The Leeds Festival Chorus have appeared on a number of recordings over the years. The list below summarises these and tries to show what is currently widely available (August 2010).
Note that the Beecham recordings are now out of copyright and may appear from several different sources.
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Beethoven: Mass in D, Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 |
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Berlioz: Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Two Revolutionary Hymns Leeds Festival Chorus The Wallace Collection John Wallace Nimbus NI5175 |
| Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Sir Thomas Beecham Recorded live at the 1934 Leeds Festival Dutton CDLX 7003 [Not currently available] |
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Enescu: Symphony No. 3 Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 BBC Philharmonic Gennady Rozhdestvensky Chandos CHAN9633 |
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Handel: Israel in Egypt - excerpts (plus many other Handel bits & pieces recorded 1927 - 40) Sir Thomas Beecham VAI Audio 1045 |
| Handel: Israel in Egypt - complete Heather Harper, Patricia Clark, Paul Esswood, Alexander Young, Michael Rippon, Christopher Keyte, Leeds Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras DG Archiv [Not currently available] |
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Handel: Saul Sheila Armstrong, Margaret Price, James Bowman, Ryland Davies, John Winfield, Gerald English, Stafford Dean, Donald McIntyre, Leeds Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras DG Archiv 447 6962 3 (3 CDs), download from here |
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Hindemith: Sancta Susanna Dances from Das Nusch-Nuschi Suite from Tuttifantchen Drei Gesange Op.9 Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos CHAN9620 |
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Lambert: Summer’s Last Will & Testament William Shimell (baritone), Leeds Festival Chorus Rio Grande Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Jack Gibbons (piano), Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia David Lloyd-Jones Hyperion CDA66565, only available as a special order from: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA66565&f=lambert |
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Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat, Symphony of a Thousand Erna Spoorenberg, Gwyneth Jones, Gwenyth Annear, Anna Reynolds, Norma Procter, John Mitchinson, Vladimir Ruzdjak, Donald McIntyre, Leeds Festival Chorus, Orpington Junior Singers, Highgate School Boys' Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Leonard Bernstein Sony 5174932 (2 CDs) |
| Mozart: Mass No. 18, Great in C minor Sir Thomas Beecham [Not currently available] |
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| Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 in B flat minor, Babi Yar Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Huddersfield Choral Society, Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky Recording of a BBC Prom on 21st August 1998 BBC Records [Not currently available] |
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Rule Britannia and other music from Last Night of the Proms Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia Paul Daniel Naxos 8.553981 |
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The Three Elizabeths A Musical celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II A compilation of movements with many conductors & performers Naxos 8.557032-33 (2 CDs) |
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