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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Richter Archives, Vol. 11: Concertos with Maazel
Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France, Unknown Artist
Klassik - Erschienen bei DOREMI am 09.01.2007
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Martinon Conducts Prokofiev & Varèse (Live) [Remastered 2022]
Orchestre National de France, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Jean Martinon
Klassik - Erschienen bei Urania Records am 23.09.2022
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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
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.10.2016
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Intrada
Orchestre National de France, Pascal Rophé
Klassik - Erschienen bei TransArt Live am 01.01.2002
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Henri Dutilleux : Violin Concerto - Cello Concerto
Pierre Amoyal, Lynn Harrell, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1994
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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
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.02.2017
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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
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.10.2016
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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
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 03.08.2016
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Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, extrait de Miroirs, M. 43 & Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Mono Version)
André Cluytens, Orchestre National de France
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1957
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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 4 & 7 (Collection trésors, mono version)
Orchestre National de France, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1958
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Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour piano No. 1 - Balakirev: Islamey (Mono Version)
Gyorgy Cziffra, Orchestre National de France, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1957
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Villa-Lobos: Chôros Nos. 2, 5, 11 & Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 (Collection trésors, mono version)
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Orchestre National de France, Aline Van Barentzen
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.2013
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Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges (Mono Version)
Ernest Bour, Orchestre National de France, Martha Angelici, Nadine Sautereau
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1953
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Haydn - Beethoven - Schumann, Concert du 02/05/1957, Orchestre national de la RTF, Paul Paray (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Paul Paray
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.05.2017
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Brahms - Hindemith - Mozart, Festival de Montreux, Concert du 22/09/1957, Orchestre national de la RTF, P. Hindemith (dir), C. Haskil (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Paul Hindemith
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.05.2017
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Strauss - Poulenc - Prokofiev - Sancan, Concert du 02/02/1956, Orchestre National de la RTF, Manuel Rosenthal (dir), Pierre Sancan (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Manuel Rosenthal
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.05.2017
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Johannes Brahms, Orchestre National de la RTF, Concert du 06/10/1961, Witold Rowicki (dir), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Witold Rowicki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 22.11.2016
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Festival de Montreux, Weber - Brahms - Tchaikovski - M. de Falla, Concert du 25/09/1958, Orchestre National, Igor Markevitch (dir), C. Arrau (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Igor Markevitch
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 01.10.2016
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Tchaikovski - Chopin - Scriabine, Concert du 24/11/1955, Orchestre National, Paul Kletzki (dir), S. François (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Paul Kletzki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ina, musique(s) am 03.08.2016
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Borodin: Danses polovtsiennes - Tchaikovsky: Roméo et Juliette - Mussorgsky: Une nuit sur le mont Chauve (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, Igor Markevitch
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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