Discography
Palestrina-Hodie Christus Natus Est (1926)
Lotti-Crucifixus
Dayton Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Victor 20410*
10” Electroia EG136*
10” HMV D1647
Alcock-Celestial Voices (1928)
Marsh-Jesus Lover to My Soul
Dayton Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Victor 20468*
10” HV B2986*
Palestrina-Hodie Christus Natus Est. (1929)
Kolsolyoff-Alleluia Christ Is Risen
Alcock- Celestial Voices
Dayton Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” HMV E535*
10” Electrola EW65*
Palestrina-Exsultate Deo (1929)
Dvorak-Going Home
Lotti-Crucifixus
Dayton Westminster Choir, Williamson
12” HMV D1647*
12” Electrola EJ430*
Plestrina-Exaltabo Te, Domine (1929)
Nicholsky-O Praise Ye the Name of the Lord
Tschensnokaff-Salvation Is Created
Dayton Westminster Choir, Williamson
12” British Columbia LXC21*
Bach-Motet for Double Choir, Westminster Choir, Williamson (1926)
Sing Ye to the Lord-1st Movement
10” Victor 1845*
Like as a Father-2nd Movement
12” Victor 14713*
Praise Ye to the Lord-3rd Movement
Harris-Symphony for Voices (1937)
Westminster Choir, Williamson
12” Victor 14803*
14803*
set M427*
Harris-When Johnny Come Marching Home (1938)
Spiritual-Water Boy
Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Victor 1883*
Harris-Songs for Occupations (194?)
Westminster Choir, Williamson
12” Columbia 68347*
68347*
set M227*
Robinson-Ballad for Americans (194?)
John Baumgartner and Westminster Choir, Williamson
2-10” Columbia set C49*
Choral Christmas Music - O Come All Ye Faithful (1942): Silent Night
Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Columbia 5509*
Choral Christmas Music-Serbian Crib Carol (1942);
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Joseph Came Seeking Resting Place; Song of the Christmas Presents
12” Columbia 17351-D*
Choral Christmas Music-Carillon (1942)
Carol of the Bells
Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Columbia 36419*
Choral Christmas Music-The Song of Mary (1942); Sing We All Nowell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
10” Columbia 36420*
Brahms-Schicksalslied (In English, Song of Destiny) Op. 54 (1944)
New York Philharmonic, Walter;
Westminster Choir, Williamson
O Heilland, Reiss’ die Himmel auf (In English, Savior Throw the Heavens
Wide) a cappella
2-12” Columbia X-233*
Columbia SL156
Released later with 9th Symphony
Prokofiev-Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 Cantata (1945)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy Tourell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
5-12” Columbia 12156/60*
set M580*
(In English and Latin)
reissued as Columbia ML4247 LP
British Columbia LX977/81*
Cantoria (France) 15877/81*
set D141*
Beethoven-9th Symphony in D minor (1945)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy
Roma Szantho, Jagel, Moscona
Westminster Choir, Williamson
8-12” Columbia set M591*
reissued as 2-12” Columbia set SL150 LP
Beethoven-Symphony No. 9 (1949)
The New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
Gonzalez, Milalaidi, Jobin, Harrell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
8-12” Columbia set MM-900*
Reissued wit Schicksalslied (1951)
2-Columbia SL156 LP
Beethoven-Symphonies Nos. 9 & 8 (1953)
The New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
Yeend, Lipton, Lloyd, Harrell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
2-12” Columbia set ML186 LP
9th only reissued as
Columbia ML5200
Bruckner-Te Deum (1955)
The New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
Tend, Lipton, Lloyd, Harrell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Columbia ML-4980 LP
Mozart-Requiem (1956)
New York Philharmonic, Walter
Seefried, Tourel, Simoneau, Warfield
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Columbia ML-5012 LP
Stravinsky-Persephone (1958)
New York Philharmonic, Walter
Zorina, Robinson
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Columbia ML5196 LP
Beethoven-Symphony No. 9 (1958)
New York Philharmonic, Walter
Yeend, Lipton, Lloyd, Harrell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Columbia ML5200 LP
reissued as Odyssey 32160322 LP
Reissued with Complete Beethoven Symphonies Odyssey 3266001 LP
Handel-Messiah (1958)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein
Addison, Oberlin, Lloyd, Warfield
Westminster Choir, Williamson
2-Columbia M2L-242 LP
2-Columbia M2S-603 LPS
Christmas Music
Columbia ML 5300 LP
Columbia MS 6020 LPS
Easter Music
Columbia ML 5346 LP
Columbia MS 6041 LPS
Highlights
Columbia MS 6328 LPS
Mahler-Symphony No. 2 (1959)
New York Philharmonic, Walter
Condari; Forrester
Westminster Choir, Williamson
2-Columbia M2L-256 LP
2- Columbia M2S-601 LPS
reissued as 2-Odyssey Y2-30848 LPS
Beethoven-Symphonies Nos. 9 and 8 (1060)
Columbia Symphony, Walter
Cundari, Rankin, DaCosta, Wilderman
Westminster Choir, Martin
2-Columbia M2L-264 LP
2-Columbia M2S-608 LPS
Reissued with Complete Beethoven Symphonies
7-Odyssey Y7-30051 LPS
Beethoven-Missa Solemnis (1962)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein
Farrell, Smith, Lewis Borg
Westminster Choir, Martin
2-Columbia M2L-270 LP
2-Columbia M2S-619 LPS
Prokofiev-Alexander Nevsky (1962)
New York Philharmonic, Shippers
Chookasian
Westminster Choir, Martin
Columbia ML-5706- LP
Columbia MS-6306 LPS
reissued as Odyssey Y31014 LPS
Beethoven-Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra (1965)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein; Serkin
Westminster Choir, Martin
With Beethoven 3rd Piano Concerto
Columbia ML6016 LP
Columbia MS6616 LPS
Reissued with Complete Beethoven Concertos, Serkin
4-Columbia D4S740 LPS
Reissued with Beethoven 9th Symphony, Bernstein; Julliard Chorus
2-Columbia M2S794 LPS
Janacek-Slavonic Mass (1965)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein
Pilarczyk, Martin, Gedda, Gaynes
Westminster Choir, Brown
Columbia ML-6137 LP
Columbia MS-6737 LPS
Verdi-Requiem (1966)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy;
Amara, Forrester, Tucker, London
Westminster Choir, Lynn
2-Columbia M2L-307 LP
2-Columbia M2S-707 LPS
Verdi and Toscanini (Released in 1967 in England only)
Nabucco, Act III
Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Hymn of the Nations, plus overtures and solos
NBC Symphony, Toscanini
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded in 1943)
2-RCA Victor RB 16133/4 LP ES
Verdi-Hymn of the Nations (1969)
Nabucco, Act III
Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
NBC Symphony, Toscanini; Peerce
Westminster Choir, Williamson
plus Verdi Te Deum, Shaw Chorale
(Recorded in 1943)
Victor LM-6041 LP ES
Brubeck-Gates of Justice (1970)
Orback, Boatwright, Brubeck Trio
Westminster Choir, Carwithen
Decca 710175 LPS
Brahms-A German Requiem, Op. 45 (In German) (1973)
New York Philharmonic, Walter; Sigfried, London
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded in 1954)
Odyssey in 1954
Odyssey Y31015 LP
Messiaen: Le Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ (1975)
The National Symphony; Antal Dorati
Westminster Symphonic Choir; Flummerfelt
London-Decca
Winner of Le Prix du President de le Republique
Wagner: Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1975)
The New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez
Westminster Symphonic Choir; Flummerfelt
Columbia
Haydn-Mass No. 12 in Bb (Harmoniemesse) (1976)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein;
Blegen, Von Stack, Reigel, Estes
Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt
Columbia M-33267 LPS
Poulenc-Gloria (1977)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein; Blegen
Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt
Columbia 34551 LPS
Haydn-Lord Nelson Mass (1977)
New York Philharmonic, Bernstein;
Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt
Columbia M-35100
J. S. Bach-Six Motets
Westminster Choir, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia,
Anne Ackley, Sharon Alexander, sopranos; Frauke Haasemann, alto;
Thomas Faracco, tenor, Daniel Pratt, bass; Daniel Beckwith, positive.
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Horace Grenell, producer.
Recorded by R.C.A. Victor.
Library of Congress Catalogue #78-750651
Copyrights: C1978; P. Westminster Choir, 1978.
Christmas with the Westminster Choir (1979)
Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt
22 Carols with organ, brass ensemble and harp
Daniel Beckwith, organ
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division
Library of Congress Catalogue #79-750482
P.C. Westminster Choir, 1979
Princeton, N.J.
Westminster Recording Label
reissued on Gothic
The Westminster Choir Sings Folk Songs (1981)
17 American and British folk songs
The Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt
Max Wilcox, producer
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division
Library of Congress Catalogue #81-750376
PC Westminster Choir 1981
Westminster Recording Label;
reissued on Gothic
Menotti: Missa “O Pulchritudo” (1981)
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Westminster Recording Label
Liszt: Faust Symphony (1982)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Men of the Westminster Choir
Angel/EMI
Barber: Anthony & Cleopatra (1983)
The Spoleto Festival Orchestra, C. Badea
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
New World Records
Grammy Awards (?)
Christmas with the Westminster Choir (1983)
49 Carols with orchestra, organ and piano
The New Jersey Symphony
Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt
Frauke Hassemann, assistant conductor
Daniel Beckwith, organ, Glenn Parker, piano
Max Wilcox, producer
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division
1983 Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
Westminster Choir, 1983
Princeton, N.J.
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 (1985)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Angel/EMI
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet (1986)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Angel/EMI
Nominated for Grammy Award
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (1986)
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Barbara Hendricks, Christa Ludwig
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Deutsche Grammophon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1988)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Cheryl Studer, Delores Ziegler, Peter Cieffert, James Morris
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Angel/EMI
Wagner: “Venusberg Lied” (music from Tannhauser) (1989)
The New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Favorite Hymns and Anthems (1989)
The Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt
Gothic Records
Puccini: Tosca (1991)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Philips Classics
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (1992)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Philips Classics
O Magnum Mysterium (1992)
The Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt
Chesky Records
Dvorak: Stabat Mater (1994)
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Zdenek Macal
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Delos Records
Brahms: Requiem and Schicksalslied (1995)
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Teldec
Mussorgsky: Heaven and Hell (1997)
The New Jersey Symphony, Zdenek Macal
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Clayton Branard, bass-baritone
Delos Records
Singing for Pleasure: Brahms Choral Music (1996)
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Delos International, Inc.
Westminster Choir at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (1996)
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Gothic Records
Britten: War Requiem (1998)
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Like As A Hart: Psalms and Spiritual Sings, (1996)
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Chesky Records
A Celebration of Spirituals, Hymns and Gospel Songs (2002)
Westminster Jubilee Singers
J. Donald Dumpson, conductor
Westminster Recordings
Heaven to Earth (2004)
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Avie Records
30th Anniversary Collection (2008)
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Donald E. Allured, director
Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, director
Westminster Recordings
Jon Magnussen: Music for Limón Dances (2008)
Psalm
Westminster Kantorei and Fuma Sacra
Andrew Megill, director
Institute Festival Orchestra
Mark Laycock, conductor
Albany Records
A Westminster Christmas II (2008)
Westminster Choir, Joe Miller, conductor
Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, director
Ken Cowan, organ
Westminster Recordings
NON-COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS
Brahms-A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1969)
NBC Orchestra, Toscanini
Vivianne Della Chiesa, Herbert Janssen
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded January 24, 1943)
Toscanini Society 2-ATS 1003/04 LP
Beethoven-Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80 (1970)
NBC Orchestra, Toscanini
Ania Dorfman, piano
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded December 2, 1939)
Toscanini Society-ATS 1021 LP
Verdi-Requiem Mass plus rehearsal segment (1970)
NBC Orchestra, Toscanini
Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Bjoerling, Nicola Moscona
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(recorded November 23, 1940)
Toscanini Society 2-ATS 1005/06 LP
Beethoven-Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 (1970)
NBC Orchestra, Toscanini
Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Bjoerling, Alexander Kipnis
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded December 28, 1940)
Toscanini Society 2-ATS 1023-24 LP
Beethoven-Symphony No. 9 (1974)
New York Philharmonic, Toscanini
Jarmila Novtona, Kerstin Thornburg, Jan Peerce, Nicola Moscona
Westminster Choir, Williamson
(Recorded December 2m, 1939)
2-ATS 1118/19 LP
Complete set of nine symphonies
7-ATS 1120 LP
Verdi-Te-Deum (from Four Sacred Pieces) (1974)
New York Philharmonic, Cantell
Westminster Choir, Williamson
Plus Verdi Requiem, Boston Symphony, New England Conservatory
(Recorded April 1, 1956)
Bruno Walter Society 2-1G1 340 LP
REISSUES
Mozart-Requiem
Columbia ML5012.
Reissued in 1977 as Odyssey Y2-35230
Verdi-Requiem
Columbia M2S707.
Reissued in 1978 as Odyssey Y2-35230
Christmas with the Westminster Choir (1979)
22 Carols with organ, brass ensemble and harp.
Westminster Choir, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor, Daniel Beckwith, organ.
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division.
Library of Congress Catalogue #79-750482.
P.C. Westminster Choir, 1979
Princeton, NJ
The Westminster Choir Sings Folks Songs (1981)
17 American and British folk songs
Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor, Max Wilcox, producer.
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division
Library of congress Catalogue #81-750376
PC Westminster Choir 1981
Princeton, NJ
Christmas with the Westminster Choir (1983)
49 Carols with orchestra, organ and piano.
Westminster Choir, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor, Frauke Hassemann, assistant conductor
Daniel Beckwith, organ, Glenn Parker, piano
Max Wilcox, producer
Recorded by Westminster Recording Division
1983 Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
Westminster Choir, 1983
Princeton, NJ
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (1986)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Norman, conductor, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes
The Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Angel/EMI
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (1986)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Barbara Hendricks, Christa Ludwig,
The Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt
Deutsche Grammophon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1988)
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
Cheryl Studer, Delores Ziegler, Peter Cieffert, James Morris,
The Westminster Symphonic Choir, Flummerfelt
Angel/ EMI
Key to Abbreviations
- ‘-78 r.p.m., includes both 10 and 12 inch discs
- LP-long playing mono
- LPS-stereo
- LPES-electronically processed stereo
- (date)-date of issue
- (All listed long playing records are 12”)
The commercial recordings are listed in approximate order of issue. It should be noted that, in most cases, the release date of the commercial recordings is within a year of the recording data. Exact recording dates have been included where they can be determined.
* Not available on compact disc from Gothic Records
