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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Hugh Wood: Concertos for Violin & Cello
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Classical - Released by NMC Recordings on 1 May 2003
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Herbert Howells: Concertos & Dances
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Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Oct 1992
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A Festival of Christmas
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Classical - Released by Chandos on 1 Nov 1985
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Ronald Corp: Guernsey Postcards, Piano Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 1
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Classical - Released by Dutton Epoch on 1 Nov 2009
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Alexander Goehr: Behold the Sun, Op. 44a, Metamorphosis/Dance, Op. 36, Romanza, Op. 24 & Other Works
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton, Moray Welsh, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, Jeanine Thames
Classical - Released by NMC Recordings on 1 Nov 2003
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Christmas by Handel
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Classical - Released by Night & Time Records on 14 Nov 2013
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Handel Christmas Collection
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Classical - Released by Night & Time Records on 13 Nov 2006
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M. Tippett: A Child Of Our Time & Weeping Babe
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Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on 1 Jan 1989
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You'll never walk alone (Live)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Jennifer Johnston
Classical - Released by RUBICON on 24 May 2019
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Handel: Le Messie, extraits (Mono Version)
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Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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...og lengra (Orchestral Version)
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Classical - Released by Mercury Classics on 30 Aug 2019
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Shapira: Violin Concertos
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Classical - Released by Champs Hill Records on 26 Mar 2012
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Pop Goes Classical
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Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) (Classics) on 2 Jun 2017
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Handel's Messiah
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Classical - Released by Night & Time Records on 17 Nov 2013
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And The Glory Of The Lord
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Classical - Released by Nostalgia Gold Records on 17 Oct 2018
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Lord: The Cathedral At Dawn
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Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2015
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Variant V (Orchestral Version)
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Classical - Released by Mercury Classics on 23 Aug 2019
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After Death (Orchestral Version)
Ben Frost, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ames
Classical - Released by Mercury KX on 9 Aug 2019
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The Town Fox and Other Musical Tales
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Humour/Spoken Word - Released by First Night Records on 29 Oct 1990
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies
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Classical - Released by FM Records on 31 Dec 1934
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