Orchestre National de France
The Orchestre National de France has been associated with French national radio broadcasting for much of its career. It also lives up to its name, giving concerts around France in addition to those at its home venues in Paris.
The Orchestre National de France, or ONF, was founded in 1934 by Radio France as the Orchestre National, giving its first concert at the Paris Conservatory. Its first conductor was Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. In 1939, many of the orchestra's musicians were conscripted into the French army. The rest of the group moved to the city of Rennes but disbanded when that city was bombed. The orchestra was reconstituted in Marseilles by the collaborationist Vichy government in 1941; Jewish musicians were banned. The orchestra returned to Paris in 1943 and the following year, gave its first concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, where it continues to perform today. It also appears at the Salle Olivier Messiaen at the Maison de Radio France. All of the group's roughly 70 annual concerts are broadcast on the French national radio network ORTF. The orchestra has changed its name several times. When independent French radio was reestablished in 1945, it became the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française, and in 1949 the Orchestre national de la Radio-télévision française or Orchestre national de la RTF. In 1964, the group took on the cumbersome name of Orchestre national de l'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française or Orchestre national de l'ORTF, shortened in 1975 to the present name. Manuel Rosenthal replaced Inghelbrecht in 1944, and after the war, he restored French and contemporary programming that had been banned under German rule. Major conductors have included Jean Martinon (1968-1973), Lorin Maazel (1988-1990), Charles Dutoit (1991-2001), Kurt Masur (2002-2007), Daniele Gatti (2008-2016), Emmanuel Krivine (2017-2020), and, as of 2020, Cristian Măcelaru. The group has spent considerable periods without a chief conductor, and during those times has attracted an A-list of international guest conductors that included Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, and Georg Solti. Guest soloists have been similarly prestigious, with Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Yo-Yo Ma numbered among them.
The ONF has recorded prolifically for Erato, EMI, Naïve, and other labels. The group has often premiered and recorded contemporary French works but also issues recordings of the standard repertory, not all of it French. In the late 2010s, the orchestra moved to Erato partner Warner Classics, issuing a recording of Alexandre Desplat's Airlines in 2020.
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Ravel: Klavierkonzerte/La valse u.a.
Jean-Philippe Collard, Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel
Música de cámara - Editado por Warner Classics el 27 jul. 2001
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Bartok - V. d'Indy - Canteloube, Concert du 04/07/1957, Orchestre National de la RTF, D.E Ingelbrecht (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Désiré Emile Inghelbrecht
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 1 oct. 2016
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Beethoven - Stravinski - Haendel, Concert du 22/03/1956, Orchestre National, Jean Martinon (dir), V. Perlemuter (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Jean Martinon
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 3 ago. 2016
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Beethoven & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos
David Oïstrakh, Leonid Kogan, Orchestre National de France, The Ussr State Symphony Orchestra, André Cluytens, Kirill Kondrashin
Clásica - Editado por Russian Compact Disc el 17 jul. 2020
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Weber - Beethoven - Mozart - Ibert, Concert du 08/12/1955, Orchestre National, André Cluytens (dir), C. Haskil (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and André Cluytens
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 3 ago. 2016
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1975)
Música concertante - Editado por Claves Records el 26 ene. 2009
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie & 3 Ouvertures
Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, Donald McInnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 may. 1999
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 / Hindemith: 4 Temperaments (Haskil, Hindemith) (1957) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Paul Hindemith)
Clara Haskil, Orchestre National de France, Paul Hindemith
Clásica - Editado por Music and Arts Programs of America el 1 abr. 2011
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Kalabis - Poulenc - Stravinski, Concert du 11/03/1957, Orchestre National de la RTF, Manuel Rosenthal(dir), G. Moizan (s) et J. Neilz (violoncelle)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Manuel Rosenthal
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 1 may. 2017
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Conte pour enfants - Britten: Variations et fugue sur un thème de Purcell
Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Universal Music Division Decca Records France el 1 may. 2020
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Dutilleux: Concertos For Violin & Cello
Pierre Amoyal, Lynn Harrell, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1994
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Mendelssohn - Schumann - Pierné - Loucheur, Concert du 04/04/1955, Orchestre National, Pierre Dervaux (dir), Y. Lefébure (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Pierre Dervaux
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 3 ago. 2016
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Richter Archives, Vol. 11: Concertos with Maazel
Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France, Unknown Artist
Clásica - Editado por DOREMI el 9 ene. 2007
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Martinon Conducts Prokofiev & Varèse (Live) [Remastered 2022]
Orchestre National de France, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Jean Martinon
Clásica - Editado por Urania Records el 23 sep. 2022
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Festival de Montreux, Debussy - Mendhelssohn - Tchaikovski, Concert du 24/09/1957, Orchestre National de la RTF, Paul Kletzki (dir), Y. Menuhin (violon)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Paul Kletzki
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 1 oct. 2016
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Intrada
Orchestre National de France, Pascal Rophé
Clásica - Editado por TransArt Live el 1 ene. 2002
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Henri Dutilleux : Violin Concerto - Cello Concerto
Pierre Amoyal, Lynn Harrell, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1994
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Rimski-Korsakov - Prokofiev - Stravinski - Tchaïkovski, Orchestre national de la RTF, Concert du 08/05/1958, Pierre Monteux (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Pierre Monteux
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 1 feb. 2017
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Prokofiev - Liszt - Debussy - Ravel, Concert du 09/05/1957, Orchestre National de la RTF, Paul Paray (dir), S. François (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Paul Paray
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 1 oct. 2016
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Beethoven - Chopin - Rolland-Manuel, Concert du 22/04/1954, Orchestre National, André Cluytens (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and André Cluytens
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 3 ago. 2016
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