London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has held a prominent place in British music-making for more than seven decades. With a wide reach across Britain, in addition to its regular concerts in London's Cadogan Hall, including concerts in places where access to orchestral music is limited, the RPO can lay claim to the title of Britain's national orchestra. The RPO incorporates the pops-oriented Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the avant-garde Sharp Edge group, and RPO Resound, a community and educational outreach program.
The RPO's broad contemporary appeal, which has included appearances with popular music stars and on film, television, and video game soundtracks, would have been lauded by its founder and first conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, who set up the RPO in 1946 and helped lead a vital revival in the U.K.'s orchestral life after World War II. The new orchestra prospered, beginning a long summer residency at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1948 and touring the U.S. in 1950, becoming the first English orchestra to do so since 1912. Rudolf Kempe became principal conductor upon Beecham's death in 1961. The orchestra hit a rough patch in the early '60s under the leadership of Beecham's widow; Kempe departed (and then returned), and the orchestra temporarily lost the right to use the "royal" designation. That was restored by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966, and several strong conductors, Antal Doráti (1975-1978), André Previn (1985-1992), and Vladimir Ashkenazy (music director, 1987-1994), built the orchestra artistically. Later conductors have included Daniele Gatti, Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, and Vasily Petrenko, who began his tenure as music director in 2021.
The RPO is especially notable for the depth and variety of its recording program, which in the first few years of its existence had already topped 100 items; by the early 2020s decade, the orchestra had issued many hundreds of recordings, stretching from pop (disco enthusiasts will remember it as the orchestra featured on the Hooked on Classics recordings of the 1980s) to new avant-garde music. Among these was a 125-album contract with the Tring label. The orchestra's RPO Records, formed in 1986, is thought to have been the first recording label owned by a symphony orchestra; such an arrangement is now commonplace. The following year, the RPO launched the light music (or pops in the U.S.) companion group, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
In 1993, the RPO inaugurated an educational and community outreach program titled RPO Resound. This program provides musical experiences outside of traditional concert settings, such as schools, prisons, and hospitals. Among the key projects for this program is the stroke rehabilitation project STROKESTRA. The RPO is the resident music ensemble of Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, becoming the first London orchestra to have a permanent home, giving its first concert there in 2004. In 2019, the RPO released Animal Requiem by rocker Pete Townshend's collaborator and marital partner, Rachel Fuller. That year, the RPO was named the associate orchestra of the Royal Albert Hall. Among the orchestra's 2022 albums are a recording of two Sibelius Symphonies and Air, featuring the music of Oliver Davis. The next year, they teamed with Joe Hisaishi for A Symphonic Celebration, which reimagined songs from beloved Studio Ghibli animated films.
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Beethoven; Wagner; R. Strauss; Mozart; Verdi (Clemens Krauss: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 9)
Hilde Güden, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss
Classica - Pubblicato da Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. il 19 nov 2021
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Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 1 - "A Sea Symphony"
Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classica - Pubblicato da Stave il 3 gen 2008
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Holst & Bax
Classica - Pubblicato da Heritage Records il 1 gen 2012
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Walton: Façade Orchestral Suites Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Siesta, Sinfonia Concertante, Portsmouth Point - Arnold: Popular Birthday
Bryden Thomson, Jan Latham-Koenig, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Parkin
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 mar 1993
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Williamson: Third Piano Concerto - Organ Concerto - Sonata for 2 Pianos
Malcolm Williamson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Dommett
Musica concertante - Pubblicato da Lyrita il 1 lug 2007
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Parry: Symphony No. 2 & Symphonic Variations
Matthias Bamert, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 lug 1991
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Brahms: A German Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Creed
Messe, Passioni, Requiem - Pubblicato da London Philharmonic Orchestra il 1 apr 2010
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony' (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy I, Vol. 3)
John Cameron, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Classica - Pubblicato da Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. il 1 gen 1954
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Franck, Vieuxtemps & Saint-Saëns: Violin Works
Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubinstein, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da Biddulph Recordings il 30 ott 1990
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, The 1956 Nixa-Westminster Stereo Recordings, Vol. 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Classica - Pubblicato da First Hand Records il 18 feb 2014
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Mozart: Requiem
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 27 lug 2001
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Sylvia Sass, Kolos Kovats, Istvan Sztankay, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca Music Group Ltd. il 1 gen 1980
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Der fliegende Holländer (excerpts)
Opera - Pubblicato da Walhall Eternity Series il 28 mag 2021
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Star Wars & Other Sci-Fi Themes
Colonne sonore - Pubblicato da Intereuro il 23 giu 2008
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Classical Romance with Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lounge - Pubblicato da PMI Collins Classics il 1 feb 2019
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Mozart and Chill
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classica - Pubblicato da PMI Collins Classics il 23 mar 2018
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Borodin: Danses polovtsiennes extraites du Prince Igor - Falla: L'amour sorcier, extraits (Mono Version)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classica - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1952
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Coates: Orchestral Works
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
Classica - Pubblicato da Lyrita il 1 gen 2007
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Turnage: Mambo, Blues and Tarantella
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Lawrence Power, Michael Collins, Christian Tetzlaff
Classica - Pubblicato da London Philharmonic Orchestra il 1 ott 2012
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With Love... From Bach
Classica - Pubblicato da Beach Road Music, LLC il 13 gen 2011
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