Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- From
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1840–present
- Releases
- 213
- classical
About
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, is the UK's oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra. In addition to the orchestra, the organisation administers the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and other choirs and ensembles. It is involved in educational and community projects in Liverpool and its surrounding region. It is based in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, an Art Deco concert hall built in the late 1930s.
Members
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Graham Johns percussion
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Nicholas Cox clarinet
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Noel Anderson violin
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Henry Baldwin percussion
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Brendan Ball trumpet
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Marcel Becker double bass
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Helen Boardman violin
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Ian Bracken cello
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Adi Brett violin
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Martin Anthony Burrage violin
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Nicholas Byrne cello
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Ros Cabot viola
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Simon Chappell bass trombone
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Martin Clark violin
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Sophie Coles violin
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Simon Cowen trombone
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Kathryn Cropper violin
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Michael Dale viola
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Tom Davey oboe
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Catrin Ruth Davies oboe
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Miriam Davis violin
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Simon Denton cello
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Nigel Dufty double bass
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James Justin Evans violin
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Ian Fair viola
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Claire Fillhart piccolo
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Ashley Frampton double bass
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Josephine Frieze percussion
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Sheila Gascoyne violin
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Nicola Gleed violin
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Simon Griffiths horn
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Robin Haggart tuba
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Daniel Hammerton double bass
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Thelma Handy violin
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Esther Harling additional, viola
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Robert John Hebbron violin
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Cormac Henry flute
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Neil Hitt timpani
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Alexander Holladay cello
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Eleanor Hudson harp
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Patrick James Hutton violin
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Timothy Jackson horn
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Gethyn Jones cello
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Katherine Lacy clarinet
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Joanna Lander cello
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James Blyth Lindsay trombone
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Stephen Mann cello
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Alexander Marks violin
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Kate Marsden violin
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Paul Marsden trumpet
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Catherine Marwood viola
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Stephan Mayer violin
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Alex Mitchell viola
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Lowri Morgan double bass
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Christopher Morley horn
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Timothy Nicholson horn
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Rhys Owens trumpet
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Ruth Owens cello
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Wendy de St Paer violin
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Fiona Paterson flute
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Alan Pendlebury bassoon
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Harry Percy percussion
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David Pigott horn
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Elen Richards violin
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Kate Richardson violin
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Katherine Richardson violin
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Martin Richardson violin
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David Rimbault violin
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David Ruby viola
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Daniel Sanxis viola
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John Robert Shepley viola
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Rakhi Singh violin
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Genna Spinks double bass
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Claire Stranger-Ford violin
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Carolyn Tregaskis viola
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Donald Turnbull violin
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Gareth Twigg bassoon
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Concettina Del Vecchio violin
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Thomas Verity clarinet
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Richard Wallace viola
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Rebecca Walters viola
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Joanna Wesling viola
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David Whitehead violin
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Steven Wilkie violin
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Anthony Williams double bass
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Richard Winter percussion
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John Leach flute
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Mair Jones harp
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Denis Vigay cello
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Michael Ogonovsky horn, principal
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Joseph Koos cello
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Atarah Ben-Tovim flute, principal
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Rachael Pankhurst cor anglais
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Jon Mikel Martínez Valgañón double bass
Discography
Albums
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Reverie
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Overture Spectacular!
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The Best of Eric Coates
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The Beatles Concerto / Six Beatles Impressions
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Concerto for Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto no. 2
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Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite “Veris Gratia”
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Symphony no. 8 / Carnival Overture
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Songs of the Auvergne
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Symphony no. 5 in D / Flos Campi
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The Best of British
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Symphony no. 7 / Symphony no. 31 / The Tinker's Wedding (Comedy Overture)
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A Sea Symphony
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Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / American Suite
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1812 Overture / Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture / Marche Slave / Francesca da Rimini (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra feat. Conductor: Sian Edwards)
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The Sea / Enter Spring / Summer / Cherry Ripe / Lament
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Intimations of Immortality / Grand Fantasia & Toccata
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Symphony no. 3 / Scherzo capriccioso / Carnival Overture
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Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26 / Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53
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'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre etc.
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Messiah
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The Town Fox
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Symphony No. 5
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Asrael
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Symphony no. 10
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Oboe Concerto / English Folksongs / Suite Partita / Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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Sinfonia Antartica / Serenade To Music
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Symphony no. 9 "Choral"
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Symphony No. 9 / Symphony No. 10 Adagio
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Symphonies Nos. 5, 7 & 8 / Czech Suite
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Morning Heroes
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The Planets
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Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concerto for Strings / Three Dances
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A Pastoral Symphony (no. 3) / Symphony no. 4
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British Composers: A Mass of Life / Songs of Sunset / An Arabesque
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Hymnus Paradisi / An English Mass
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The Dream of Gerontius / Organ Sonata
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Ripening / Praga
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Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68
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Meditation
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A London Symphony / Symphony no. 8 in D minor
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Pictures From an Exhibition / A Night on the Bare Mountain
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The Moldau
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Symphony no. 6 in E minor / Symphony no. 9 in E minor
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Messiah
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A Sea Symphony
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Slovak Suite / In the Tatra Mountains / Eternal Longing
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Epilogue / Fairy Tale
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Scheherazade and works by Mussorgsky and Glinka
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Violin Concertos
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Symphonies nos. 2 & 8
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Piano Concerto No. 2/Paganini Variations/Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos
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Falstaff / Wand of Youth Suites Nos.1 & 2
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Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances
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Israel in Egypt
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Symphony no. 4 "The Inextinguishable" / Cupid & The Poet / Songs / Symphonic Rhapsody
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Respighi: Church Windows / Kodály: Dances of Galanta / Janáček: Taras Bulba
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Sinfonia da Requiem / 4 Sea interludes / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Romeo and Juliet op.64: extracts
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An Alpine Symphony Op. 64 / Suite in B-flat Op. 4
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A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony no. 4 in F minor / English Folk Song Suite
Live
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Live With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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All Change Live: Celebrating 20 Years of Cast
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Classic FM: Music From the Masters
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Electricity
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Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Capriccio (excerpt) / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
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Metamorphic Variations for Orchestra / Meditations on a Theme by John Blow
Compilations
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The Essential Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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On the Waterfront
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The Complete Symphonies
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Ripening / Praga / Epilogue / Fairy Tale
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Asrael Symphony / A Summer's Tale
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British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning Heroes
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Violin and Cello Concertos
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Rule, Britannia! Apple Music
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Overtures
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Symphonies nos. 5 & 7
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Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Symphony No. 8
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Ibert: Concerto for Cello & Wind Instruments
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Classic FM: 10 Greatest Hits
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The Nine Symphonies / Job
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The Nine Symphonies
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Smetana: Má vlast / Dvořák: Czech Suite - Symphony No. 4
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Symphonies 1-9 / Orchestral Works
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Czech Suite / American Suite / The Wild Dove / Scherzo capriccioso / Carnival Overture / Othello / My Home / In Natures's Realm
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Symphonies 1 & 9
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Orff: Carmina Burana / Holst: The Planets
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Première Recordings 1938–1946
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Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Nielsen: Helios Overture / Grieg: Holberg Suite
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Liverpool Pops at Home: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Plays The Beatles & Other Favourites
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Einzug der Gladiatoren (Berühmte Märsche)
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Mozart: Horn Concertos 1 - 4 / Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
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Symphonies 7 & 8
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La Fille mal gardée
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Also known as
Orchestre philharmonique Royal de Liverpool · RLPO
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 887b4dfd-269c-46a8-a42d-32560b417760
- ISNI
- 000000012181735X
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