British countertenor vocalist
After graduating in Archaeology and Anthropology from St John’s College, Cambridge, he gained a DipRAM and was awarded ARAM from the Royal Academy of Music, London.
ALBUMS
Orlando Gibbons, Nico Muhly, Fretwork, Iestyn Davies, Samuel Boden, Hugo Hymas, Jimmy Holliday
My Days
2025, CD, Signum Classics, 
,
, Renaissance/Baroque
Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton
Divine Music (An English Songbook)
2023, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Handel* - The English Concert, Harry Bicket, Sophie Bevan, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Hugo Hymas, Ashley Riches
La Resurrezione
2022, 2xCD, Album, Linn Records
Handel*, Lea Desandre, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
Eternal Heaven
2022, CD, Erato, Parlophone
Schubert*, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton
Die Schöne Müllerin
2022, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Bach*, Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Cantatas Nos 35; 169
2022, CD, Album, Hyperion, 
,
, Baroque
Handel* – The English Concert, Harry Bicket, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Joshua Ellicott, Tim Mead (2), Brandon Cedel, Jessica Dandy
Rodelinda
2021, 3xCD, Album, Linn Records, ,
, Baroque/Opera
Schütz* • Schein* • Scheidt* • JC Bach* • Geist* • Sances* • Tunder* - Iestyn Davies, Fretwork
Lamento
2021, CD, Signum Classics, ,
, Renaissance/Baroque
Fauré*, John Mark Ainsley, Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, John Chest, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Ann Murray, Kitty Whately, Malcolm Martineau
The Complete Songs Of Fauré Vol. 4
2021, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Gluck* – Iestyn Davies · Sophie Bevan · Rebecca Bottone · La Nuova Musica · David Bates
Orfeo Ed Euridice
2019, CD, Album, PentaTone
Iestyn Davies, Fretwork, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell
If
2019, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Purcell* & Blow*, Iestyn Davies, James Hall (11), The King's Consort, Robert King
Elegy
2019, CD, Album, Vivat Music
Fauré*, Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, John Chest, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, William Dazeley, Janis Kelly, Louise Kemény, Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau
The Complete Songs Of Fauré Vol. 3
2018, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Fauré*, Lorna Anderson, John Chest, Nigel Cliffe, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson (31), Janis Kelly, Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau
The Complete Songs Of Fauré Vol. 2
2017, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Bach* - Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Cantatas 54 • 82 • 170
2017, CD, Album, Hyperion
Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton, Purcell* / Britten*, Mendelssohn*, Schumann*, Quilter*
Lost Is My Quiet: Duets And Solo Songs
2017, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS
Bach* – The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Edward Lyon, Roderick Williams (3), The Academy Of Ancient Music
St John Passion
2017, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, King's College, Cambridge, ,
, Choral/Baroque
Gabriel Fauré, Malcolm Martineau, Lorna Anderson, Nigel Cliffe, Ann Murray, John Chest, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson (31), Janis Kelly, Joan Rodgers
The Complete Songs Of Fauré Vol. 1
2016, CD, Signum Classics
Iestyn Davies, Thomas Dunford, Jonathan Manson
Flow My Tears: Songs For Lute, Viol And Voice
2015, CD, Album, Wigmore Hall Live
John Dowland, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Dunford
The Art of Melancholy
2014, CD, Hyperion
Iestyn Davies, Richard Egarr
Arise, My Muse
2014, CD, Album, Wigmore Hall Live, ,
, Baroque/Renaissance
Handel*, Iestyn Davies, Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Your Tuneful Voice - Handel Oratorio Arias
2014, CD, Vivat Music
Bach*, Polyphony, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton, Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicholas Mulroy, Roderick Williams
St John Passion BWV245
2013, 2xCD, Album, Hyperion, ,
, Baroque
Bach*, Watson*, Davies*, Gilchrist*, The Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge*, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
Christmas Oratorio
2013, 2xCD, Hyperion, ,
, Baroque/Oratorio
Georg Friedrich Händel, The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Susan Gritton, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Hobbs, Stephen Layton
Chandos Anthems - I Will Magnify Thee · As Pants The Hart · O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord
2013, CD, Hyperion
Georg Friedrich Händel – Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Daniel Taylor (3), Njål Sparbo, Sophie Junker, NDR Chor, Robert Blank, Festspielorchester Göttingen, Laurence Cummings
Esther (HWV 50b) Fassung Von 1732
2012, 2xCD, Album, Promo, Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen
Various / Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Arias For Guadagni
2012
Nicola Porpora, Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Porpora Cantatas
2011, CD, Hyperion
Handel*, Tim Mead (2), Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies, Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers, Thomas Walker (8), Andrew Foster-Williams, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Flavio
2010, 2xCD, Album, Chaconne
Iestyn Davies, Ensemble Guadagni
Handel - Nine German Arias
2010, CD, Album, Wigmore Hall Live,
Handel*, The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy Of Ancient Music*, Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Stephen Layton
Chandos Anthems - My Song Shall Be Alway, Let God Arise, O Praise The Lord With One Consent
2009, CD, Hyperion, 
,
, Baroque
Handel* - Julia Doyle · Iestyn Davies · Allan Clayton · Andrew Foster-Williams / Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
Messiah
2009, 2x CD, ,
, Baroque/Oratorio
Vivaldi* - Lemieux*, Cangemi*, Kermes*, Jaroussky*, Ferrari*, Davies*, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Griselda
2006, 3xCD, Album + Box, Sli, Naïve
The Choir Of Clare College, Iestyn Davies, Graham Ross
Rolling River American Choral
CD, Harmonia Mundi
APPEARANCES +
Karl Jenkins
The Very Best Of Karl Jenkins (80th Birthday Edition)
2024, 2xCD, Comp, Decca, Universal Music, ,
, Contemporary
The English Concert, Harry Bicket, George Frideric Handel*
The Glory Of Handel (Music For The Royal Fireworks, La Lucrezia And Opera Excerpts)
2023, CD, Comp, BBC Music Magazine
Purcell*, The King's Consort, Robert King
Birthday Odes For Queen Mary
2021, CD, Album, Vivat Music, ,
, Baroque
Handel* - La Nuova Musica
Handel's Unsung Heroes
2021
Aurora Orchestra
Music Of The Spheres
2020, CD, ,
, Contemporary/Classical
Karl Jenkins
Miserere: Songs Of Mercy And Redemption
2019, CD, Album, Decca,
Thomas Adès
The Exterminating Angel
2019
Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Magnificats
2018, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
, Baroque/Classical
Bach*, The Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge*, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
Mass In B Minor
2018, CD, Album, Hyperion, 
,
, Baroque/Choral
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – January 2017
2017, 4xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Handel*, Glyndebourne*
Giulio Cesare / Rinaldo / Saul
2017
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – July 2016
2016, 10xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Handel*, The Glyndebourne Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment , Conductor Ivor Bolton , Director Barrie Kosky
Saul
2016
Agostino Steffani, Véronique Gens, Jacek Laszczkowski, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock, Lukas Hemleb
Niobe, Regina di Tebe
2015, 3xCD, Album, Opus Arte
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – April 2014
2014, 11xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – December 2014
2014, 25xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion
John Tavener, The Choir Of The Temple Church, The Holst Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Patricia Rozario, Stephen Layton
The Veil Of The Temple
2014, 2xCD, Album, RE, Signum Classics, ,
, Religious/Contemporary
Handel*, Edward Higginbottom, The Academy Of Ancient Music, New College Oxford Choir*
Messiah (1751 Version)
2014, 52xFile, FLAC, 24-, 2xHD, ,
, Baroque/Oratorio
Britten*
Canticles
2013, CD, Album, Wigmore Hall Live, ,
, Modern
Alison Balsom
The Sound Of Alison Balsom
2013, CD, Comp, Warner Classics,
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi Operas Vol. 2
2013, CD, Comp, Naïve
Handel* - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Belshazzar
2013, 3xCD + Box, Sli, Editions Arts Florissants, ,
, Baroque/Oratorio
Thomas Adès - Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alek Shrader, Alan Oke, Simon Keenlyside, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra*, Chorus* And Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Thomas Adès
The Tempest
2013, DVD, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Contemporary/Opera
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler - June 2012
2012, 7xFile, Comp, ALA, Hyperion, ,
, Baroque/Romantic/Classical
Various
Classical 2013
2012, 2xCD, Album, Comp, EMI Classics,
Henry Purcell, Pelham Humfrey - Choir Of St John's College Cambridge*
My Beloved Spake
2012, CD, Chaconne
Alison Balsom, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Purcell* & Handel*
Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)
2012, CD, ,
, Baroque
Johann Sebastian Bach, Retrospect Ensemble
Easter & Ascension Oratorios
2011, SACD, ,
, Baroque/Oratorio
Łukaszewski*, Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Via Crucis
2009, CD, Album, Hyperion
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Incoronazione Di Poppea
2009, 2xDVD-V, Multichannel, NTSC, All, Decca, ,
, Opera
Handel*, Choir Of New College Oxford*, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Edward Higginbottom
Messiah
2006
Eric Whitacre - Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Cloudburst And Other Choral Works
2006
Michael Finnissy - EXAUDI, James Weeks
Maldon & Other Choral Works
2005, CD, NMC (3)
Harry Gregson-Williams
Kingdom Of Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2005, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Contemporary/Folk
John Tavener
The Veil Of The Temple
2004, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, RCA Red Seal, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Coen Vermeeren, The Gentlemen Of St John's
Mysterium
2002, CD, VMP (4)
Finzi*, Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge*, Christopher Robinson
Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice And Other Choral Works
2002
Purcell*, Catherine Pierard, James Bowman (2), John Mark Ainsley, Michael George (3), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
Dioclesian (Complete) / Masque From Timon Of Athens
1995, 2xCD, Album, Chaconne, Chandos
Various
Ap Elvis
1993, Cassette, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental
Charpentier*, Poulenc*, Choir Of St. John's College Cambridge*, City Of London Sinfonia, George Guest
Mass De Minuit Pour Noël / Motets
1988
The Walpot Brothers
Butterfly Wings
CD, Album, Not On Label
Handel* - Polyphony · Britten Sinfonia · Stephen Layton
Messiah
Various
Voices
2015, 3xCD, Album, Naïve, 
Various
Zima
2013, CD, Comp, Warner Classics, Pomaton Classics, 
,
, Baroque
