Jean-Claude Casadesus
A member of one of France's most distinguished musical families, Jean-Claude Casadesus has gained international acclaim for his founding and development of the Orchestre National de Lille. Equally adept at conducting the orchestral and operatic repertories, Casadesus has made a great number of recordings for a number of labels. After studies at the Paris Conservatoire where he won a first prize, Casadesus, interested in jazz as classical forms, began his career as a percussionist, even as his training as a composer led to commissions to write film and theater scores. Further studies, this time in conducting with Pierre Dervaux in Paris and Pierre Boulez in Basle, preceded his appointment as principal conductor at the Théâtre du Châtelet and later at the Opéra de Paris and Opera-Comique. In his first assignment, he learned control over his conducting arm and galvanized his musicians while conducting the same repertory with great frequency (La Périchole some 300 times). With Dervaux, he formed the Orchestre Philharmonique de Pays de Loire in 1971 and remained assistant musical director there until 1976. In April 1976, he was sent to Lille to save a faltering ORTF orchestra. Only 33 musicians remained and they were severely demoralized by the depressed economic conditions they faced. Casadesus worked with those players while lobbying for better working conditions. He succeeded beyond all hopes and guided the ensemble to international recognition and tours through 30 countries to many of the world's most important music capitals, including Berlin, New York, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, Salzburg, and St. Petersburg. In 1985, the Orchestre National de Lille made the first tour of Africa by a full symphonic ensemble. Casadesus' stature as a guest conductor rose as well, placing him before the major orchestras of London, Vienna, Moscow, Dresden, Prague, and Leipzig. In addition to his work with his own orchestra, Casadesus has regularly conducted at the Lille Opera and at France's other important houses in Paris and Lyon. Festivals at Orange and Aix-en-Provence have invited him on several occasions, as well. Among Casadesus' recordings are excellent ones of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Stravinsky's Petroushka and L'oiseau de feu, and Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Dutilleux : Symphony No. 1 - Métaboles - Les citations
Orchestre National de Lille, Cyril Ciabaud, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Mathieu Petit, Romain Robine, Kasia Tomczak-Feltrin
Symfonische muziek - Released by Naxos on 14 sep. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Concerto pour orgue - Concert Champetre
Philippe Lefebvre, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 28 jan. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alexandre Nevsky
Ewa Podles, State Choir Latvija, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 dec. 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Magnard: Chant funèbre
Orchestre National de Lille, Fernand Iaciu, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 4 dec. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Escaich: Oeuvres Symphoniques (Lille)
Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Michiyoshi Inouë, Paul Polivnick, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 jan. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Violeta Urmana, Jon Villars
Symfonieën - Released by Evidence (LTR) on 4 dec. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milhaud: La Creation Du Monde / Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit / Suite Provencale
Orchestre National de Lille, Tomoko Makuuchi, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Jian Zhao, Mathias Vidal, Bernard Deletre
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jun. 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Henri Demarquette . Par La Chute D'Adam...
Jean-Claude Casadesus, Orchestre National de France, Giovanni Bellucci, Henri Demarquette
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 jan. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ravel: Boléro & Piano Concertos
Jean-Claude Casadesus, Orchestre National de Lille
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 31 jul. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Live)
Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Symfonieën - Released by Evidence (LTR) on 21 okt. 2016
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Cantates
Michele Lagrange, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Daniel Galvez Vallejo, Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir , Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Naxos on 30 jun. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pelléas et Mélisande
Volledige opera's - Released by Naxos on 17 apr. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nuits d'été, op. 7
Elsa Maurus, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Naxos on 1 mrt. 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bizet : Clovis et Clotilde & Roma (- Apex)
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics International on 1 jan. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dukas & Berlioz
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Elsa Maurus, Jean-Luc Tingaud, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Klassiek - Released by Unclassified on 7 apr. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37
Klassiek - Released by Classical.com Music on 16 feb. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo