Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Biography
Originally the brainchild of Sir Thomas Beecham as an amalgamation of some of the world's best classical musicians, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has long been established as a high benchmark for great classical music players noted not just for the excellence of the playing but their willingness to expand the horizons of classical music to encompass other styles. The RPO emerged from the London Philharmonic Society, which Beecham had founded in 1932 but after falling out with some of the members, he gained the approval of King George V to launch the RPO and perform at all the Society's events. The new orchestra made their debut at Davis Hall in Croydon and under Beecham's tutelage they went on to cut many records and perform at prestigious events, like the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Beecham's death in 1961 plunged the orchestra into financial crisis, but it received a public subsidy to regain its reputation for setting new standards of orchestral playing under a series of outstanding conductors, including Rudolf Kempe, Andre Previn, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and, from 2009, Charles Dutoit. In 2004 it acquired a regular home at London's Cadogan Hall and also played regular concerts at the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, performing music by a wide range of composers, notably including Beethoven, Holst, Schubert, Berlioz and Delius. In addition they expanded their material to encompass film music, recording scores for 'The Red Shoes', 'Bridge On the River Kwai', 'Richard III' and 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes', and even dabbled in rock music, appearing in mixed media concerts with The Nice. Offshoots from the RPO include the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Pop Orchestra.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2 - Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - French Music. Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
Rachmaninov: Symphonies, Symphonic Dances, Vocalise & The Isle of the Dead
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Motown With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (A Symphony Of Soul)
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth
Hérold, Lanchbery: La fille mal gardée
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Top Tracks
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- Only the Lonely by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- You Got It by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Thaïs: Meditation by Frank Shipway
- True Love Ways
- Les Troyens: La chasse royale et l'orage (Act IV) featuring Thomas Beecham
- Zémire et Azor - Ballet music: Pantomime (1er Air de ballet) by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Roméo et Juliette: Le sommeil de Juliette
- Prelude A L'Ãprès Midi D'Un Faune (Excerpt)
- Violin Concerto In A Minor Op. 82: Moderato featuring Itzhak Perlman
- English Dances, Op.33: 5. Allegro non troppo featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77: II. Scherzo. Allegro featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor, Op. 99: Nocturne: Moderato featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 4: "Fratello...Riconoscimi!" featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Guillaume Tell, Act II: Ils s'éloignent enfin....Sombre forêt featuring Montserrat Caballé
- Otello, Act IV: Ave Maria by Montserrat Caballé
- Aida: Ritorna vincitor! (Act I) by Montserrat Caballé
- Macbeth: Una macchia è qui tuttora! (Atto IV) featuring Montserrat Caballé
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2 - 33. On a tree by a river a little tom tit featuring Royston Nash
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 2 - 30. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la featuring Colin Wright
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1 - 8. As someday it may happen that a victim... featuring Royston Nash
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1 - 10. Three little maids from school are we featuring Valerie Masterson
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1 - 3. A wand'ring minstrel I featuring Colin Wright
- Sullivan: The Mikado / Act 1 - 7. Behold the Lord High Executioner featuring Royston Nash
- Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard - When our gallant Norman foes featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
