Editing Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (section)

==Recordings==
The orchestra society made its earliest recordings before WWII with Moiseiwitsch performing Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 (1937 with Walter Goehr) and Paganini Variations (1938, [[Basil Cameron]]) Among the early efforts were in 1943, [[William Walton|Walton's]] ''[[Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)|Belshazzar's Feast]]'', and the [[Arthur Bliss]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto in B-flat]], with Solomon as soloist, and conducted by Boult.<ref name=hm119/>

In 1998 the orchestra became the first in Britain to own and run its own record label, known as 'RLPO Live'.  This was a company created by the members of the orchestra, using the technical expertise of its own members to create recordings of live performances, with the performers, conductor and soloists being equal shareholders.<ref>{{Harvnb|Henley|McKernan|2009|p=190}}</ref> As a recording orchestra the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has a varied and critically acclaimed discography throughout the era of recording, the famous Handel Messiah, Mendelsohn Elijah and Elgar Dream of Gerontius early LPs with Sargent and notable first recordings of British works, e.g. Frederick Delius and Arthur Bliss with Groves and Handley, both of whom have left an extensive British recorded repertoire with the orchestra. In particular, and more recently, [[Libor Pešek]] made a number of award-winning recordings with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra of Czech composers, including symphonies and orchestral music of Antonín Dvořák and Josef Suk. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's catalogue also includes a complete symphony cycle and other works by Beethoven with Sir [[Charles Mackerras]], Britten, Mahler symphonies with Schwarz, Pešek and Mackerras, as well as many works of Rachmaninov, Smetana and Richard Strauss with those conductors. A full Vaughan Williams symphony cycle and other works with Vernon Handley was also made, several of them receiving 'Best Recording in Category' of The Gramophone magazine's recommendations. Many of these recordings feature the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. A complete cycle of all six symphonies by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, in a new edition, has been released by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Douglas Bostock. Petrenko has recorded the complete Shostakovich symphonies. His recording of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] ''[[Manfred Symphony]]'' and ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]'' was Awarded Best Orchestral in the [[Gramophone Award]] 2009.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naxos/8570568| title = Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony| access-date = 8 December 2009 | publisher = Presto Classical}}</ref> and the Shostakovich Symphony No 10 received the same award in 2011. Petrenko has also recorded the Rachmaninov Symphonies and Piano Concertos with [[Simon Trpčeski]] and in 2017 completed a Tchaikovsky symphonies cycle achieving the 'Record of the Year 2017' award for the performance of the 1st, 2nd and 5th from 'BBC Music Magazine'. The British repertoire is continuing, notably an Alwyn symphony cycle and orchestral works under David Lloyd-Jones; also Petrenko took the Elgar Symphonies and orchestral works and Andrew Manze's new Vaughan Williams cycle completed both series in 2019.

Much of this recording legacy is due to the availability of the Hall for recording and rehearsal purposes and is now supplemented by The Friary, rehearsal studio, which is the venue for the outreach programme 'In Harmony' in the West Everton district of the city.