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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5 Romances: Romance No. 3 'Elegy'
Xuefei Yang, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell
Classical - Released by Platoon on 1 Apr 2022
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Aurolucent Circles / Mandala / Remembrances
Evelyn Glennie, Kevin Price, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
Classical - Released by Naxos on 17 Jan 2006
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Naxos October 2013 New Release Sampler
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Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 1 Oct 2013
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre, Vasily Petrenko
Opera - Released by RUBICON on 20 Apr 2018
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Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic", (1878/80 Nowak 2nd edition): III. Scherzo. Bewegt
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Classical - Released by PM Classics Ltd. on 2 Feb 2024
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, Op. 21 & 3, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 3 Mar 2003
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Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet: extracts
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1993
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Bernstein: On the Waterfront
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Lindberg
Classical - Released by BIS on 23 Feb 2018
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Concerto Magna Carta: III. Intense and energetic
Xuefei Yang, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell
Classical - Released by Platoon on 13 May 2022
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Prince Rostislav
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on 25 Oct 2013
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SULLIVAN, A.: Pineapple Poll (arr. C. Mackerras) / Symphony in E major, "Irish"
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Sep 2007
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Selections From Liverpool Oratorio
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Classical - Released by Paul McCartney Catalog on 20 Nov 1991
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Steve Elcock: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Casey, Paul Mann
Classical - Released by Toccata Classics on 1 Sep 2017
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Jephcott: A Different View
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Nimbus Alliance on 1 May 2011
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Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Apr 1988
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Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (Excerpts)
Richard Lewis, Huddersfield Choral Society, Monica Sinclair, Elsie Morison, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
Classical - Released by Fra Bernardo on 3 Apr 2020
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Russian Music
Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Aug 2004
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Howells: Hymnus Paradisi & An English Mass
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Mar 1992
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Bacchus et Ariadne, Suite No. 2, Op. 43: IX. Bacchanale (Allegro Brilliante)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Classical - Released by PM Classics Ltd. on 9 Sep 2022
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Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre, Laurent Pillot
Classical - Released by RUBICON on 23 Nov 2018
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Edward Cowie: Orchestral Works
Alan Hacker, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Williams
Classical - Released by Metier on 10 Jul 2020
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