Adrian Leaper
Adrian Leaper is a conductor internationally known more through recordings than personal appearances, although his career has taken him throughout Europe. Leaper has made more than 100 albums, mostly of large-scale romantic music and British light classics, predominantly for the Naxos/Marco Polo and ASV labels.
Born in the U.K. in 1953, Leaper studied at the Royal Academy of Music and served several seasons as co-principal horn in the Philharmonia Orchestra before switching exclusively to conducting. In 1986, after an international competition, Leaper was selected as assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, a post he held for five years. It was during this period that he began recording, at first mainly with Czech and Slovak orchestras, for Naxos. Upon the expiration of his Hallé contract, Leaper entered a period of extensive guest conducting, making the rounds of European radio and provincial orchestras, as well as the leading orchestras of London. In 1994, he became director of the Orquesta Filharmónia de Gran Canaria, a position he held for seven years. With this ensemble, Leaper became more interested in Spanish repertory and made some 40 recordings. In September 2001, he shifted his activity to the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, serving as music director.
Leaper's Nielsen symphony cycle on Naxos was generally well-received in the mid-'90s, and his recordings often find favor with critics for their sense of musical architecture and for Leaper's ability to make secondary orchestras play well. On the other hand, Leaper is sometimes faulted, though not generally by reserved British critics, for somewhat staid readings of passionate music by the likes of Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Sibelius. He continued to record for Naxos into the new century but also released albums on Arte Nova, ASV, and other labels. He has been an enthusiastic champion of British light music (his 1994 album of music by Edward German with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra rose to top classical chart levels in 2022) and of lesser-known repertory. In 2016, Leaper led the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in an album of music by José Luis Greco for Naxos' American Classics series.
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Artistas semelhantes
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BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1990
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CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / YIN: The Yellow River Piano Concerto
Takako Nishizaki, Chengzong Yin, Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cheng-wu Fan, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1995
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E. Coates: British Light Music
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25 de jun. de 1993
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Chorus, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Unclassified em 16 de set. de 2016
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Dvorak: Symphonie 9
Classical - Lançado por ARTE NOVA Classics em 25 de set. de 1995
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SIBELIUS (THE BEST OF)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 2 de jun. de 1997
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SIBELIUS COLLECTION
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Capella Istropolitana, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 17 de mai. de 1994
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Richard Strauss: Don Quichotte op. 35 / Vier letze Lieder AV 150
Classical - Lançado por ARTE NOVA Classics em 4 de abr. de 1997
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Largo aus der "Neuen Welt" / 9. Sinfonie (Largo from The New World)
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical - Sony Music em 8 de mar. de 2019
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KETELBEY: In a Monastery Garden / Chal Romano
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1992
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GERMAN: Nell Gwyn / Gipsy Suite / Henry VIII
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 3 de dez. de 1992
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FARNON: Colditz March / State Occasion
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1991
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Holst: Les Planètes
Classical - Lançado por ARTE NOVA Classics em 26 de jun. de 1995
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ELGAR: Cello Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings
Maria Kliegel, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 8 de jan. de 1998
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British Light Music
RTE Concert Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 25 de jul. de 1995
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Bolero
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical - Sony Music em 8 de fev. de 2019
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CURZON: In Malaga / Robin Hood / Punchinello
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Silvia Capova, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 7 de dez. de 1992
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Chu / Liu / Sheng / Xu / Yin / Shi: Yellow River Piano Concerto (The) / Chinese Works for Piano Solo
Chengzong Yin, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Asia - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1991
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Holst: The Planets / Suite De Ballet, Op. 10
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Viktor Simcisko, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 19 de nov. de 2016
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English Festival
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 18 de nov. de 2016
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Xian: Yellow River Cantata (The) / Chu: The Yellow River Piano Concerto
Shanghai Philharmonic Chorus, Chengzong Yin, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ding Cao, Adrian Leaper
Asia - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1995
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