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James Whitbourn
British composer, conductor and television producer
Born: 17th August 1963 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died: 12th March 2024 Kent, England
Specialising in choral work, he also worked extensively in television, producing event broadcasts and scoring programmes. His composition Annelies, based on the diary of Anne Frank, is claimed to be one of the most sung large-scale choral works of the 21st century.
Aurora
Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan (3), James Whitbourn
2020
GIA Choralworks
CD, Album
The Seven Heavens
James Whitbourn, Cor Cantiamo, Eric A. Johnson
2020
Divine Art
CD, Album
Whispering Colors
Blake*, Bussi*, Kats-Chernin*, Pelecis*, Secco*, Voogt*, Whitbourn*, Habemus Quartet, Eduardo Frias, Stamen Nikolov
2020
Non Profit Music
CD, Album
Carolae: Music For Christmas
James Whitbourn, Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan (3)
2016
Naxos
CD, Album
Missa Lux Et Origo - Son Of God Mass
Gemma*, Gyöngyösi*, Whitbourn*
2016
Not On Label (Gemma Choir Self-released)
CD, Album
The Song of the Stars
Bob Chilcott*, Paul Mealor, Gustav Holst, James MacMillan (2), Tarik O'Regan, Cecilia McDowall, John Tavener, James Whitbourn
2015
Naxos
CD, Album
Annelies
James Whitbourn - Arianna Zukerman, Westminster Williamson Voices, The Lincoln Trio (2) With Bharat Chandra, James Jordan (3)
2013
Choral Ikons
Tavener*, The Choir (3), James Whitbourn
2011
Opus Arte
CD, Album
Living Voices And Other Choral Works
James Whitbourn
2011
Naxos
CD, Album
Luminosity And Other Choral Works
James Whitbourn - Commotio (2), Matthew Berry (4)
2010
Naxos
CD, Album
A Finer Truth
James Whitbourn, Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge*, John Harle, Robert Tear, Timothy Brown (3)
2001
Etcetera (3)
CD, Album
The Sweet And Merry Month (Music For May Morning)
The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Mark Williams (33)
2022
Opus Arte
CD
The Fire Of Love & Songs Of Innocence
Patrick Hawes, The Same Stream, James Jordan (3)
2021
GIA Choralworks
CD, Album
The Pillar Of The Cloud
Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Mark Williams (33)
2019
Opus Arte
CD, Album
Der Fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner, Samuel Youn, Ricarda Merbeth, Franz-Josef Selig, Christian Thielemann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra* And Chorus*
2018
Opus Arte
2xCD, Album
Silence Into Light
Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan (3)
2018
GIA (2), GIA Choralworks
CD
On Christmas Night
Daniel Hyde, Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Roderick Williams (3)
2016
Opus Arte
CD, Album
Hole In The Sky
Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan (3)
2016
GIA (2)
CD
Jubilate Deo: Sacred Choral Works
Matthew Martin (3), Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Daniel Hyde
2015
Opus Arte
CD, Album
The Perfect American
Philip Glass, Christopher Purves, David Pittsinger, Donald Kaasch, Janis Kelly, Marie McLaughlin, Dennis Russell Davies, Phelim Mcdermott
2013
Opus Arte
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Tosca
Puccini*
2013
Opus Arte
2xDVD-V, NTSC
Deidamia
George Frideric Handel*, Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia Tro Santafé, Andrew Foster-Williams, Umberto Chiummo, Jan-Willem Schaafsma, Concerto Köln , Conductor: Ivor Bolton , Director: David Alden
2012
Opus Arte
DVD-V, NTSC
Billy Budd
Benjamin Britten, John Mark Ainsley, Jacques Imbrailo, Phillip Ens, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus* , Conductor Mark Elder (2) , Director Michael Grandage
2011
Opus Arte
2xDVD-V, NTSC
Anna Nicole
Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Thomas (30), Eva-Maria Westbroek, Gerald Finley, Alan Oke, Susan Bickley, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones (43)
2011
Acis And Galatea
Handel*, The Royal Opera*, The Royal Ballet, Danielle de Niese, Charles Workman, Lauren Cuthbertson, Edward Watson (2) , Director And Choreographer: Wayne McGregor (2), Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment , Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
2010
Opus Arte
Blu-ray
La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini / Hibla Gerzmava*, Teodor Ilincai, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Andris Nelsons, John Copley
2010
Opus Arte
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore
Gaetano Donizetti, Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alfredo Daza, Luciano di Pasquale, Eliana Pretorian, Maurizio Benini, Annabel Arden, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus*
2010
Opus Arte
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner, Christian Thielemann
2009
Opus Arte
2xCD, Album
Die Walküre
Richard Wagner, Christian Thielemann
2009
Opus Arte
4xCD, Album
Siegfried
Richard Wagner, Christian Thielemann
2009
Opus Arte
4xCD, Album
Götterdämmerung
Richard Wagner, Christian Thielemann
2009
Opus Arte
4xCD, Album
Twin Spirits
Sting & Trudie Styler · Derek Jacobi · Simon Keenlyside · Sergei Krylov · Iain Burnside · Rebecca Evans · Natalie Clein · Natasha Paremski Devised & Directed For The Stage By John Caird
2009
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi / José Cura, Krassimira Stoyanova, Lado Ataneli, Vittorio Grigolo, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Willy Decker
2009
La Cenerentola
Rossini* / Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Peter Hall*
2008
Opus Arte
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini / Hasmik Papian, Hugh Smith, Irini Tsirakidis, Anna Steiger, Carlo Bosi, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of De Nederlandse Opera*, Julian Reynolds, Guy Joosten
2008
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach*
2007
Opus Arte
2xDVD-V, NTSC
Les Troyens
Hector Berlioz, John Eliot Gardiner, Susan Graham (2), Anna Caterina Antonacci, Gregory Kunde, Ludovic Tézier, Laurent Naouri
2004
Die Zauberflöte
Mozart* - Simon Keenlyside, Dorothea Röschmann, Will Hartmann*, Diana Damrau, Franz-Josef Selig, Colin Davis*
2003
A Crown Of Light: Choral And Organ Music From The Cathedral And Abbey Church Of St. Alban
The Choir Of St. Albans Abbey Directed By Barry Rose, Andrew Parnell
1990
Lammas Records
CD, Album
A Scattered Light In Winter
Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan (3)
GIA Choralworks
CD
Sing We Now Of Christmas - Vespers 2019
Millikin University Choir, Millikin University Collegiate Chorale, Millikin Women, Millikin Men
2020
First Step Records
CD
Sing, Precious Music (Five Centuries Of Music From Magdalen)
The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Mark Williams (33)
2020
Opus Arte
CD
Solas
Gerard McChrystal, Christian Wilson (3)
2020
First Hand Records
CD, Album
Nadolig Yn Llandaf (Advent To Christmas At Llandaff Cathedral)
The Choir Of Llandaff Cathedral*, Stephen Moore (13)
2018
Regent Records
CD, Album
A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols
Neuer Knabenchor Hamburg, Jens Bauditz, Rufus Beck
2016
Rondeau Production
CD, Album
Sing With The Spirit
The Choir Of Derby Cathedral*, Tom Corfield, Peter Gould (6)
2013
Acclaim Productions
CD, Album
All Times And Seasons
Westbury-On-Trym Parish Church Choir, David Ogden (3), Richard Johnson (50)
2011
Not On Label (Westbury-On-Trym Parish Church Choir Self-released)
CD, Album
Follow That Star (Christmas From King's College School, Wimbledon)
KCS Chamber Choir*, Daniel Phillips (2), Ronny Krippner
2010
King's College School
CD, Album
Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss* - Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Moll, Ann Murray, Barbara Bonney, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Andrew Davis
2010
Opus Arte
3xCD, Album, RM + Box
Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Siegfried
Wagner* / John Treleaven, Deborah Polaski, Falk Struckmann, Graham Clark (2), Günter von Kannen, Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu*, Bertrand De Billy, Harry Kupfer
2005
Opus Arte
3xDVD-V, NTSC
Novello Choral Sampler CD 2002
Various
2002
Novello
CD, Smplr
Choral Ikons
Tavener*
2002
Opus Arte
DVD-V, NTSC, LPC
Mass, And Other Sacred Music
James MacMillan (2), The Choir Of Westminster Cathedral*, Andrew Reid (3), Martin Baker (2)
Von Gott · Zu Gott
Maulbronner Kammerchor
2016
K&K Verlagsanstalt
CD, Album
The Quiet Room
Various
2006
Choral Chillout
Various
2002
BBC Music
2xCD, Comp
Voices
Various
Music Sales Film & TV
CD, Album, Comp, Promo
Son of God Mass: Agnus Dei
James Whitbourn
Give us the wings of faith
James Whitbourn
Requiem canticorum: Lux aeterna
James Whitbourn
Luminosity: V. Castle of Diamonds
James Whitbourn
Requiem canticorum: Pie Jesu
James Whitbourn
Luminosity: I. Lux in tenebris
James Whitbourn
Requiem canticorum: De profundis
James Whitbourn
Requiem canticorum: Alleluia
James Whitbourn
Eternal Rest
James Whitbourn
He carried me away in the spirit
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Sanctus and Benedictus
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Kyrie
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Introit
James Whitbourn
A Prayer of Desmond Tutu
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Gloria
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Kyrie meditation
James Whitbourn
The Magi's Dream
James Whitbourn
Son of God Mass: Amen
James Whitbourn
A Prayer from South Africa
James Whitbourn
Winter's Wait
James Whitbourn