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Our recordings

Our recordings

Crouch End Festival Chorus has a reputation nationally and internationally for its recordings

Our music director David Temple and singers are experienced in tackling a varied repertoire of recordings – from major classical works and opera to rock music and TV and film soundtracks.

Read about our newly released album

Now available!

Crouch End Festival Chorus partnered with Signum Records to release a long-awaited new recording of Elgar’s choral masterpiece The Kingdom on 9 May 2025. The choir was joined by soloists Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) and Ashley Riches (bass), and the London Mozart Players. The conductor was CEFC’s Music Director David Temple MBE.

Hear extracts of our singing

Bernstein: West Side Story: America (extract)

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols: This Little Babe

Hear a selection of music from our live concerts and studio recordings, ranging from Mahler to Morricone; Britten to Bernstein.

More about our studio recordings

The choir has been hired to appear on a wide range of recordings: for albums, movies, commercials & global advertising campaigns and television.

Since our first recordings with Silva Screen Records in the 1990s, we have worked with leading performers such as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Sir Ray Davies, Travis, The Divine Comedy, Alfie Boe, Katherine Jenkins, Lesley Garrett, Kate Royal and Sarah Brightman.

We have recorded TV soundtracks for BBC's Dr Who (Murray Gold) and Amazon Prime's Good Omens (David Arnold). Movie soundtrack recordings include Rocketman (Giles Martin/Matthew Margeson), Arsène Lupin (Debbie Wiseman), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Joby Talbot), Azur et Azmar and 1408 (Gabriel Yared), Journey 3D (Andrew Lockington), and Prince Caspian (Harry Gregson-Williams).

We have made classical music recordings of Philip Glass, Paul Patterson and Will Todd. In 2017, we recorded Bach's St John Passion in English with Chandos Records to considerable critical acclaim.

We have worked with leading performers such as on Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds