BBC Singers

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Active: 1930 - ; England
Although Britain is a land with a rich choral tradition, the BBC Singers bill themselves as Britain's only full-time, fully professional choir. It was founded at the same time the British Broadcasting Corporation founded its Symphony Orchestra, and for the same purpose: to be available for broadcast work of a wide range of musical repertory.

Over their history, the BBC Singers have been particularly noted for their revivals of great Read more British music from the Renaissance through the age of Purcell, and for its commitment to newer music, particularly by British composers. It has sung world premieres of such notable works as Britten's A Boy was Born and Hymn to St Cecilia, Poulenc's Figure Humaine, Henze's Orpheus Behind the Wire and numerous other works.

Under its conductor, Stephen Cleobury and his predecessors, it has made numerous recordings, including choral works of Charles Ives and Richard Strauss, and became the first choir to sing an a cappella selection as a part of one of the traditional Proms Concerts. Read less

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Alexander Levine: Kolokola / James Morgan, Bbc Singers
Alexander Levine: Kolokola / James Morgan, Bbc Singers
Release Date: 04/26/2005   Label: Albany Records  
Catalog: 736   Number of Discs: 1
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    Pierre Boulez Conducts Schoenberg
    Pierre Boulez Conducts Schoenberg
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 5429572 Release Date: 03/12/2013   Number of Discs: 11
    Composer:  Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer:  Siegmund Nimsgern,  Kenneth Bowen,  Ian Partridge,  Paul Hudson  ... 
    Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Singers,  New York Philharmonic  ... 
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    Blackford: Mirror Of Perfection & Choral Anthems / Blackford, Hill, Huang, Skovhus, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers
    Blackford: Mirror Of Perfection & Choral Anthems / Blackford, Hill, Huang, Skovhus, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers
    Label: Nimbus   Catalog: 6205 Release Date: 02/12/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Blackford
    Performer:  Ying Huang,  Boje Skovhus,  Olivia Robinson,  Iain Farrington
    Conductor:  Richard Blackford,  David Hill
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Singers,  Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
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    Mccabe: Visions / David Hill, Bbc Singers
    Mccabe: Visions / David Hill, Bbc Singers
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8573053 Release Date: 12/18/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  John McCabe
    Performer:  Iain Farrington
    Conductor:  David Hill
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Anniversary Series - Choral Collection
    Anniversary Series - Choral Collection
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 304 Release Date: 11/27/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Francis Poulenc,  Eric Whitacre,  Robert Chilcott  ... 
    Performer:  Elin Manahan Thomas
    Conductor:  Nigel Short,  Robert Chilcott,  Joseph Cullen,  James Vivian  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Voces8,  Tenebrae,  King's Singers  ... 
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    Anniversary Series - A Cappella Collection
    Anniversary Series - A Cappella Collection
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 299 Release Date: 10/30/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Imogen Heap,  Robert Chilcott,  Gabriel Fauré  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Swingle Singers,  King's Singers,  BBC Singers  ... 
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    Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Buresova, Juhas, Belohlavek
    Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Buresova, Juhas, Belohlavek
    Label: Harmonia Mundi   Catalog: 902119 Release Date: 10/09/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Bedrich Smetana
    Performer:  Jozsef Benci,  Dana Buresova,  Tomás Juhás,  Stanislava Jirku  ... 
    Conductor:  Jiri Belohlávek
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers,  BBC Symphony Orchestra
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    Mahler: Das klagende Lied / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
    Mahler: Das klagende Lied / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
    Label: Ica Classics   Catalog: 5080 Release Date: 09/25/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Leos Janácek,  Gustav Mahler
    Performer:  Bella Dekany,  Gwynne Howell,  Dame Janet Baker,  Robert Tear  ... 
    Conductor:  Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Symphony Chorus,  BBC Singers
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    My Dancing Day - Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / Brough, BBC Singers
    My Dancing Day - Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / Brough, BBC Singers
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 293 Release Date: 08/28/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Rodney Bennett,  George Gershwin,  Edward "Duke" Ellington,  Cole Porter
    Performer:  Edward Goater,  Olivia Robinson
    Conductor:  Paul Brough
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Saxton: The Wandering Jew / De Ridder, Cahill, Mirfin, Williams, Summers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Saxton: The Wandering Jew / De Ridder, Cahill, Mirfin, Williams, Summers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Label: Nmc   Catalog: 170 Release Date: 09/27/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Robert Saxton
    Performer:  Alison Smart,  Adrian Peacock,  Brindley Sherratt,  Teresa Cahill  ... 
    Conductor:  André de Ridder
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Singers
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    Purer Than Purest Pure: Choral Works Of Daniel Asia
    Purer Than Purest Pure: Choral Works Of Daniel Asia
    Label: Summit Records   Catalog: 550 Release Date: 08/10/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Daniel Asia
    Conductor:  Odaline de la Martinez
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Tippett: A Child Of Our Time, Choral Works / Davis, Cleobury
    Tippett: A Child Of Our Time, Choral Works / Davis, Cleobury
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 473421 Release Date: 03/18/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Michael Tippett
    Performer:  Richard Cassilly,  Dame Janet Baker,  Jessye Norman,  John Shirley-Quirk
    Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury,  Sir Colin Davis
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Schola Cantorum Oxford,  BBC Choral Society,  BBC Singers  ... 
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    Music Of Elliott Carter, Vol. 8 (16 Compositions, 2002-2009)
    Music Of Elliott Carter, Vol. 8 (16 Compositions, 2002-2009)
    Label: Bridge   Catalog: 9314 Release Date: 02/09/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Elliott Carter
    Performer:  Lucy Shelton,  Charles Neidich,  Simon Boyar,  Huang Hsin-Yun  ... 
    Conductor:  Frank Epstein,  Oliver Knussen
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Juilliard String Quartet,  New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble,  BBC Singers  ... 
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    Remoter Worlds - Judith Bingham: Choral Music / David Hill, Bbc Singers
    Remoter Worlds - Judith Bingham: Choral Music / David Hill, Bbc Singers
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 144 Release Date: 02/24/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Judith Bingham
    Conductor:  David Hill
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande, Concerto, Horoscope
    Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande, Concerto, Horoscope
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 436118 Release Date: 09/16/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Constant Lambert
    Performer:  Della Jones,  Kathryn Scott,  Ileana Ruhemann,  Michael Pearce  ... 
    Conductor:  Barry Wordsworth
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers,  BBC Concert Orchestra
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    Janácek: The Excursions Of Mr Broucek / Belohlávek, Et Al
    Janácek: The Excursions Of Mr Broucek / Belohlávek, Et Al
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 001086902 Release Date: 08/12/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Leos Janácek
    Conductor:  Jiri Belohlávek
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers,  BBC Symphony Orchestra
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    British Composers - Tippett: The Mask Of Time / Andrew Davis
    British Composers - Tippett: The Mask Of Time / Andrew Davis
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 64711 Release Date: 07/23/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Michael Tippett
    Performer:  Sarah Walker,  Robert Tear,  Faye Robinson,  John Cheek
    Conductor:  Sir Andrew Davis
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Symphony Chorus,  BBC Singers
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    Chilcott: Man I Sing / Chilcott, BBC Singers
    Chilcott: Man I Sing / Chilcott, BBC Singers
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 100 Release Date: 03/25/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Robert Chilcott
    Performer:  Andrew Murgatroyd,  Olivia Robinson,  Carolyn Foulkes,  Robert Johnston  ... 
    Conductor:  Robert Chilcott
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Weir: The Welcome Arrival Of Rain, Etc / Brabbins, Tynan, Bbc So, Et Al
    Weir: The Welcome Arrival Of Rain, Etc / Brabbins, Tynan, Bbc So, Et Al
    Label: Nmc   Catalog: 137 Release Date: 03/25/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Judith Weir
    Performer:  Ailish Tynan
    Conductor:  Martyn Brabbins
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Singers
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    Elizabeth Maconchy: Music For Voices / Odaline De La Martinez, Richard Pearce, Bbc Singers
    Elizabeth Maconchy: Music For Voices / Odaline De La Martinez, Richard Pearce, Bbc Singers
    Label: Lorelt   Catalog: 127 Release Date: 03/04/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Dame Elizabeth Maconchy
    Performer:  Richard Pearce
    Conductor:  Odaline de la Martinez
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers
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    Rachmaninov: Francesca Da Rimini / Noseda, Et Al
    Rachmaninov: Francesca Da Rimini / Noseda, Et Al
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 10442 Release Date: 12/04/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov
    Performer:  Svetla Vassileva
    Conductor:  Gianandrea Noseda
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,  BBC Singers
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    Ferneyhough: Choral Works / Martinez, Bbc Singers
    Ferneyhough: Choral Works / Martinez, Bbc Singers
    Label: Metier   Catalog: 28501 Release Date: 08/21/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Brian Ferneyhough
    Conductor:  Odaline de la Martinez
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers,  Lontano
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    Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-bleue / Botstein, Philips, Et Al
    Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-bleue / Botstein, Philips, Et Al
    Label: Telarc   Catalog: 80680 Release Date: 07/24/2007   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Paul Dukas
    Performer:  Daphné Touchais,  Sarah-Jane Davies,  Lori Phillips,  Patricia Bardon  ... 
    Conductor:  Leon Botstein
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Singers
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    Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, Bbc Singers
    Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, Bbc Singers
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 92 Release Date: 03/27/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Michael Tippett
    Performer:  Iain Farrington
    Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Singers,  BBC Singers Choir
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    Milken Archive - Deluxe 50 CD Boxed Set
    Milken Archive - Deluxe 50 CD Boxed Set
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 51 Release Date: 11/21/2006   Number of Discs: 51
    Composer:  Joseph Rumshinsky,  David Schiff,  Raymond Goldstein,  Hugo Chaim Adler  ... 
    Performer:  Robert Bloch,  Nell Snaidas,  Simon Spiro,  Zhou Jin  ... 
    Conductor:  Elli Jaffe,  Neil Levin,  Timothy Koch,  Rodney Winther  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Chamber Orchestra,  Coro Hebraeico,  Carolina Chamber Chorale  ... 
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    Milken Archive - Psalms Of Joy & Sorrow
    Milken Archive - Psalms Of Joy & Sorrow
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8559445 Release Date: 10/31/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Donald Waxman,  Zavel Zilberts,  Robert Strassburg,  Ralph Shapey  ... 
    Performer:  Joseph Evans,  Alberto Mizrahi,  Christopher Bowers-Broadbent,  Justin Bischof  ... 
    Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser,  Neil Levin,  Patrick Gardner,  Avner Itai  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Schola Hebraeica,  Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir  ... 
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