Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
During the 140 years of its existence, the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris was the most stable and the best orchestra in the city of Paris.
Shortly before the Revolution, the composer Gossec and others founded the Ecole Royale de Chant (Royal Singing School) with fifteen students in 1784. The National Directory established a country-wide system of musical education with a Conservatoire Superior (the Paris Conservatoire) as the head institution. It took over the staff of the former Ecole Royale de Chant and opened in October, 1796, with 115 professors and 351 pupils.
In its very first season, the Conservatoire initiated its practice of giving an annual concert featuring its prizewinning students. In 1800, it initiated a series of concerts, from five to twelve each year, using an orchestra of about 60 players, mostly pupils but with some of the teachers as well, that became well known because of the high quality of its playing. The conductor F.-A. Habaneck led these concerts from 1806. The Conservatoire was briefly closed after the fall of Napoleon, but the restored Bourbon monarchy reopened it in 1816. Under the leadership of Luigi Cherubini after 1822, it became the world's leading institute of higher musical education outside the field of musicology, which remained a specialty of the Sorbonne.
The post-Restoration period saw a decline in the pupils' orchestra concerts due to lack of financial support, and they ended altogether in 1824. But after Habaneck was appointed Inspector General of the Conservatoire, he launched a new organization with the support of the Minister of Arts. It was called the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire and its orchestra was made up of 81 present and former students of the Conservatoire. It remained the leading concert organization of Paris for many years as several private concert organizations rose and fell. Richard Wagner wrote that this orchestra was "the only thing in Paris worthy of the attention of a musician." He said they had "correct execution" and the "secret of good interpretation."
In 1859, Pasdeloup founded the Société des Jeune Artistes du Conservatoire, an orchestra of the most superior instrumental players (about 60 of them) and choral singers (around 40) of the Conservatoire, a de facto revival of the old pupils' concerts. This series lasted until the war of 1870, but the main Conservatoire concerts continued despite occasional setbacks for the rest of the century and two-thirds of the next, and became the primary example of the French sound in orchestral playing. Its leading conductors after Habeneck included Hainl, Garcin, Taffanel, and Messager and, after World War I, such leaders as Paray, Wolff, Monteux, and Münch.
The Conservatoire Concerts faced a potent rival after 1937, when the French Radio organization founded its own Orchestra National de la RTF (which has become the French National Orchestra). Charles Munch became conductor of the Conservatoire Orchestra from 1938 to 1948, succeeded by André Cluytens. In 1967, Minister of Culture André Malraux disbanded the Société des concerts du Conservatoire. Many of its players became members of the organization Malraux established in its place, l'Orchestre de Paris.
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Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty - Symphony No. 4
Anatole Fistoulari, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Jan 11, 2019
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Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major etc.
Samson François, Robert Casadesus, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Past Classics on Jun 12, 2011
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Gluck, C.W.: Orphee et Euridice
Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Liliane Berton, Chœurs de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Louis De Froment
Opera - Released by Profil on Jan 1, 1958
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Ansermet In Russia
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jun 8, 2018
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Live)
Opera - Released by Stradivarius on Sep 6, 2019
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 2 & 5 / Russian Orchestral Works
Sir Georg Solti, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on May 20, 2016
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Tchaikovsky & Liszt: Orchestral Works
Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux, Gyorgy Cziffra
Classical - Released by Archipel on Aug 12, 2002
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Samson François, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Tzipine
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 16, 2020
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Mado Robin-Extracts From "Mireille" & "Lucia Di Lammermoor"
Mado Robin, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Richard Blareau
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2014
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
Rita Gorr, Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc, Louis Quilico, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 12, 2024
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 7: Victor de Sabata, Roger Désormière
Janine Micheau, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Désormière, Victor De Sabata
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Aug 25, 2023
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Janine Micheau. Operatic Recital
Janine Micheau, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Roger Désormière
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2014
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Fête à la française (Franck, Lalo, Charpentier, Massenet)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestra Of The Opera-Comique, Paris, Albert Wolff
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca Music Group Limited on Jan 1, 2010
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Chopin, Ravel & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Piano Concertos No. 2 & 4
Alfred Cortot, Charles Munch, Sir John Barbirolli, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Unnamed Orchestras
Classical - Released by Infinity on Jan 7, 2022
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R. Strauss: Don Juan; Tod und Verklärung (Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition: Volume 9)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Knappertsbusch
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan 1, 1956
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Invitation To The Dance
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Albert Wolff
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Nov 19, 2010
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Cluytens conducts Wagner, Mussorgsky, Ravel
André Cluytens, Orchestre Du Théâtre National De I'Opéra De Paris, ORF Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Urania Records on May 1, 2020
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384
Opera - Released by Walhall Eternity Series on Mar 1, 2015
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The 1963 Recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris: Works by Berlioz, Bizet, Gluck, Gounod & Massenet (The Original Sound of Maria Callas)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre, Maria Callas
Opera - Released by Unbeldi on Dec 13, 2023
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Master Of Music, Franck - Symphonic Variations For Piano And Orchestra, Sonata For Violin And Piano
Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, David Oïstrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky, Charles Munch, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on Jul 21, 1993
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Rodrigo: Concierto de estío; Semenoff: Double Concerto (Christian Ferras Edition, Vol. 2)
Christian Ferras, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, George Enescu
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan 1, 1952
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