London Voices


London Voices is a London-based choral ensemble founded by Terry Edwards in 1973. In its early years, it also incorporated the London Opera Chorus and London Sinfonietta Voices and Chorus. In 2004, conductor and composer Ben Parry became co-director of the ensemble and in 2021 the Director and manager. Ben has held prestigious posts as artistic director of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, and assistant director of Music at King's College, Cambridge. London Voices has been involved in many performances, recordings of operas and CD and film soundtracks, including The Hobbit, Hunger Games, the prequel trilogy of Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter series, The Iron Lady, Enemy at the Gates, La traviata, and The Passion of the Christ. They have recorded with such diverse artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Dave Brubeck, Sir Paul McCartney, Jacob Collier, Queen, Deaf Havana, Sting, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel and Roger Waters and has performed in concert venues all over the world, including London, Aldeburgh, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Berlin, Paris, Munich, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Jordan and Lucerne.

Discography and Films

Selected film and/or other media soundtracks featuring London Voices:
Selected recordings by London Voices:
  • Renée Fleming – I Want Magic! James Levine Decca 460567
  • Igor Stravinsky – Vol. XI: Violin Concerto/Ebony Concerto/The Flood Robert Craft Music Masters 67195
  • Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna – Verdi per due Claudio Abbado EMI 56656
  • Vanessa-Mae – Storm EMI 21800
  • Gaetano Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor Charles Mackerras Sony 63174
  • All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper Decca 458931
  • Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn – Ravenous Virgin 47126/EMI 22370
  • Giacomo Puccini – Il Trittico Antonio Pappano EMI 56587
  • György Ligeti – Le Grand Macabre Esa-Pekka Salonen EMI 55563
  • Leonard Bernstein – Wonderful Town Simon Rattle EMI 56753
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Giuseppe Verdi - A Midsummer Night's Dream Decca 466098
  • Tan Dun – 2000 Today Sony 61529
  • Nigel Kennedy – Classic Kennedy Barry Wordsworth EMI 90407
  • Lesley Garrett – Lesley Garrett BBC 51338
  • Lesley Garrett – I Will Wait for You Michel Legrand, John Harle, Peter Robinson BBC 75605
  • Leonard Bernstein – White House Cantata Kent Nagano DG 463448
  • Renée Fleming – Renée Fleming Charles Mackerras Decca 467049
  • Béla Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin Neeme Järvi Chandos 9029
  • Charles Ives – When the Moon Richard Bernas Decca 466841
  • Georg Solti – United Nations 50th Anniversary Concert Decca 448901
  • Sofia Gubaydulina – Canticle of the Sun Mstislav Rostropovich EMI 57313
  • Britten – Messiaen Choral Works Edwards Virgin 61916
  • Angela Gheorghiu – Casta Diva Evelino Pidò EMI 571632
  • Robert Alagna – French Arias Bertrand de Billy EMI 57012
  • Elliot Goldenthal – Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Sony 89697
  • John Adams – El Niño Kent Nagano Nonesuch 79634
  • Amy Grant – The Spirit of Christmas Hallmark 2001
  • Roberto Alagna – Bel Canto Evelino Pidò EMI 57302
  • Lesley Garrett – The Singer EMI 57403
  • Ben Heppner – Airs Francais Myung-whun Chung DG 471372
  • Benjamin Britten – Curlew River Neville Marriner Phillips 454469
  • Salvadore Licitra – The Debut: E Lucevan le stelle Carlo Rizzi Sony 089923
  • Denise Leigh, Jane Gilchrist – Operatunity Winners Paul Daniel EMI 57594
  • Bryn Terfel – Bryn Terfel Sings Favourites Barry Wordsworth DG 474438
  • Giuseppe Verdi – Il Trovatore Antonio Pappano EMI 57360
  • Leoš Janáček – Jenůfa Bernard Haitink Erato 45330
  • Queen – The Queen Symphony Tolga Kashif EMI
  • Dave Brubeck – Classical Brubeck Russell Gloyd Telarc 80621
  • Roberto Alagna – Nessun Dorma Mark Elder EMI 57627
  • György Ligeti – The Ligeti Project IV: Hamburg Concerto/Double Concerto/Ramifications /The Requiem Jonathon Nott Teldec 88263
  • Alain Amouyal – Frames for a Fairy Tale Adams Plateforme P2000
  • Violaine Corradi – Cirque du Soleil: Varekai BMG 74321
  • Luciano Berio – Sinfonia Peter Eötvös DG 4775380
  • Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum EMI 70424
  • Jon Hopkins – Singularity Domino Records
  • Coldplay – Everyday Life Parlophone
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man Epic Records