Other recordings - Olive Simpson

Other recordings

With SWINGLE II, THE NEW SWINGLE SINGERS, THE SWINGLES LPs (hard to find!)

Madrigals CBS 80147
Words and Music CBS 80554
Rags and all that Jazz CBS 80947
Baroque CBS 69209
French & English Part Songs RCA 25112
Lovin' You CBS 81546
Swingle Bells EMI SCX 6603
Pieces of Eight CBS 82305
No time to talk CBS 83458
Skyliner EMI SCX 6617
Folio EMI SCX 6631
Reflections BTA 12134
Sonnets of Desolation (Ben Johnstone) CRI SD 515
Idsteiner Schloss
Konzerte 79/80 HGP 8018 / LC 7228
Let's all get together
Koren Ad Libitum SVT 7029

CDs

A-Ronne/Cries of London (Luciano Berio) London 425 620-2
Sinfonia (Berio - Boulez) Erato 2292-45228-2
Live in New York SWINGCDR01

With NIGEL HESS

CHAMELEON - Reissued June 2005 - SAYLON DOLA. CHAMELEON FLYCUB20107 - available on Amazon
Screens and Stages FLY CD 101
Maigret and other TV themes FLY CD 104
Twenty top TV themes WEEK CD 3
The Food of Love FLYCUB20113

With COLIN TOWNS

The Buccaneers (BBC TV) Mercury 526 866-2
Cadfael (ITV) Central 7243 8 37086 2 8
Catherine Cookson - TV Themes

With CHRIS DE BURGH

Crusader A&M 394746-2

With ALAN PARSONS

Pyramid Artista 258983

With JOHNNY McEVOY

With an Eye to your Ear NPL18264

With DEEPAK RAM

With an Eye to your Ear NPL18264

With ROBERT HOWES

W.H. Smith - Christmas Carols W.H.Smith CD1 108966

With ELECTRIC PHOENIX

Canticum Novissimi Testamenti II
Sinfonia/ Berio Philips 446 094-2

With SCHOLA GREGORIANA OF CAMBRIDGE

12th Century Chant: Peter Abelard Herald HAVPCD 168
Gregorian Chant: Angels from the Vatican Herald HAVPCD 220
Tu Es Petrus Herald HAVPCD 245

With THE FINZI SINGERS

Leighton: Choral Works. Chandos Chan 9485
Britten: Choral Edition, Vol 2 Chandos Chan 9598
Britten: Choral Edition, Vol 3 Chandos Chan 9701

With THE CHOIR OF THE LONDON ORATORY

Dvorak Mass in D (LP only) ABM 18
Palestrina 'Tu Es Petrus' (LP only) ABM 20
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols CFP 77243 5 69553 2 5
Totus Tuus Sum Maria Herald HAVPCD 256
Jesu Dulcis Memoria Herald HAVPCD 298
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt Herald HAVPCD327

With SYNERGY VOCALS

Steve Reich:
Music for 18 Musicians
Ensemble Modern RCA Red Seal 09026 68672 2
Three Tales: Steve Reich/Beryl Korot Nonesuch 79662-2

On all of the above recordings I feature as a soloist: recordings with other consorts and groups include - in no particular order!:

The King's Consort, The Cardinall's Musick, The Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen, The Monteverdi Choir, The BBC Singers, A Cappella Portuguesa, London Voices, The Stephen Hill Singers, The English Chorale, The Children's Company, The Cambridge Singers, The New London Consort, The Parley of Instruments, The Schutz Choir, Collegium Musicum 90, City of London Sinfonia, The Hanover Band, The Academy of Ancient Music, The Choir of St. Etheldreda's, Saltarello Choir, and The Ambrosian Singers - with apologies to any who may have escaped my recollection!.....plus innumerable film soundtracks, which I don't intend to list.

Ironically enough, after years of pleading for a solo credit on various TV and Film soundtracks, I finally got one for Hans Zimmer's 'Hannibal'... but they elected to use the violin version of Clarice's theme instead of the vocal, which was my main solo contribution! I also achieved a mention for 'An Ideal Husband', but sadly my rendition of 'Erlkonig' is cut short as the listener quickly shuts the door to the music room with a complaint about German music.

Apart from my work for Nigel Hess and Colin Towns, I particularly enjoyed recording Stephen Warbecke's music for 'Prime Suspect 3', George Fenton's 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses', and Christopher Gunning's 'When the Whales came' - but was, as usual, anonymous.