Frank Shipway
Frank Edwin Shipway (9 July 1935 – 6 August 2014) was a British conductor.
Early life
Shipway was born in 1935 in Birmingham.[1] He studied piano first with his father and then with Alisa Verity. He earned a scholarship to The Royal College of Music to study piano and later switched to conducting.[2] Shipway was further trained by John Barbirolli and attended masterclasses with Herbert von Karajan, modelling his style after Karajan's own.[1]
Career
In 1963, Shipway became music director of the South-West Essex Symphony Orchestra, soon renamed the
In 1991, Shipway formed the
For several years prior to his death, Shipway was a frequent guest conductor with the
Shipway died on 6 August 2014 of injuries sustained in a car accident in
Selected discography
Shipway's only recordings were made with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the São Paulo State Symphony. His recordings of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 are particularly well regarded.[1]
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO Records 204494-201)
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Tring TRP080)
- Strauss: An Alpine Symphony – São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (BIS-1950)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, The Voyevoda – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Royal Philharmonic Masterworks 29220)
- Walton/Hindemith: Cello Concertos – São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra/Christian Poltéra (BIS-2077)
The Strauss recording was a finalist for BBC Music Magazine's Best Orchestral Recording of 2014.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Frank Shipway - obituary". Daily Telegraph. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Obituaries: Frank Shipway". Gazette and Herald. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Sanderson, Blair. "Biography: Frank Shipway". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Frank Shipway biography". BIS Records. BIS. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014.
- ^ Sampaio, João Luiz (7 August 2014). "Morre o maestro inglês Frank Shipway". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Pentreath, Rosie. "BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 winners announced". Classicalmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.