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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the oldest concert-giving organisations in the world, and the second oldest in Britain.
The origins of its concert series date back to the formation of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, which administers it, in 1840 - the same year that the first Cunard passenger liner set sail for America.
The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, as it was called then, acquired the title 'Royal' in 1957. The RLPS is distinctive in that it is the only orchestral society in Great Britain to own and operate its own concert venue, the magnificent Philharmonic Hall (see picture).
In 1989 the RLPS and Orchestra received an Honorary Fellowship from the Liverpool John Moores University and in 1991 were the first organisation to be granted the freedom of the City of Liverpool. A further honour of Meritorious Service was granted by the City of Liverpool in 1997.
RLPO Live
As a recording orchestra the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has a varied and critically acclaimed discography, enjoying a long and fruitful relationship with many major recording companies, including EMI and Virgin Classics. Most excitingly, however, in an ambitious new venture, the Orchestra launched its own brand new recording label, RLPO LIVE, in December 1998. The initiative came from the musicians themselves and each recording, made with the in-house recording company, Merseyside Sound Recordings, takes a typical RLPO concert recorded live into your home. The first recording, produced from a concert in the autumn of 1998, features Petr Altrichter and includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Other recordings now available in this unique series include Cathedral Classics featuring Bach, Handel, Haydn, Berlioz and Vaughan Williams conducted by Ian Tracey, and Carl Davis Summer Pops Album. In addition to a Christmas Carol CD and a Christmas Celebration with Willard White, the sixth and latest RLPO LIVE release features Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and Poulenc's Les Biches, conducted by RLPO Principal Guest Conductor Junichi Hirokami.
The recording, editing and management of the whole production is done by members of the RLPO. Our recording team comprises Producer Michael Ogonovsky and Sound Engineer David A. Pigott, alias Merseyside Sound Recordings who are both members of the RLPO horn section. Jonathan Small, the RLPO's Principal Oboist, acts as Executive Producer.
RLPO Live won rapid recognition at the Merseyside Oscars in July 1999, where the record company won the Liverpool Echo Award for Classical Music. RLPO Live also offers a complete service as a recording company, from planning your album, through to managing the whole design and production process. You can contact us by e-mail, through this website. RLPO Live's ground-breaking way of producing classical recordings confirms the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's reputation for innovation streamlining the economics of classical recording for the new markets of the twenty-first century.
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RLCD 102 - Cathedral Classics. Ian Tracy
1. Handel Hallelujah Chorus, from the Messiah 2. Pachelbel Canon 3. J.S.Bach Wachet Auf; from Cantata no.140 4. Jeremiah Clarke arr.Henry Wood Trumpet Voluntary 5. Monteverdi Cantate Domino 6. Vivaldi Largo from Piccolo Concerto in C, RV443 Myra Bennett - Piccolo 7. Vivaldi Gloria 8. Handel Suite from The Water Music 9. Haydn The Heavens are Telling; from The Creation 10. Franck Panis Angelicus 11. Berlioz Shepherd's Farewell 12. R Vaughan Williams O Clap Your Hands 13. George Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow 14. Walford Davies God be in my Head 15. Parry I Was Glad TOTAL PLAYING TIME 72'12
ALL CDs PRICE £9.50 + P& P except
Prestige Series (Catalogue number ends in "P") £11.50 + p&p
RLCD 203 - Respighi, Janacek, Kodaly
Church Windows - Respighi 1. The Flight into Egypt 2. St. Michael Archangel 3. The Matins of St. Clare 4. St. Gregory the Great
Dances of Galanta - Kodaly 5. Dances of Galanta -
Taras Bulba - Janacek 6. The Death of Andri 7.
The Death of Ostap 8. The Prophesy and Death of Taras
Bulba
TOTAL PLAYING TIME 69'41
RLCD 301 HERITAGE AND LEGACY
Douglas Bostock, conductor
Austin: The Sea Venturers WORLD PREMIERE
RECORDING
Mackenzie: Prelude to Colomba WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
Stanford: Shamus O'Brien WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
Elgar: Enigma Variations Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia
RLCD 302 LIBOR PESEK'S FRENCH COLLECTION
Ibert: Divertissemet
Francaix: L'Horloge de Flore
Faure: Pavane
Bizet: Carmen
Ravel: Bolero
PRESTIGE SERIES: RLCD 401P
GERARD SCHWARZ CONDUCTS his first CD as
new principal conductor with
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Strauss - An Alpine Symphony
Op.64
Suite in B flat Op.4
“...a performance of virtuoso standard.” Gerald Larner in The Times
“...an overwhelming account” David Fanning
Prestige Series (Catalogue number ends in "P") £11.50 + p&p
RLCD 402P PRESTIGE SERIES
Sir Malcolm Arnold (born 21st October 1921) An 80th Birthday Tribute
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra
Douglas Bostock - Conductor
Thelma Handy - Leader
Antonio Piricone & Martin Roscoe - Pianos
Overture - Beckus the Dandipratt, Op. 5
English Dances (Set 2), Op. 33
Sound Barrier Rhapsody, Op. 38
Concerto for Two Pianos (three hands), Op. 104
Symphony No 2, Op, 40
Prestige Series (Catalogue number ends in "P") £11.50 + p&p
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