Discography

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Helsinki Music Centre Chorus, Helsinki Chamber Choir (chorusmaster Nils Schweckendiek)
Dominante (Seppo Murto)
Cambridge University Symphony Chorus (David Young)
Alumni of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Graham Ross)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Nicolas Collon
Ondine ODE 1451-2D
Gramophone Award nominee 2025

Einojuhani Rautavaara & Kalevi Aho: Joy & Asymmetry
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2692 SACD
Longlist, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 4/2024

Kaija Saariaho: Reconnaissance - Choral music
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Anna Kuvaja, Timo Kurkikangas / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2662 SACD
GRAMMY Award 2024 (Best Choral Performance)
ICMA Award 2024 (Contemporary Music)
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 4/2023
Emma Award 2024 (Classical Recording of the Year)
Gramophone Editor's Choice, September 2023
Limelight Editor's Choice, September 2023
Nominee, BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024
Best Classical recording of 2023, Helsingin Sanomat
Best Classical recording of 2023, Dagens Nyheter
Choral Recording of the Year 2023, Yle
Export Event of the Year 2024, Finnish Music Publishers' Association
Event of the Year 2024, Sulasol (The Finnish Amateur Musicians' Association)
Klassik Heute Empfehlung

Pärt: Passio
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2612 SACD
Gramophone Editor's Choice, November 2021
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 4/2021

Nostra Culpa: Vocal Music by Eugene Birman
Iris Oja, ContempoArtEnsemble, Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
Alba Records ABCD 500

Under the Arching Heavens: a requiem by Alex Freeman
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2592 SACD
Choral Recording of the Year 2021, Yle
Emma Award nominee 2022
Yle Recording of the Year nominee 2021
Klassik Heute Empfehlung
Choral music by Antti Auvinen and Sampo Haapamäki
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
Alba Records ABCD 457 SACD
Emma Award nominee 2021
Voice of Generations - Aikojen ääni
Various artists, including the Sibelius Academy Vocal Ensemble conducted by Nils Schweckendiek
SibaRecords SRCD-1025
Rautavaara: Vigilia
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2422 SACD

Towards the light
A cappella works by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Lotta Wennäkoski and Paola Livorsi
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
ICSM Records ICSM 013

Reports: Choral works by Perttu Haapanen
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2452
Choral Recording of the Year 2019, Yle
Emma Award nominee 2020

Kevät kerran on koittava - Spring will come
Choral rarities from the Grand Duchy of Finland
Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2442 CD

Riemuitkaamme! A Finnish Christmas
Jan Lehtola, organ / Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2322 SACD

Northlands: Music by Matthew Whittall
Northlands - album for horn and orchestra / ad puram annihilationem meam / The return of light
Tommi Hyytinen, horn / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki Chamber Choir / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Nils Schweckendiek
Alba ABCD 416
Yle Recording of the Year 2017

Erik Bergman: Choral Works 1936-2000
A wide selection of first commercial recordings of choral music by Erik Bergman, spanning his entire career.
Helsinki Chamber Choir, cond. Nils Schweckendiek
BIS Records BIS-2252 CD
Longlist, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 3/2017

Beat Furrer: Works for Choir and Ensemble
Beat Furrer: enigmas I-VI, voices - still, ...cold and calm and moving
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, cond. Nils Schweckendiek
Toccata Classics TOCC0360
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 4/2016

Tapio Tuomela: Spells
Choral music by Tapio Tuomela
Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek, Eric-Olof Söderström and Hannu Norjanen
Alba ABCD300

GRAFFITI
Magnus Lindberg: Graffiti, Seht die Sonne
Helsinki Chamber Choir (chorusmaster: Nils Schweckendiek), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
Ondine ODE 1157-2
Grammy Award nominee 2010 (Best Classical Contemporary Composition)


