Ways to listen to our performances
Below you will find details of our CD releases and a link to the record label's sites where they can be purchased.If you want to hear us today, listen to the recordings we made during Lockdown.
Owain Park recording project
If you would like to purchase this CD, they are always available at our concerts or via a member.
Composer: Owain Park
Conductor: Jonathan Willcocks
Orchestra: Percussion Ensemble of London
Piano: Philip Scriven and Sue Graham Smith
Soloists: Josephine Goddard (S), Gareth Brynmor John (Bar)
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Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Available on the Naxos label.
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Janice Watson (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Stephen Gadd (bass)
"...The performances are first class, with solid orchestral support given to an excellent trio of soloists and robust choral singing."
Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 30 November 2007
Parry: Job - an Oratorio
Recorded in autumn 1998, and available through Hyperion Records.
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Jaime Morgan Hitchcock (treble), Toby Spence (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone), Neal Davies (bass)Little of Parry's choral music has been recorded in recent years; his star was somewhat eclipsed by that of Elgar, but there's no doubt that the latter was strongly influenced by Parry. Job pre-dates all of Elgar's oratorios and it is easy to detect its influence in, for instance, The Dream of Gerontius, written ten years later. This fine work had never been recorded before.
George Lloyd: A Litany
Available through Albany Records this work was commissioned and premièred by Guildford Choral Society.
Conductor: George Lloyd
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Soloists: Janice Watson (soprano), Jeremy White (baritone)
"This is a premier recording and it earns a welcome ... much to enjoy ... The orchestral score, rich in colour and varied in resources, is regally served by the Philharmonia. The Guildford Choral Society sing with confidence and apparent zest."
Gramophone Magazine, November 1996
Holst: The Morning of the Year / The Golden Goose / King Estmere
Available from Hyperion Records.
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Soloists: Ghislaine Morgan (soprano), Sarah Beinart (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor)
"This is a very welcome revealing CD. No one interested in Holst should be without it. Difficult to imagine the performance being bettered. The Guildford Choral Society sing as if the music of all three rare works is in their bones."
British Music Society News, March 1996
Holst: Choral Symphony / Choral Fantasia
Available from Hyperion Records.
Awarded the Diapason d'Or given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France.
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Lynne Dawson (soprano)
"... the Guildford Choir rising magnificently to the stiff challenge of the tongue-tripping texts and the shifting harmonies"
Performance ***** Sound *****, Gramophone Magazine, November 1995
Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits / Five Mystical Songs
Available from Hyperion Records.
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Soloists: Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Henry Herford (baritone)
"...These are generally lively and imaginative performances; Sarah Walker exploits magnificently her penchant for witty characterisation, most notably as drunken Alice in The Tunning of Ellinor Rumming."
Hi-Fi News & Record Review, November 1988
