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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Vivaldi: Concerti pour piccolo
Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Philippe Pierlot, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Saphir Productions el 03-12-2012
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Honegger : Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Orchestre National de France, Marie-Claude Vallin
Oratorios sacros - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1991
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Saint-Saens/Respighi: Violin Concerto No.3/Concerto Gregoriano
Pierre Amoyal, Charles Dutoit, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 01-01-1995
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Festival de Strasbourg, Prokoviev - Ravel - Tchaikovsky - Mozart - Bach, Concert du 01/06/1959, Orchestre National de la RTF, Ernest Bour (dir), David Oistrakh (violon)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Ernest Bour featuring David Oistrakh
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 22-11-2016
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Mahler: Symphony No.6
Orchestre National de France, Daniele Gatti
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 01-01-2008
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Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
Orchestre National de France, French Radio and Television Chorus, Johanna Peters, Pierre Boulez, Herbert Handt, Sebastian Shaw
Clásica - Editado por IDIS el 25-08-2017
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Concert Louis Aubert, Orchestre National de la RTF, Concert du 08/03/1956, Georges Tzipine (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Georges Tzipine
Clásica - Editado por Ina, musique(s) el 01-02-2017
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Charles Münch conducts Ropartz (Paris 1946. Charles Münch Edition, Volume 2)
Charles Munch, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por XXI Music el 22-06-2018
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Puccini: Tosca
Orchestre National de France, Mstislav Rostropovich
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-2005
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Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1989
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Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Highlights)
Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1989
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Milhaud: La Création du monde, Saudades do Brasil, Le Boeuf sur le toit
Leonard Bernstein, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 30-07-1987
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Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, R.T.F. Choeur De Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 27-07-1989
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Francis Poulenc : Concert champêtre - Suite française - Sinfonietta - Fanfare - Deux marches...
Pascal Rogé, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 07-10-1996
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Debussy : L'Oeuvre pour orchestre (Vol. 1)
Orchestre National de France, Jean Martinon
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-05-1998
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Franck: Symphony in D minor / Saint-Saens: Le Rouet d'Omphale
Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1982
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 3 avec orgue, Le rouet d'Omphale & Danse macabre
Jean Martinon, Marie-Claire Alain, Orchestre National de France
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1971
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. Op. 15 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1978)
Claudio Arrau, Orchestre National de France, Witold Rowicki
Música concertante - Editado por Claves Records el 01-05-2020
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Orchestre National de France, Mstislav Rostropovich
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1977
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Bizet: Symphony in C Major, Petite suite from "Jeux d'enfants" & Patrie
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1983
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre National de France, Constantin Silvestri
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 29-01-2021
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