Orchestre de chambre de Paris
The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris ("Paris Chamber Orchestra") is one of Europe's top small orchestras and a rare example of one that has achieved gender parity. The orchestra is notable for performing in venues not often associated with classical music.
The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (OCP) was formed in 1978 as the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; the current name was adopted in 2012 in recognition of the orchestra's orientation toward music for small orchestra. The group has about 40 permanent members. It was formed at the behest of the city of Paris by composer Marcel Landowski, actor Roland Bourdin, and conductor Jean-Pierre Wallez; Wallez served as the group's first music director, remaining in the post until 1986 and also taking the role of first solo violinist. He was succeeded by Armin Jordan from 1986 to 1992, Jean-Jacques Kantorow from 1994 to 1998, and John Nelson from 1998 to 2009. Joseph Swensen followed from 2009 to 2012, and he was followed by Thomas Zehetmair from 2012 to 2014. The orchestra has also played host to many guest conductors, including Thomas Dausgaard and Trevor Pinnock. Zehetmair led the group on a 2013 recording for the Mirare label of violin-and-orchestra works by Fauré and Saint-Saëns, featuring violinist Deborah Nemtanu, and he released several recordings with the group on Naïve. Zehetmair was succeeded by Douglas Boyd from 2015 to 2020. Lars Vogt became music director in 2020 and revived the orchestra's recording program, but his tenure was cut short by his death in 2022.
The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris is a resident ensemble at the Philharmonie de Paris. It also performs around greater Paris in venues such as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Théâtre du Châtelet, and the Opéra Comique. Sometimes, in an effort to move closer to general audiences, the group performs in venues that do not often present classical music, including the Bataclan Concert Hall and for inmates of the Meaux-Chauconin correctional facility. The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris recorded an album of Schumann works for the ECM label in 2016, moved to Palazzetto Bru Zane for its first opera recording, Charles Lecocq's La fille de Madame Angot, in 2021, backed a variety of singers on the album Jules Massenet: Songs with Orchestra on that label in 2022 and returned to Mirare that year for a recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, K. 621, with soloist Raphaël Sévère.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Lars Vogt, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Classical - Released by Ondine on 4 Mar 2022
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Jules Massenet: Songs with Orchestra
Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet
Classical - Released by Bru Zane on 24 Jun 2022
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Mozart: Clarinet Works
Raphaël Sévère, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Lars Vogt, Quatuor Modigliani
Classical - Released by Mirare on 23 Sep 2022
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Tempéraments
Shani Diluka, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Ben Glassberg
Classical - Released by Mirare on 8 Mar 2019
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QUATRE CONCERTOS ALLEMANDS ET TCHEQUES POUR FLUTE
Philippe Pierlot, Philippe Bernold, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Classical - Released by Premiers Horizons on 12 Apr 2024
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Halévy : La Reine de Chypre
Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet, Flemish Radio Choir
Full Operas - Released by Bru Zane on 11 May 2018
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Lebrun, Haydn: 6 Concertos pour flûte (Première intégrale mondiale)
András Adorján, Philippe Bernold, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Classical - Released by Premiers Horizons on 1 Jun 2018
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Mozart: Larghetto (from Piano Concerto No. 24)
Lars Vogt, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Classical - Released by Ondine on 25 Aug 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Destination Paris - Ravel: Pavane pour un infante défunte
Gautier Capuçon, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Lionel Bringuier
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 28 Jul 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Fauré & Saint-Saëns
Thomas Zehetmair, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Deborah Nemtanu
Classical - Released by Mirare on 28 Jan 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Robert Schumann (Live)
Thomas Zehetmair, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 18 Oct 2002
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel, Boieldieu & Others: Works for Harp
Marie-Claire Jamet, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Paul Kuentz, Elena Polonska
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo