Brighton Festival Chorus
Selected Discography – Classical
### Selected Discography – Classical

| Composer | Work(s) | Orchestra | Conductor | Soloists | Label | Review |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Arnold Bax](/wiki/Arnold_Bax "Arnold Bax") |  | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Vernon Handley](/wiki/Vernon_Handley "Vernon Handley") |  | Chandos CHAN8625 | *"Excellent solo and choral contributions"* |
| [Ludwig van Beethoven](/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven "Ludwig van Beethoven") | [Symphony No. 9 "Choral"](/wiki/Symphony_No._9_%28Beethoven%29 "Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Yehudi Menuhin](/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin "Yehudi Menuhin") |  | RPO Pickwick CDRPO7001 | *"...a dedicated, full\-throated choir"* |
| [Ludwig van Beethoven](/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven "Ludwig van Beethoven") | [Symphony No. 9 "Choral"](/wiki/Symphony_No._9_%28Beethoven%29 "Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Antal Doráti](/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti "Antal Doráti") |  | DG Privilege 2726073 | *"...an exceptionally refreshing performance..."* |
| [Havergal Brian](/wiki/Havergal_Brian "Havergal Brian") | [Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic"](/wiki/Symphony_No._1_%22The_Gothic%22_%28Brian%29 "Symphony No. 1 ") |  | [Martyn Brabbins](/wiki/Martyn_Brabbins "Martyn Brabbins") |  | Hyperion CDA67971/2 |  |
| [Havergal Brian](/wiki/Havergal_Brian "Havergal Brian") | Psalm 23 | [Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra](/wiki/Leicestershire_Schools_Symphony_Orchestra "Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra") | László Heltay |  | Heritage HTGCD256/7 | *"Heltay captures the spirit of the work and the orchestra and choir clearly understand and enjoy its idiom"* |
| [Claude Debussy](/wiki/Claude_Debussy "Claude Debussy") | [Le Martyre de saint Sébastien](/wiki/Le_Martyre_de_saint_S%C3%A9bastien "Le Martyre de saint Sébastien") | [Orchestre national d'Île\-de\-France](/wiki/Orchestre_national_d%27%C3%8Ele-de-France "Orchestre national d'Île-de-France") | Jacques Mercier |  | RCA Red Seal 7432194788 |  |
| [Eivind Groven](/wiki/Eivind_Groven "Eivind Groven") | Draumkvædet | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") |  |  | Philips/Impetus 6529139 | *"The performance ... is sympathetic, and the recording eminently well balanced"* |
| [Joseph Haydn](/wiki/Joseph_Haydn "Joseph Haydn") | Il Ritorno di Tobia | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Antal Doráti](/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti "Antal Doráti") |  | Decca D216D4 | *"Most of the choruses are better sung than on the \[Szekeres] disc"* |
| [Joseph Haydn](/wiki/Joseph_Haydn "Joseph Haydn") | [The Creation](/wiki/The_Creation_%28Haydn%29 "The Creation (Haydn)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Antal Doráti](/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti "Antal Doráti") |  | Decca 443027\-2 | *"The Brighton Festival Chorus does well and the sopranos are clear and precise on their high notes"* |
| [Joseph Haydn](/wiki/Joseph_Haydn "Joseph Haydn") | [The Seasons](/wiki/The_Seasons_%28Haydn%29 "The Seasons (Haydn)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Antal Doráti](/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti "Antal Doráti") |  | Decca 448101\-2 |  |
| [Gustav Holst](/wiki/Gustav_Holst "Gustav Holst") | [The Planets](/wiki/The_Planets "The Planets") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [André Previn](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn "André Previn") |  | Telarc/Conifer DG10133 | *"The women of Brighton Festival Chorus sing marvellously in tune and sound effectively disembodied as they recede from hearing"* |
| [Zoltán Kodály](/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly "Zoltán Kodály") |  |  | László Heltay |  | Decca SXL6878 | *"Heltay has been astonishingly successful in inspiring ... his fresh\-toned choir to the fervour and sensitivity they show"* |
| [Zoltán Kodály](/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly "Zoltán Kodály") |  |  | László Heltay |  | Decca SXL6803 | *"The Brighton Festival Chorus is, without reservation, first\-rate throughout"* |
| [Zoltán Kodály](/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly "Zoltán Kodály") | [Psalmus Hungaricus](/wiki/Psalmus_Hungaricus_%28Kod%C3%A1ly%29 "Psalmus Hungaricus (Kodály)") | [London Symphony Orchestra](/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra "London Symphony Orchestra") |  | [Lajos Kozma](/wiki/Lajos_Kozma "Lajos Kozma") | Decca 421810\-2 |  |
| [George Lloyd](/wiki/George_Lloyd_%28composer%29 "George Lloyd (composer)") | A Symphonic Mass | [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra](/wiki/Bournemouth_Symphony_Orchestra "Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra") | [George Lloyd](/wiki/George_Lloyd_%28composer%29 "George Lloyd (composer)") |  | Albany Records TROY100 | *" Listening to it in the composer's electrically intense performance, so realistically reproduced, is a very moving experience."* |
| [Gustav Mahler](/wiki/Gustav_Mahler "Gustav Mahler") | [Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"](/wiki/Symphony_No._2_%28Mahler%29 "Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Harold Farberman](/wiki/Harold_Farberman "Harold Farberman") |  | Vox 27213 |  |
| [Frank Martin](/wiki/Frank_Martin_%28composer%29 "Frank Martin (composer)") | In Terra Pax | [London Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra "London Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Matthias Bamert](/wiki/Matthias_Bamert "Matthias Bamert") |  | Chandos CHAN9465 | *"Matthias Bamert has now put us in his debt with his impressive ongoing survey of Martin's output, to which this disc is a distinguished addition"* |
| [John Blackwood McEwen](/wiki/John_Blackwood_McEwen "John Blackwood McEwen") | Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity | [London Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra "London Philharmonic Orchestra") | Alasdair Mitchell | Janice Watson | Chandos CHAN9669 | *"Chorus and orchestra work with conviction"* |
| [Carl Orff](/wiki/Carl_Orff "Carl Orff") | [Carmina Burana](/wiki/Carmina_Burana_%28Orff%29 "Carmina Burana (Orff)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Antal Doráti](/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti "Antal Doráti") |  | Decca 444105 | *"a curious lack of co\-ordination between singers and orchestra"* |
| [Paul Patterson](/wiki/Paul_Patterson_%28composer%29 "Paul Patterson (composer)") | Mass of the Sea | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Geoffrey Simon](/wiki/Geoffrey_Simon "Geoffrey Simon") |  | RPO8006 |  |
| [Dmitri Shostakovich](/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich "Dmitri Shostakovich") |  | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Vladimir Ashkenazy](/wiki/Vladimir_Ashkenazy "Vladimir Ashkenazy") |  | Decca 436762\-2DH |  |
| [Igor Stravinsky](/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky "Igor Stravinsky") | [Symphony of Psalms](/wiki/Symphony_of_Psalms "Symphony of Psalms")Recorded under the name of the English Bach Festival Chorus | [London Symphony Orchestra](/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra "London Symphony Orchestra") | [Leonard Bernstein](/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein "Leonard Bernstein") |  | Royal Edition SMK47628 | *"the superiority of the ... Chorus is plain"* |
| [Michael Tippett](/wiki/Michael_Tippett "Michael Tippett") | [A Child of Our Time](/wiki/A_Child_of_Our_Time "A Child of Our Time") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [André Previn](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn "André Previn") |  | Carlton 30367\-02052 | *"This is an excellent performance..."* |
| [Giuseppe Verdi](/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi "Giuseppe Verdi") | [Requiem](/wiki/Requiem_%28Verdi%29 "Requiem (Verdi)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [Owain Arwel Hughes](/wiki/Owain_Arwel_Hughes "Owain Arwel Hughes") |  | EMI Eminence EMXD2503 | *"Owain Arwel Hughes leads an accomplished, warmly felt performance"* |
| [William Walton](/wiki/William_Walton "William Walton") | [Belshazzar's Feast](/wiki/Belshazzar%27s_Feast_%28Walton%29 "Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)") | [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") | [André Previn](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn "André Previn") | [Benjamin Luxon](/wiki/Benjamin_Luxon "Benjamin Luxon") | Carlton 30367\-01862 | *"...the choral singing here too is white\-hot"* |


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