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London Philharmonic Orchestra
LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
United Kingdom · b. 1932-01-01
London Philharmonic Orchestra is credited on 11,562 releases across 2,082 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
11,562
Credits
2,082
Albums
8
Decades active
279
In collections
Biography
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Not to be confused with Philharmonia Orchestra.
For recordings made & released by or licensed from Westminster in the late 1950s with (mostly) Artur Rodzinski conducting, please check Philharmonic Symphony Of London.
Excerpts from Wikipedia:
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestras. The founders' ambition was to build an orchestra the equal of any European or American rival. Between 1932 and the Second World War the LPO was widely judged to have succeeded in this regard.
Unlike its London rivals the RPO and the Philharmonia, the post-war LPO was not exclusively associated with one company, and as well as Decca it recorded for Philips, CBS, RCA, Chandos and many other labels. The orchestra has been associated with the Royal Festival Hall since its opening in 1951, and has been its Resident Orchestra since 1992. In the 1960s and 1970s the orchestra was particularly associated with Lyrita, an independent company specialising in neglected British repertoire. In most LPO recordings for Lyrita the conductor was Boult; in the same period he also recorded extensively for EMI, with the LPO his preferred orchestra. For some years in the 1950s and 1960s the orchestra was contracted to two companies at once, and consequently appeared under the name "The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra" in some of its recordings.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
11,562 releases · 2,082 albums · active 1950–2026
- Other credits · 14,120
- Performance · 332
Studios: Kingsway Hall · Abbey Road Studios · Walthamstow Assembly Hall · Watford Town Hall
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Donovan's Greatest Hits
1969

Works (Volume 1)
1977

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2001

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2003

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2002

Works (Volume 2)
1977

Tron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1982

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012

The Lord Of The Rings (The Motion Picture Trilogy Soundtrack)
2003

Evita
1976

Break Like The Wind
1992

Dark Passion Play
2007

Star Wars / A Stereo Space Odyssey
1977

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits
1980

Original Soundtrack Recording: Lawrence Of Arabia
1962

Evita: Premiere American Recording
1979

The Planets
1971

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings
2006

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (The Complete Recordings)
2005

The Mission (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
1987

Turandot
1973

The Cell (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2000

Naked Lunch
1992

The Cuckoo And The Nightingale (Four Favorite Handel Organ Concertos)
1963
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Elgar
- Beethoven
- Vaughan Williams
- Tchaikovsky
- Mozart
- Brahms
- Mendelssohn
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