Editing Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (section)

==Recordings==
{{Main|Royal Philharmonic Orchestra discography}}
[[File:The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in 2015.jpg|right|thumb|The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recording a special classical segment for TV, film and advertising at Abbey Road Studios]]

From the RPO's earliest days to the end of Beecham's life, they made numerous recordings for [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]], [[Columbia Records|CBS]] and [[RCA Victor]]. Among the works they recorded EMI chose several to be reissued at the end of the twentieth century in its "Great Recordings of the Century" series. They included a Delius programme; a [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]] programme; French ballet music; short works by [[Georges Bizet|Bizet]], [[Emmanuel Chabrier|Chabrier]], [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]] and Saint-Saëns; Tchaikovsky's [[Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)|Symphony No 4]] and ''[[The Nutcracker|Nutcracker]]'' Suite; Mozart's [[Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)|''Jupiter'']] Symphony, [[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto]] (Brymer) and [[Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)|Bassoon Concerto]] (Brooke); and Schubert's [[Symphony No. 3 (Schubert)|3rd]], 5th and [[Symphony No. 6 (Schubert)|6th]] Symphonies.<ref>[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp;jsessionid=268CC5C50E2BB471E973F5875DE62D5C?&list_id=455&start_list=101 "EMI Great Recordings of the Century"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929120841/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp;jsessionid=268CC5C50E2BB471E973F5875DE62D5C?&list_id=455&start_list=101 |date=29 September 2015 }}, Archiv music. Retrieved 3 June 2013</ref>

After Beecham's death, the RPO made many recordings for [[Decca Records|Decca]], sometimes under pseudonyms such as the "Beecham Symphony Orchestra", the "London Festival Orchestra" and the "Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra".<ref name=decca>Stuart, Philip. [http://images.cch.kcl.ac.uk/charm/liv/pubs/DeccaComplete.pdf ''Decca Classical 1929–2009'']. Retrieved 4 June 2013</ref>  In the 1960s, the RPO also recorded commercially with such conductors as [[John Barbirolli|Sir John Barbirolli]], [[Fritz Reiner]], [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]], [[Georges Prêtre]], Kempe, Previn and Stokowski.<ref name=decca/> Soloists included [[Earl Wild]], [[Shura Cherkassky]], Alan Civil and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref name=decca/>

[[Igor Stravinsky]] recorded his opera ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' with the RPO in 1964.<ref name=golding/> [[Colin Davis]] made some of his earliest recordings with the orchestra, including Mozart and [[Gioacchino Rossini|Rossini]] overtures, Beethoven's [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Seventh Symphony]],<ref>Blyth, p. 52</ref> and Stravinsky's ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]''.<ref>[http://www.rpo.co.uk/reviews.php "Press reviews"], Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Retrieved 3 June 2013.</ref> From 1964 to 1979 the RPO was engaged by Decca to record [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operas with the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]].<ref name=decca/> The orchestra has also recorded for [[Deutsche Grammophon]], [[Lyrita]], [[Philips Records|Philips]], [[Pye Records|Pye]] and [[Unicorn-Kanchana]].<ref name=decca/><ref>Cardus et al, pp. 22–23</ref>

In 1986, the orchestra launched RPO Records, claimed to be "the world's first record label to be owned by a symphony orchestra".<ref name=golding>Golding and Beales, pp. 2–3</ref> Recordings available on the RPO label in 2013 ranged from core symphonic repertoire and Tchaikovsky ballet scores to film music by various composers, light music by [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Richard Rodgers]], and an album called "Symphonic Rock", described as "Over 3 hours of classic rock anthems and pop tracks with an orchestral twist".<ref>[http://www.orchidclassics.com/rpo.htm "RPO Records"], Orchid Classics. Retrieved 4 June 2013.</ref>