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Active: 1840 - ; Liverpool, England

Awarded 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. Alone among Britain's orchestral societies, the R.L.P.S. owns its own concert hall, a 1939 art deco structure designed by Herbert J. Rowse. Over a three-year period beginning in 1992, the R.L.P.S. undertook a more than Read more ten-million-dollar modernization program to improve both acoustics and support facilities. On the historical list of principal conductors are such names as Max Bruch (who served the orchestra for three years beginning in 1860), Sir Charles Halle, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Malcolm Sargent (beginning with the completion of the hall in 1940), Sir John Pritchard, Sir Charles Groves, Walter Weller, David Atherton, Marek Janowski, and Libor Pesek. Pesek, hired as principal conductor in 1987, was designated music director in 1988. When he resigned in 1997 to devote himself to freelance work, he was made conductor laureate and Peter Altricher was engaged as interim conductor. In February 2000, Gerard Schwarz, music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, was appointed music director of the R.L.P.O. In addition to a full subscription schedule of concerts, the R.L.P.O. presents a Summer Pops series. A second home in Preston offers a sub-series of concerts and the orchestra provides frequent concerts in Birmingham, Blackburn, Carlisle, and Leeds. Overseas tours have enhanced the orchestra's reputation; trips to the Continent, America, and the Far East have reinforced the R.L.P.O.'s status as an important international ensemble. In 1993, it became the first non-Czech orchestra to receive an invitation to open the Prague Spring Festival; a return visit in 1996 was equally successful. In 1989, the R.L.P.S. and R.L.P.O. were awarded an honorary fellowship from the Liverpool John Moores University. Further honors included Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 1991 and a citation of Meritorious Service in 1997. Among its major recording projects are a warmly praised release of Delius' Mass of Life under Groves, a Dvorák symphony cycle, and other works by Mahler, Smetana, and Suk; and under Pesek, Vernon Handley's cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies and a series of Mahler and Beethoven symphonies led by Sir Charles Mackerras. Read less

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Britten: Orchestral Works

Release Date: 02/05/2013 Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 781602 Number of Discs: 8

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Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Release Date: 02/09/2010 Label: Avie
Catalog: 2188 Number of Discs: 1

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Jon Lord: To Notice Such Things / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Release Date: 05/11/2010 Label: Avie
Catalog: 2190 Number of Discs: 1

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Icon: Charles Mackerras - Master Of Orchestral Texture

Release Date: 10/11/2011 Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 98189 Number of Discs: 5

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Made In Britain / James Clark, John Wilson, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Release Date: 11/08/2011 Label: Avie
Catalog: 2194 Number of Discs: 1

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Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8573057 Release Date: 05/28/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Carl Davis: Those Liverpool Days / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Label: Carl Davis Collect Catalog: 011 Release Date: 02/26/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Carl Davis
Performer: Barbara Dickson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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EMI Eminence - The Original Jacket Collection [50-CD Set]

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 393872 Release Date: 02/26/2013 Number of Discs: 50
Composer: Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Byrd ...
Performer: David Nolan, Jonathan Small, George Malcolm, William Bennett ...
Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Vernon Handley, George Guest, George Malcolm ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge St. John's College Choir ...

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Britten: Orchestral Works

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 781602 Release Date: 02/05/2013 Number of Discs: 8
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Robert Tear, Peter Donohoe, Peter [English Horn] Walden, Wesley Warren ...
Conductor: Libor Pesek, Simon Rattle, Paavo Järvi, Paavo Berglund ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Choir ...
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Rhapsody in Blue / Benjamin Grosvenor

Label: Decca Catalog: 001761002 Release Date: 02/05/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor
Conductor: James Judd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Classics For A Summer Evening From Leeds Castle / Carl Davis

Label: Conifer Catalog: 51302 Release Date: 11/29/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jeremiah Clarke, George Frideric Handel, Léo Delibes, Edvard Grieg ...
Performer: Janice Watson, Ruby Philogene
Conductor: Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, King's Division Normandy Band, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 / Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 15473 Release Date: 10/22/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Essential Britten

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 40292 Release Date: 10/09/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Heather Harper, Barry Tuckwell, Neil Mackie, Ida Haendel ...
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner, Iona Brown, Steuart Bedford, Paavo Berglund ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Endymion Ensemble

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American Violin Concertos

Label: Champs Hill Records Catalog: 43 Release Date: 09/25/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti, Theodore Wiprud, Samuel Barber
Performer: Ittai Shapira
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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William Walton: The Collector's Edition

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 40858 Release Date: 08/14/2012 Number of Discs: 12
Composer: Sir William Walton
Performer: Ida Haendel, Nigel Kennedy, Lynn Harrell, David Bell ...
Conductor: Bernard Haitink, André Previn, Paavo Berglund, Richard Hickox ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ...
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A Martha Argerich Celebration - Argerich Plays Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev

Label: Euroarts Catalog: 3079858 Release Date: 07/31/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Martha Argerich
Conductor: Sir Charles Groves, André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra

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Avie Records - 10th Anniversary

Label: Avie Catalog: 2265 Release Date: 07/10/2012 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Enescu, Gabriel Fauré, George Frideric Handel ...
Performer: Monica Huggett, Gonzalo Ruiz, Luiza Borac, Charles Owen ...
Conductor: Monica Huggett, Harry Bicket, Imogen Cooper, Vasily Petrenko ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Sonnerie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Northern Sinfonia ...
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Holst: The Collector's Edition

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 40471 Release Date: 06/19/2012 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: Gustav Holst
Performer: Jonathan Snowden, David Theodore, Ralph Downes, Dame Janet Baker ...
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Norman Del Mar, Yehudi Menuhin ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta ...
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Shostakovich: Symphonies No 2 & 15 / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8572708 Release Date: 05/29/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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100 Best British Classics

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 27315 Release Date: 05/22/2012 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Thomas Tallis, John Goss, Charles Villiers Stanford ...
Performer: Jacqueline Du Pré, Hugh Bean, Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker ...
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Adrian Boult ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge King's College Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ...

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Great Piano Concertos

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8501056 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt ...
Performer: Jénö Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin ...
Conductor: András Ligeti, Mátyás Antal, Barry Wordsworth, Antoni Wit ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concentus Hungaricus, Capella Istropolitana, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ...
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Great Russian Symphonies

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8501059 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Prokofiev ...
Conductor: Adrian Leaper, Gerard Schwarz, Antoni Wit, Theodore Kuchar ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Katowice Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra ...
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Shapira: Violin Concertos / Shapira, Thomson, Chorzelski

Label: Champs Hill Records Catalog: 32 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ittai Shapira
Performer: Ittai Shapira
Conductor: Krzysztof Chorzelski, Neil Thomson
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Serenata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Very Best Of English Song

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 80513 Release Date: 04/03/2012 Number of Discs: 5
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, Charles Hubert Parry, Roger Quilter ...
Performer: Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore, Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons ...
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Simon Rattle, Steuart Bedford ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra ...

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3, Caprice Bohemien / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 6790192 Release Date: 02/07/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Tavener: Requiem / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 6805312 Release Date: 02/07/2012
Composer: John Tavener
Performer: Andrew Kennedy, Elin Manahan Thomas, Ruth Palmer, Josephine Knight
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Mahler: Symphony No 3 / Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony

Label: Artek Catalog: 57-2 Release Date: 01/31/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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British Composers - British Light Classics

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 0887962 Release Date: 01/10/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Eric Coates, Ronald Binge, Albert William Ketèlbey, Percy Aldridge Grainger ...
Conductor: Gilbert Vinter, Sir Charles Groves, Reginald Kilbey, Sir Vivian Dunn ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pro Arte Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Studio Two Concert Orchestra ...

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Delius - 150th Anniversary Edition [18-CDs]

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 0841752 Release Date: 01/10/2012 Number of Discs: 18
Composer: Frederick Delius
Performer: Piers Lane, John Noble, John Shirley-Quirk, Yehudi Menuhin ...
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir John Barbirolli, Vernon Handley, Sir Charles Mackerras ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra ...
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I Love Ballet

Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 0842152 Release Date: 01/10/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Louis Ferdinand Herold, Aram Khachaturian, Sergei Prokofiev, Arthur Sullivan ...
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth, Yuri Temirkanov, André Previn, Sir Charles Mackerras ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra ...

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