<!-- BEGIN WikiProject Album infobox (scroll down to edit article text) --> {{Infobox album | name = Royce Concerto | type = Album | artist = Richard Kastle | cover = Royce_Concerto.jpg | alt = | released = 1997 | recorded = Minnesota Public Radio, Studio M, St. Paul, MN<br />Blackheath Hall, London | venue = | studio = | genre = Classical | length = 61:23 | label = Yum Recordings | producer = Steve Barnett | prev_title = Streetwise (album) | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Ear Candy | next_year = 1998 }} <!-- END WikiProject Album infobox -->
'''''Royce Concerto''''' is the second studio album by American classical pianist and composer Richard Kastle. It is also a three movement concerto for piano and orchestra, that was composed by Kastle and included in the album. The Philharmonia Orchestra also performs on the album released by Yum Recordings on September 30, 1997.
==Concerto== This concerto was created after Kastle was invited to perform at UCLA’s Royce Hall. After the invitation, he went to work on some music designed especially for the venue and its difficult acoustics. By the time he finished the Royce Concerto and before the contracts were signed, organizers had changed their minds about booking him. He refused to change the name.<ref>{{cite news | first = Steve | last = Appleford | title = Spike-Haired Pianist Shows How You Can't Judge an Album by His Jacket | work = Los Angeles Times | date = March 24, 1991 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-24-ca-1154-story.html}}</ref>
==Recording== It was recorded by Virgin Records in 1992<ref name=richardkastle>{{cite web |url=http://www.richardkastle.com/Bio.html |title=Richard Kastle |access-date=2009-10-18 }}</ref><ref name=mh>{{cite news |title=Hip Composer Opening for Leno |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB345DBCE330633&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote= Kastle just got back from London where he did a recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra.|work=Miami Herald |date=February 20, 1992 |access-date=2009-10-22 }}</ref> using the same production team and studio as ''Streetwise.'' The piano was recorded and mixed a Minnesota Public radio, Studio M, St. Paul, MN. The orchestra was recorded at Blackheath Halls in London.
==Track listing== *Music composed by Richard Kastle (except track 12)<br />1. Boardwalk Rondo<br />'''Royce Concerto''' (tracks 2–4)<br />2. ''Adagio Molto''<br /> 3. ''Andante''<br />4. ''Moderato''<br />5. Mirror Pool (Piano Concerto No 6)<br />6. Desert Sky<br />7. Ida's Love Theme (Titanic Symphony)<br />8. Adagio<br />9. Tempest<br />10. Nocturne in A Minor<br />11. Prelude in E<br />12. Polonaise in A Flat, Frédéric Chopin
==Credits== *Executive Producer: Roger Holdredge *Produced by Steve Barnett *Engineered by Preston Smith *Orchestrated by Richard Kastle *Conducted by Steve Barnett *Design: Wj Mauer *Photography: Frank Franca *Tenor Saxophone soloist on Desert Sky: Brian Grivna
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==External links== * [http://www.richardkastle.com/Concertos.html Richard Kastle's Piano Concertos]
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