The Chorus' most recent recording - of Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint- Sebastien - has been awarded Le Choc du Monde de la Musique award. The premiere recording of John McEwen's Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity with Chandos records was released in December 1998.

Bax

Choral Works (Enchanted Summer; Fatherland; Walsinghame)

Vernon Handley - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chandos : CHAN8625

Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 (Choral)

Yehudi Menuhin - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

RPO Pickwick : CDRPO7001

Debussy

Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien

Jacques Mercier - Orchestre National D'Ile de France

RCA Red Seal : 74321 947882

Haydn

The Creation

Antal Dorati - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Decca : 443 027-2

Haydn

The Seasons

Antal Dorati - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Decca : 448 101-2

Holst

The Planets

André Previn - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Telarc/Conifer : DG10133

Kodaly

Choral Works (Psalmus Hungaricus; Hymn of Zrini)

Istvan Kertesz / Laszlo Heltay - London Symphony Orchestra

Decca : 421 810-2

Lloyd

Symphonic Mass

George Lloyd - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Albany Records : TROY100

Mahler

Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)

Harold Farberman - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vox : 27213

Martin

In Terra Pax

Matthias Bamert - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chandos : CHAN9465

"The performers on this excellent Chandos disc give a totally committed account which matches the high standards set in previous instalments of Bamert's Martin series" - Classic CD

"Matthias Bamert has now put us in his debt with this impressive ongoing survey of Martin's output, to which this disc is a distinguished addition" - Gramophone

McEwan

Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Alasdair Mitchell - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chandos : CHAN9669

"Brighton Festival Chorus sings with bright clear voices" - Daily Telegraph

"Here is a real find... this superb recording" - Sunday Telegraph

"This is not music that should lie for ever in a drawer or on a shelf. Chorus and orchestra work with conviction" - Gramophone

Orff

Carmina Burana

Antal Dorati - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Southend Boy's Choir

Decca : 444 105

Patterson

Mass of the Sea Op47

Geoffrey Simon - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

RPO8006

Tippett

A Child of our Time

André Previn - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Carlton : 30367-02052

Verdi

Requiem

Owain Arwel Hughes - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI Eminence : EMXD2503

Walton

Belshazzar's Feast

André Previn - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Carlton : 30367-01862