Karl Jenkins

Welsh composer, conductor and instrumentalist

Born 1944
from Penclawdd

On fono: 115 songs
32 collaborators
12 cited facts
12 sources

The people around them

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Jody Jenkins
Engineered by, Produced by
37 songs
Steve Price
Engineered by
32 songs
Rupert Christie
Produced by, Mixed by, Engineered by
26 songs
Hywel Wigley
Engineered by
23 songs
Nigel Hitchcock
Engineered by
17 songs
Simon Rhodes
Engineered by
16 songs
Dick Lewzey
Mixed by, Engineered by
13 songs
Erik Jordan
Engineered by
13 songs
Helen Hodkinson
Produced by
13 songs
Mikko Oinonen
Engineered by
12 songs
Carol Barratt
Produced by
8 songs
Simon Changer
Engineered by, Mixed by
8 songs

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Helen Hodkinson produced 9 of Karl Jenkins’s top 10 songs
Jody Jenkins is Karl Jenkins’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 37 songs
Karl Jenkins recorded most at Angel Recording Studios (39 songs)
Karl Jenkins wrote or co-wrote 87 of 115 songs on fono (76%)
Credited songs by Karl Jenkins span 28 years, 1996 to 2024 (109 songs)

Top songs

1
Agnus Dei
Duncan Riddell, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Paul Beniston, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Jenkins, Michael C. Brewer, 2001
From Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi
1. 2
  Chorale I (Za Ma Ba)
  1996
2. 3
  Cantus: Song of Tears
  1996
3. 4
  Chorale VI (Sol-Fa), Cantus: Song of Aeolus
  1996
4. 5
  Cantus: Song of the Spirit
  1996
5. 6
  Cantus: Song of the Odyssey
  1996
6. 7
  Chorale V (Arama Ivi)
  1996
7. 8
  Chorale IV (Alame Oo Ya)
  1996
8. 9
  Cantus: Song of the Trinity
  1996
9. 10
  Cantus: Song of Invocation
  1996

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Releases

2024
- Stravaganza
  Album
2017
- Symphonic Adiemus
  Album
2011
- The Peacemakers
  Album
2010
- Gloria / Te Deum
  Album
2008
- Quirk - The Concertos
  Album
- Stabat Mater
  Album
2006
- Kiri Sings Karl
  Album
2005
- Requiem
  Album
2003
- Adiemus V: Vocalise
  Album
- Crossing the Stone
  Album

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (12)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Adiemus
Karl Jenkins is a member of Adiemus
MusicBrainz
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2MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Centipede
Karl Jenkins is a member of Centipede
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra
Karl Jenkins is a member of London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra
MusicBrainz
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4MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Nucleus
Karl Jenkins is a member of Nucleus
MusicBrainz
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5MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Plaza
Karl Jenkins is a member of Plaza
MusicBrainz
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6MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Rubba
Karl Jenkins is a member of Rubba
MusicBrainz
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7MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is a member of Soft Machine
Karl Jenkins is a member of Soft Machine
MusicBrainz
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8MusicBrainz Karl Jenkins is from Penclawdd
Karl Jenkins is from Penclawdd
MusicBrainz
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9Wikidata The genre of Karl Jenkins is classical music
The genre of Karl Jenkins is classical music
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10Wikidata The genre of Karl Jenkins is jazz
The genre of Karl Jenkins is jazz
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11Wikidata The genre of Karl Jenkins is new age music
The genre of Karl Jenkins is new age music
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12Wikidata The genre of Karl Jenkins is progressive rock
The genre of Karl Jenkins is progressive rock
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