Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Awarded the Royal title in 1957, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra presents its schedule of concerts under the aegis of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, which offered its first event on March 12, 1840. It is the U.K.'s oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra.
Vasily Petrenko was appointed principal conductor of the orchestra in September 2006 and in September 2009 became chief conductor. Petrenko joins a distinguished line of musicians who have led the orchestra during its illustrious history, including Max Bruch, Sir Charles Hallé, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Pritchard, and Sir Charles Groves, among many other notable names. The orchestra gives over 60 concerts each season, and in recent seasons has given world premiere performances of major works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir John Tavener, James Horner, and Sir James MacMillan, among others, alongside works by Liverpool-born composers and others based in North West England. Alone among Britain's orchestral societies, the RLPS owns its own concert hall, a 1939 art deco structure designed by Herbert J. Rowse. Collaborations with international artists from rock and pop include those with Liverpool's own Sir Paul McCartney (the Liverpool Oratorio), Elvis Costello, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and Echo & the Bunnymen.
In the 2010s, additions to the orchestra's critically acclaimed catalog of recordings include Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony and Pastoral Symphony with Andrew Manze. Manze's Vaughan Williams cycle was the orchestra's second to receive wide acclaim; an earlier set under Vernon Handley was recorded in the mid-80s. With Petrenko, recordings include Rachmaninov's complete piano concertos and three symphonies, and the complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Elgar. The recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 was the Gramophone Awards' Orchestral Recording of the Year in 2011. Tchaikovsky's Symphonies 1, 2 and 5 won Orchestral Recording of the Year and Recording of the Year at the BBC Magazine Awards in 2017. The orchestra has been extremely prolific on recordings in the late 2010s, issuing nine recordings during the year 2019 alone. The orchestra has often recorded for Onyx Classics and Naxos but has also been heard on many other labels, including Warner Classics, Toccata Classics, and Champs Hill Records. By 2020, the orchestra's catalog numbered more than 100 albums. That year, the orchestra released albums of music by Elgar, Edward Cowie, and Stravinsky.
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John Lord: Durham Concerto
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Classical - Released by Avie Records on 28 Jan 2008
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Shostakovich : Symphonies No.2 & No.15
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Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos on 30 Apr 2012
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Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Cyril Scott, Christopher Wright & Elis Pehkonen: Oboe Concertos
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Classical - Released by Dutton Epoch on 26 Jul 2010
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Bright & Gipps: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Samantha Ward, Murray McLachlan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Peebles
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on 20 Sep 2019
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Divenire
Mari Samuelsen, Hakon Samuelsen, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell
Classical - Released by Mercury Classics on 18 Mar 2016
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Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending, A Sea Symphony (Symphony No1)
Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Ehnes
Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 30 Nov 2018
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GREAT MOVIE THEMES
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Thelma Handy, Carl Davis
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Oct 2007
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Concertos pour piano
Eldar Nebolsin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Classical - Released by Naxos on 27 Oct 2008
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.2 'A London Symphony' & Symphony No.8
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Symphonic Music - Released by Onyx Classics on 29 Apr 2016
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Shostakovich, D.: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Classical - Released by Naxos on 28 Sep 2009
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The Rite of Spring
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Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 3 Nov 2017
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Classical - Released by PM Classics Ltd. on 30 Apr 2021
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Prince Rostislav (Édition StudioMasters)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on 25 Oct 2013
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Symphonie n°8
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Classical - Released by Naxos on 9 May 2010
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Finzi: Cello Concerto and other Orchestral Works
Vernon Handley, Richard Hickox, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, City Of London Sinfonia, Raphael Wallfisch, Tasmin Little
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2007
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Symphony No. 4 / Sinfonietta
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Classical - Released by Naxos on 21 Feb 2006
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Concertos pour piano (volume 3)
Christopher Hinterhuber, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd
Classical - Released by Naxos on 31 Mar 2009
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a & Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 9 Oct 2000
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David Hackbridge Johnson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
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Classical - Released by Toccata Classics on 17 Mar 2017
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 • Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto
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Classical - Released by AVIE Records on 1 Jan 2006
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Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 6
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Classical - Released by Artek on 1 Feb 2009
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