LEAPER, ADRIAN

In 1986 Adrian Leaper began his conducting career when he was appointed assistant conductor to the Hallé Orchestra, and in 1994 became Director Titular of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, an orchestra with which he still maintains a close relationship through guest conducting engagements. He has also had considerable success as a guest conductor throughout Europe, having conducted all four of the major international London orchestras, as well as the Moscow Symphony, Vienna Symphony and Prague Symphony Orchestras and a number of the leading Radio Symphony orchestras across Europe. In September 2001 Adrian Leaper was appointed Director Titular of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid. Recording has played an important part in his career and his discography now comprises some hundred discs, including releases for Naxos and Marco Polo, ranging from standard to rarer repertoire.

For Naxos, Adrian Leaper has produced an impressive range of critically acclaimed recordings: these include sets of symphonies by Nielsen and Tchaikowsky, concertos by Elgar and Sibelius and orchestral pieces by Kodaly and Khachaturian.

For Marco Polo, Adrian Leaper has so far recorded eight volumes in the British Light Music series together with orchestral works by other British composers such as Frederic Cowen, Granville Bantock, Bernard Stevens, Joseph Holbrooke and Havergal Brian. He has also produced albums of Chinese music.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 3	8.551143
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.551147
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551150
A LA DECOUVERTE DU CLASSIQUE	8.550037-38
A to Z of Classical Music	8.553362
Around The World In 80 Minutes	8.223003
BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite	8.223274
BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite	8.555473
BEST OF BRITISH	8.570573-74
BEST OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC	8.570575-76
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 1	8.554709
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 2	8.554710
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 3	8.554711
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 4	8.554712
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 5	8.554713
BEST OF LONDON	8.572098-99
BEST OF NAXOS 6	8.550006
BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES	8.554044
BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES	8.570052
BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 11 and 15	8.223588
BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 17 and 32 / In Memoriam	8.223481
BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 12	8.223447
BRIAN: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 12	8.570308
BRITISH FESTIVAL (A)	8.571088
CAN-CAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE OPERA	8.550924
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 2	8.554903-04DX
CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / CHU: The Yellow River Piano Concerto	8.223488
CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / CHU: The Yellow River Piano Concerto	8.223495G
CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / YIN: The Yellow River Piano Concerto	8.223495
CHU / LIU / SHENG / XU / YIN / SHI: Yellow River Piano Concerto (The) / Chinese Works for Piano Solo	8.223412
CHU / LIU / SHENG / XU / YIN / SHI: Yellow River Piano Concerto (The) / Chinese Works for Piano Solo	8.554499
CINEMA CLASSICS	8.571090
CINEMA CLASSICS 2006	8.556833
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 4	8.556624
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 6	8.556626
CLASSICAL CHILL 1 - The Ultimate Collection	8.570171-72
CLASSICAL CHILLOUT - The Essential Collection	8.570223-24
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL MARCHES	8.550532DX
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 2: Classical Music for Love	8.555358
Classical Music From TV Advert	8.554589
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 1: 1500-1825	8.550779
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945	8.550835
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 1	8.556811
Classics at the Movies: Epics	8.556803
Classics from the Movies	8.554576
COATES, E.: Dam Busters (The) / London Suite	8.223445
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture / Petite Suite	8.223516
COWEN: Symphony No. 3 / Indian Rhapsody	8.223273
CURZON: In Malaga / Robin Hood / Punchinello	8.223425
DANISH ROMANCE FOR MEDITATION	8.570557
DISCOVER CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.550008-09
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 1	8.550035-36
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition)	8.554337-38
Elegie: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556612
ELGAR (THE BEST OF)	8.556672
ELGAR (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552133-34
ELGAR: Cello Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings	8.554409
ELGAR: Enigma Variations (UK)	8.554585
ELGAR: Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4 / Serenade for Strings	8.554161
ELGAR: Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches, Nos. 1-5	8.571026
ELGAR: Violin Concerto / Cockaigne Overture	8.550489
Elizabethan Serenade: The Best of British Light Music	8.553515
ENGLISH FESTIVAL	8.550229
English String Festival	8.550331
EXTREME CLASSICS	8.557941-42
FAMOUS MARCHES	8.571074
Fantasia	8.551166
FARNON: Colditz March / State Occasion	8.223401
FOOD OF LOVE (THE)	8.554590
Ga Da Mei Lin	8.223408
GERMAN: Nell Gwyn / Gipsy Suite / Henry VIII	8.223419
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 3 (Australia)	8.570038
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 7 (Australia)	8.570042
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 10 (Australia)	8.570045
GREENSLEEVES - English Pastoral Music	8.557535
GRIEG (THE BEST OF)	8.556658
GRIEG (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552123-24
GRIEG / SIBELIUS: Romantic Music for Strings	8.550330
GRIEG : Piano Concerto	DVDI 1002
GRIEG : The Best Of Grieg	8.551108
HOLBROOKE: Orchestral Works	8.223446
HOLST: Planets (The) / DELIUS: Over the Hills and Far Away	8.571036
HOLST: Planets (The) / Suite de Ballet, Op. 10	8.550193
IN MEMORIAM - MUSIC FOR SOLEMN OCCASIONS	8.553435
KETELBEY: In a Monastery Garden / Chal Romano	8.223442
KODALY: Galanta Dances / Marosszek Dances / The Peacock	8.550520
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW, Vol. 2: Lullabies	8.554790
MARCHES (FAMOUS)	8.553596
Marco Polo Sampler (2 CDs)	MP-2000-1/2HDCD
Music and Video Club Vol. 2 (UK Only)	8.555082
Music Together	8.557363DX
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
NIELSEN, C.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6, 'Sinfonia Semplice'	8.550826
NIELSEN, C.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3	8.550825
NIELSEN, C.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5	8.550743
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
Orchestral Spectacular	8.550501
PERFECT ROMANCE	8.570029
QUILTER: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces	8.223444
RAVEL (THE BEST OF)	8.556673
RAVEL (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552125-26
Requiem: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556703
ROMANCE	8.553216
Russian Favourites	8.553249
Russian Spectacular	8.553242
Sarabande: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL	8.571098
SIBELIUS (THE BEST OF)	8.556677
SIBELIUS (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552135-36
SIBELIUS / ELGAR: Violin Concertos	8.553233
SIBELIUS COLLECTION	8.550803
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6	8.550197
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7	8.550198
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4	8.550199
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5	8.550200
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto / SINDING: Legende / HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dances	8.550329
SOMMER	8.503045
STANFORD: Requiem / The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan	8.223580-81
STANFORD: Requiem / The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan	8.555201-02
STEVENS, B.: Piano Concerto / Dance Suite / Variations	8.223480
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556652
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552117-18
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL	8.550500
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL	8.550500DX
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture / KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus	8.553248
TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasias after Shakespeare	8.553017
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.552216
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.570081
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4	8.550488
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 / Hamlet Overture	8.550517
THANKSGIVING - A Classic Thanksgiving: Songs of Praise	8.555294
The Hall of Fame	8.225911
THREE ELIZABETHS (THE): A Musical Celebration of Britain through the Centuries	8.557032-33
W.H. Smiths Vol. 16 (British Light Music)	8.554586
W.H.Smiths Vol. 2 (Children's Classics 2)	8.554572
WAGNER / LISZT / RAVEL / TCHAIKOVSKY: Orchestral Spectacular	8.571081
WITH LOVE TO YOU	8.557789
WOOD: Sketch of a Dandy / London Cameos	8.223402
XIAN: Yellow River Cantata (The) / CHU: The Yellow River Piano Concerto	8.223982