedral, Ghent
Victoria de los Angeles - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Andrew Davis
Flanders Festival
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
St Peter's Cathedral, Leuven
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Kenneth Riegel - tenor
Stafford Dean - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Andrew Davis
Flanders Festival
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Royal Festival Hall, London
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor
Norman Bailey - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Andrew Davis
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Robert Tear - tenor
Stafford Dean - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Simon Johnson
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Christopher Seaman
Swansea Festival
Vivaldi - Gloria
Vivaldi - Magnificat in G minor
Royal Festival Hall, London
Yvonne Kenny - soprano
Teresa Berganza - mezzo-soprano
Mira Zakai - contralto
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Vivaldi - Magnificat
Vivaldi - Gloria
Kingsway Hall and Abbey Road Studios
Teresa Berganza - mezzo-soprano
Lucia Valentini-Terrani - contralto
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Further recording sessions on 23 October and 24 and 25 November 1976, and on 28 and 29 June 1977 at Abbey Road Studios
Recording Producer - John Mordler
Recording Engineer - Neville Boyling
Recorded by HMV
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Margaret Marshall - soprano
Jonathan Summers - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
All Saint's Church, Tooting, London
Ileana Contrubas - soprano
Hermann Prey - baritone
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Further recording sessions on 30 November and 1-3 December 1976
Recorded by CBS
Recording Engineers - Robert Auger, Mike Ross-Trevor
Recording Producer - Paul Myers
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 'Choral'
Royal Festival Hall, London
Julia Varady - soprano
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Gerald English - tenor
Marius Rintzler - bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Norbert Balatsch
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Final concert of Lorin Maazel's 1976 Beethoven cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra
SOS Carol Concert
Trad. Arr. McCarthy - Ding Dong Merrily on High
Schubert Arr. McCarthy - Ave Maria
Davis Arr. McCarthy - Little Drummer Boy
Gruber Arr. McCarthy - Silent Night
Herman Arr. McCarthy - We need a little Christmas
Vivaldi - Domine fili unigente from Gloria
Silver Arr. McCarthy - Twelve Days after Christmas
Handel - Hallelujah from Messiah
Vera Lynn
Helen Ryan
Sam's Set
Libby Morris
Yootha Joyce
Brian Murphy
The King's Singers
Desborough School Choir, Maidenhead
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - John McCarthy
SOS Carol Concert
Royal Festival Hall, London
Trad. Arr. McCarthy - Ding Dong Merrily on High
Schubert Arr. McCarthy - Ave Maria
Davis Arr. McCarthy - Little Drummer Boy
Gruber Arr. McCarthy - Silent Night
Herman Arr. McCarthy - We need a little Christmas
Vivaldi - Domine fili unigente from Gloria
Silver Arr. McCarthy - Twelve Days after Christmas
Handel - Hallelujah from Messiah
Vera Lynn
Helen Ryan
Sam's Set
Libby Morris
Yootha Joyce
Brian Murphy
The King's Singers
Desborough School Choir, Maidenhead
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - John McCarthy
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