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Philharmonia Chorus

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The Philharmonia Chorus was founded in 1957 by Walter Legge and took the same name as the Orchestra with which it was formed to sing: The Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1964, Legge disbanded the orchestra who reformed itself as a body governed by its players, called the New Philharmonia Orchestra; The Chorus followed suit: New Philharmonia Chorus. In 1977, the orchestra decided to resume its original name and the chorus also went back to first principles.

     
Members
PortraitDavid Hill
org *1957 GB
PortraitTom Phillips
voc *1937 GB
Popular Tracks   
Carmina Burana: XIII. In taberna: Ego sum abbas (I am the Abbot of Cockaigne) on Orff - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Riccardo Muti
Carmina Burana (1997 - Remaster): O Fortuna on The Platinum Collection by Riccardo Muti
Carmina Burana: XVII. Cour d'amours: Stetit puella (There Stood a Girl) on Orff - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Riccardo Muti
Hymn of the Nations (Inno delle nazione) on Pavarotti Sings Verdi by Giuseppe Verdi & Luciano Pavarotti
Die Zauberflöte, K 620 - Overture on Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Philharmonia Chorus
Carmina Burana: XXIII. Cour d'amours: Dulcissime (Sweetest Boy) on Orff - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Riccardo Muti
Stabat Mater: 1. Stabat Mater dolorosa on Rossini: Stabat Mater by Gioachino Rossini, Philharmonia Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini
Macbeth, Act I: Nel dì della vittoria ....Vienil t'affretta (Lady Macbeth, Chorus) on Shakespeare - The Music by Various Artists
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: Selig sind, die da Leid tragen on Les splendeurs de la musique sacrée, Vol. 17 by Johannes Brahms, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Otto Klemperer
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras on Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Philharmonia Chorus, Reinhold Schmid & Ralph Downes

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem / Alto Rhapsody / Tragic OvertureJohannes Brahms, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus2018Album
RequiemGiuseppe Verdi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini2017Album
RequiemGiuseppe Verdi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini2017Album
London ConcertSir William Walton, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, André Previn, Kyung-Wha Chung, Thomas Allen2015Album
The Complete RecordingsGustav Mahler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli2010Album
Cantata For The Twentieth Anniversary Of The October Revolution / Excerpts From "The Stone Flower"Sergei Prokofiev, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2009Album
Karolju: Christmas MusicDavid Zinman2007Album
A Sea SymphonyRalph Vaughan Williams - Joan Rodgers, Simon Keenlyside2004Album
Der Barbier Von BagdadPeter Cornelius - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Oskar Czerwenka, Hermann Prey2004Album
Fidelio (Grosser Querschnitt)Ludwig van Beethoven : Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry, Gerhard Unger, Franz Crass, Ingeborg Hallstein, Philharmonia Orchestra Und Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer2003Album
Belshazzar's FeastSir William Walton, Donald Bell, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus2002Album
Messa Da Requiem / Quattro Pezzi SacriGiuseppe Verdi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Janet Baker, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini2001Album
Die Lustige WitweFranz Lehár, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Otto Ackermann2001Album
Die Lustige WitweFranz Lehár • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf • Erich Kunz • Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus Conducted By Otto Ackermann2001Album
Die Lustige WitweFranz Lehár • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf • Erich Kunz • Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus Conducted By Otto Ackermann2001Album
Così Fan TutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Hanny Steffek, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Taddei, Walter Berry, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Karl Böhm2000Single
The Klemperer Legacy: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 /Otto Klemperer, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus1999Album
Die FledermausJohann Strauss Jr., Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Ackermann1999Album
Symphony No.9 'Choral' (The Previously Unpublished Live Recordings From The Royal Festival Hall, 15.11.57)Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter, Philharmonia Chorus And Philharmonia Orchestra1999Album
Die FledermausJohann Strauss Jr., Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Herbert von Karajan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Rita Streich, Erich Kunz1999Album
Symphonies Nos. 8 & 10Gustav Mahler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Southend Boys' Choir1998Compil.
La Damnation De FaustHector Berlioz - Anne Sofie Von Otter · Bryn Terfel · Keith Lewis · Victor von Halem, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Myung-Whun Chung1998Album
Opera GalaPlacido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene Kohn1996Album
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Le Pagine Più Belle)Gioacchino Rossini - Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Ollendorff, Nicola Zaccaria, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera1996Compil.
The Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus Conducted By Otto Klemperer1995Album
Il Barbiere Di SivigliaGioacchino Rossini, Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Alceo Galliera1995Album
Der Barbier Von Bagdad / ArlecchinoPeter Cornelius - Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf / Ferruccio Busoni - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, John Pritchard1994Album
The Island/The Trees So HighPhilip Sainton / Patrick Hadley - Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus / Matthias Bamert1993Album
Der Mond / Die KlugeCarl Orff - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marcel Cordes, Paul Kuen, Hermann Prey, Benno Kusche, Gustav Neidlinger, Gottlob Frick, Georg Wieter, Philharmonia Chorus And Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch1993Album
Sinfonia Antartica / 5 Variants Of "Dives And Lazarus"Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Linda Hohenfeld1993Album
A Sea SymphonyRalph Vaughan Williams, Benita Valente, Thomas Allen, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Leonard Slatkin1993Album
Cantata For The 20th Anniversary Of The October Revolution / The Stone Flower (Excerpts)Sergei Prokofiev - Neeme Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky1992Album
Symphonie No.8Gustav Mahler - Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Southend Boys' Choir, Giuseppe Sinopoli1992Album
A Midsummer Night's DreamOtto Klemperer, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy1992Album
Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang'Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Cynthia Haymon · Alison Hagley · Peter Straka, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Walter Weller1991Album
Ivan The Terrible: Concert ScenarioSergei Prokofiev - Linda Finnie, Nikita Storojev, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Neeme Järvi1991Album
RequiemWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Lynne Dawson, Jard Van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes1990Album
Matthaus-PassionJohann Sebastian Bach - Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer1989Album
Le Nozze Di Figaro - Highlights / Extraits / QuerschnittWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Taddei, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1989Album
Ein Deutsches Requiem / Alto Rhapsody / Tragic OvertureJohannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, Reinhold Schmid, Wilhelm Pitz, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Ralph Downes1989Album
Johann Strauss, 2nd - Die FledermausOtto Ackermann, Fred Liewehr, Philharmonia Chorus1988Album
Requiem / Pavane Pour Une Infante DefunteGabriel Fauré / Maurice Ravel, Kathleen Battle, Andreas Schmidt, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1986Album
Fauré: RequiemGabriel Fauré, Kathleen Battle, Andreas Schmidt, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini1986Album
Symphonie Nr. 2 "Auferstehungs . Resurrection" - Lieder Eines Fahrenden GesellenGustav Mahler, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus1986Album
Coronation Mass In ALuigi Cherubini, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti1985Album
Messe Du Couronnement • Messa Dell 'Incoronazione • Coronation Mass • KrönungsmesseLuigi Cherubini, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti1985Album
Walton Conducts WaltonSir William Walton, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Donald Bell1982Album
Stabat MaterGioacchino Rossini - Katia Ricciarelli • Lucia Valentini Terrani • Dalmacio Gonzalez • Ruggero Raimondi, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini1982Album
Beethoven Symphonies 8 And 9 'Choral'Ludwig van Beethoven, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Kurt Sanderling, Sheila Armstrong · Linda Finnie · Robert Tear · John Tomlinson · Philharmonia Chorus1981Album
Requiem K. 626Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus1979Album
The CreationJoseph Haydn - Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra1978Album
A German Requiem (Op. 45) / MetamorphosenJohannes Brahms, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Reinhold Schmid, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralph Downes, Richard Strauss1973Album
Mass No. 3 In F MinorAnton Bruckner / Heather Harper ‧ Anna Reynolds ‧ Robert Tear ‧ Marius Rintzler ‧ Philharmonia Chorus ‧ Philharmonia Orchestra ‧ Daniel Barenboim1972Album
Beethoven Mass In CLudwig van Beethoven - Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Theo Altmeyer, Marius Rintzler, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1971Album
Highlights From The Merry WidowFranz Lehár - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hanny Steffek, Nicolai Gedda, Josef Knapp, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus1966Album
Die Fledermaus HighlightsJohann Strauss Jr. - Gerda Scheyrer, Wilma Lipp, Karl Terkal, Otto Ackermann, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus1966Album
The Merry WidowFranz Lehár, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Otto Ackermann1966Album
MessiahGeorg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer1965Album
RequiemGiuseppe Verdi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini1964Album
Die Zauberflöte (Gesamtaufnahme)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Nicolai Gedda ‧ Gundula Janowitz ‧ Walter Berry ‧ Gerhard Unger ‧ Lucia Popp ‧ Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ‧ Christa Ludwig ‧ Ruth-Margret Pütz ‧ Marga Höffgen ‧ Franz Crass ‧ Gottlob Frick ‧ Philharmonia Chorus1964Album
Four Sacred Pieces (Quattro Pezzi Sacri)Giuseppe Verdi, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini1963Album
The Merry WidowFranz Lehár, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hanny Steffek, Nicolai Gedda, Josef Knapp, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus1963Album
A German Requiem (Op. 45)Johannes Brahms - Otto Klemperer Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralph Downes1962Album
Highlights From FidelioLudwig van Beethoven – Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry, Gerhard Unger, Ingeborg Hallstein, Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer1962Album
Choruses And Chorales From Bach: St Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach, Philharmonia Chorus And Philharmonia Orchestra, Boys Of The Hampstead Parish Church Choir, Otto Klemperer1962Album
St Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach - Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer1962Album
Choruses And Chorales From Bach: St Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach, Philharmonia Chorus And Philharmonia Orchestra, Boys Of The Hampstead Parish Church Choir, Otto Klemperer1962Album
St Matthew Passion 1-10Johann Sebastian Bach - Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer1962Album
FalstaffGiuseppe Verdi - Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Herbert von Karajan1961Album
The Marriage Of FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus1961Album
The Barber Of Seville (No.4) Excerpts From Act 2Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Nicola Zaccaria, Fritz Ollendorff, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus1961Single
Land Of Smiles And Merry Widow HighlightsElisabeth Schwarzkopf / Erich Kunz / Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus Conducted By Otto Ackermann1960Album
Don GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eberhard Wächter, Joan Sutherland, Luigi Alva, Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Taddei, Piero Cappuccilli, Graziella Sciutti, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini1960Album
Lucia Di LammermoorMaria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Tullio Serafin1959Album
The Merry WidowElisabeth Schwarzkopf / Erich Kunz / Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus Conducted By Otto Ackermann1959Single
Joan Hammond FavouritesJoan Hammond, Walter Susskind1959Compil.
Moussorgsky BorodinWillem Van Otterloo, Philharmonia Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker1958Album
Così Fan TutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Lisa Otto, Leopold Simoneau, Rolando Panerai, Sesto Bruscantini, Philharmonia Chorus And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Herbert von Karajan1955Album
Lucia Di Lammermoor (Highlights)Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Tullio SerafinAlbum
Lucia Di Lammermoor (Highlights)Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Tullio SerafinAlbum
La Veuve JoyeuseFranz Lehár - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hanny Steffek, Nicolai Gedda, Josef Knapp, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Lovro Von MatacicAlbum
Die Klassik Diskothek 41Paul Dukas, Camille Saint-Saëns, Alexander Borodin, Wiener Symphoniker, Philharmonia Chorus, Willem Van OtterlooAlbum
La Veuve JoyeuseFranz Lehár - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hanny Steffek, Nicolai Gedda, Josef Knapp, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Lovro Von MatacicAlbum
Die FledermausPhilharmonia Orchestra Und Philharmonia ChorusAlbum
The Gypsy BaronJohann Strauss Jr., Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda, Erich Kunz, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia ChorusAlbum
The Barber Of Seville (No.3) Excerpts From Act 1Gioacchino Rossini, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Luigi Alva, Fritz Ollendorff, Nicola Zaccaria, Gabriella Carturan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Alceo GallieraSingle
Die Fledermaus - QuerschnittJohann Strauss Jr., Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Herbert von KarajanCompil.
Beethoven Ode To Joy (Chorale Finale of the Ninth Symphony)Otto Klemperer, Daniel Barenboim, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, John Alldis Choir, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter, Wilhelm PitzAlbum
De Meesterwerken. 13 • RequiemWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carlo Maria Giulini, Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Christa Ludwig, Robert Lloyd, Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia ChorusAlbum
Four Sacred Pieces (Quattro Pezzi Sacri)Giuseppe Verdi, Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Chorus Wilhelm Pitz Janet BakerAlbum
Bach 'St. Matthew Passion'Christa Ludwig, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia OrchestraSingle
Lucia Di Lammermoor - Großer Querschnitt - Italienisch GesungenGaetano Donizetti - Maria Callas / Ferruccio Tagliavini / Piero Cappuccilli / Bernard Ładysz - Philharmonia Chorus Und Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum
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