André Cluytens
André Cluytens (pronounced clue-ton) was a Belgian-born conductor who rose from leading a theater orchestra to become one of the more important orchestra leaders in Europe during the 1950s and 1960s, with equally enduring contributions in both the concert hall and the opera house. Born in Antwerp in 1905, he trained as a pianist at the Royal Flemish Conservatory and in his teens served as assistant to his father, the conductor at the Royal Theater in Antwerp. After becoming first conductor at the theater, he moved to France and served in opera houses in Lyon, Bordeaux, and Vichy, and later settled in Paris and took French citizenship. He was later principal conductor and then music director of the Paris Opera-Comique. He succeeded Charles Munch as chief conductor of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra in 1949 and also held the post of principal conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra, before becoming the chief conductor of the French National Radio Orchestra. He led the Vienna State Opera in performances and subsequently conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and was the first French conductor to appear at Bayreuth.
Although Cluytens was best known for his work with French repertoire, he also gave notable performances of works in the German-Austrian tradition. His recording career began during the 78-rpm era, and it was at the tail end of that period that he made the first full recording of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann for Columbia Records, as well as Bizet's Carmen -- that early version of Hoffmann, in particular (which remains in print on CD, through Naxos Records as of 2006), is still very highly regarded in the 21st century as one of the best ever done. Most of Cluytens' recording career was spent at EMI, and there his output covered a vast range of repertoire -- in the mono era, highlights include beautiful accounts of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande and Massenet's Manon. The outstanding part of his stereo catalog was a complete Beethoven symphonic cycle with the Berlin Philharmonic -- the first ever recorded by the orchestra, and the only one it ever did with a guest conductor -- that stayed in print for decades.
Cluytens remained very busy in concert and recording work into the mid-'60s, at which point he was discovered to be suffering from stomach cancer. He continued working even as his health declined, and among his last recordings was Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ. He died in June of 1967, leaving behind a major body of recorded music that, in addition to the French masterpieces (including an enviable string of operas), also encompassed the music of Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Smetana, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Schumann. It is a sign of the worth of Cluytens' recordings that a surprisingly large number of them continue to be reissued on CD in the 21st century under license to speciality premium labels such as Testament, in addition to EMI's own reissue efforts, without regard to whether they are mono or stereo.
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Pecheurs De Perles Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 28 de fev. de 2003
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Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach
Opera - Lançado por Preiser Records em 1 de nov. de 1958
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Ravel: L'heure espagnole, M. 52
Denise Duval, Jean Giraudeau, Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'opera-comique, André Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 20 de mar. de 2024
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Wagner & Gounod: Orchestral Works
Orchestre de l'Opera National de Paris, André Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por Archipel em 30 de mar. de 2010
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Emil Gilels, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Leopold Ludwig, André Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por Jube Classic em 22 de mai. de 2020
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Wagner: Parsifal (Recorded 1960)
Opera - Lançado por Andromeda em 24 de jan. de 2006
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Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 5 de jan. de 2018
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Symphony In C Major
Classical - Lançado por Nar Classical em 10 de jul. de 2023
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Franck: Les Éolides, Le chasseur maudit & Rédemption
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 21 de out. de 2022
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Berlioz : L'enfance du Christ, Roméo et Juliette
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 11 de jan. de 1995
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André Cluytens - Complete Mono Orchestral Recordings, 1943-1958
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 16 de jun. de 2017
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 & Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 20 de mar. de 2020
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 20 de mar. de 2020
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Borodin, Mussorgsky & Rimsky-Korssakoff: Beliebte russische Orchesterstücke
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jul. de 2001
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Beethoven, Symphonie No.5 (Miroir)
André Cluytens, Joseph Keilberth, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philarmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Classical - Lançado por Miroir em 3 de jul. de 2020
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral"
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 27 de mar. de 2020
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Ravel: Orchestral Works (Live)
Orchestre National de France, André Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por JPK Musik em 15 de jan. de 2021
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Concert de clôture des célébrations du 25e anniversaire (16 juillet59
Orchestre National de la RTF - André Cluytens - Emil Gilels, piano
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 3 de fev. de 2014
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MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
André Cluytens, Eduardo del Pueyo
Classical - Lançado por Nar Classical em 12 de abr. de 2023
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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
Classical - Lançado por Russian Compact Disc em 17 de jul. de 2020
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 13 de mar. de 2020
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