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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Ga Da Mei Lin
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Asia - Marco-Polo 発売日 1991/12/01
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SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Symphonic Music - Naxos 発売日 2017/01/12
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Concerto pour piano - Dance Suite - Variations
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Martin Roscoe, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Marco-Polo 発売日 1994/06/06
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 / Hamlet Overture
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1992/10/30
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Symphonic Music - Naxos 発売日 2017/01/11
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Villa-Lobos: Choros 1 - 7
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Decca (UMO) 発売日 2003/01/01
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KODALY: Galanta Dances / Marosszek Dances / The Peacock
Gabriel Koncer, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1991/01/01
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto / SINDING: Legende / HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dances
Dong-Suk Kang, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Violin Concertos - Naxos 発売日 2017/01/12
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Fantasias after Shakespeare
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, Antoni Wit
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1994/06/28
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BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 17 and 32 / In Memoriam
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Marco-Polo 発売日 1992/10/07
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W.H. Smiths Vol. 16 (British Light Music)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, Ernest Tomlinson, Gary Carpenter, Andrew Penny
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1999/01/28
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Halffter: Sinfonietta; 2 Esquisses Symphoniques; Al Amanecer
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Decca (UMO) 発売日 2000/01/01
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Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Adrian Leaper
Symphonic Music - Naxos 発売日 1994/05/19
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Symphonic Music - Naxos 発売日 2017/01/12
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Jesús Torres: Sinfonia, Movimiento, Partita
Adrian Leaper, Orquesta de Radio Television Espanola, Gianandrea Noseda, Josep Caballé, Orquesta De Cadaques, Joven Orquesta Nacional De Espana
Classical - Tritó 発売日 2008/01/01
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Obradors: El poema de la jungla / Rodo: Symphony No. 2
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Decca (UMO) 発売日 1998/01/01
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GRIEG / SIBELIUS: Romantic Music for Strings
Capella Istropolitana, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1990/04/12
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The Planets
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, English Northern Philharmonia, Adrian Leaper, David Lloyd-Jones
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2007/01/01
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Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1995/05/10
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Greco: Triptych; Pastel; I'm Superman!
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Decca (UMO) 発売日 2003/01/01
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Mehr als Bolero
Peter Fitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sibylle Briner, Hendrikje Fitz, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Solo Musica 発売日 2016/11/25
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