Orchestre de Paris
Although it does not have the long history of other European orchestras, the Orchestre de Paris has attracted top talent and played a major role in the cultural life of the French capital since its founding in 1967. The orchestra also has an associated choir, the Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, that was established in 1976 and has been highly regarded. The Orchestre de Paris was founded after the demise of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, which dated back to 1828 but had encountered financial difficulties. One of that group's former conductors, Charles Munch, held the auditions for the new orchestra and employed 50 members of the older group; the majority of its members, however, were new, and the orchestra owed its high quality from the start to the stature of Munch, who died in 1968 and was succeeded, as musical advisor rather than as permanent music director, by Herbert von Karajan. Concerts during the orchestra's first several years of existence featured top guest soloists such as Mstislav Rostropovich. The following music directors were of uniformly prestigious stature, including Georg Solti (1972-1975), Daniel Barenboim (1975-1989), Semyon Bychkov (1989-1998), Christoph von Dohnányi (1998-2000, another artistic advisor), Christoph Eschenbach (2000-2010), Paavo Järvi (2010-2016), and Daniel Harding (2016-2019). Principal guest conductor since 2016 has been Thomas Hengelbrock. The orchestra's concert life has been centered in Paris, but its headquarters have moved several times over its comparatively short existence. The orchestra's concerts took place for many years at the venerable Salle Pleyel hall, which was sold in 1998 and finally mothballed in 2002. For several years the orchestra moved among the Théâtre du Chatelet, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and, briefly, the renovated Salle Pleyel. In 2015 the orchestra moved into the new Philharmonie de Paris and has become its resident ensemble. The Orchestre de Paris has had a long recording career, including a 1982 recording of Ravel's Boléro that made the pop charts in the Netherlands. The group has recorded mostly for Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, Erato, Warner Classics, and Harmonia Mundi, for which it participated in a recording of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat in 2018.
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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2005
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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2005
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Paris 1920 - Poulenc: Les Biches; Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit; Honegger: Pacific 231
Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Sep 1993
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The World's Greatest Orchestras - Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 9 Jan 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 21 Jun 2019
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Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; La Valse; Daphnis & Chloé Suite No. 2; Pavane pour une infante défunte
Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Dec 1993
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Orchestre de Paris - Great Recordings
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 20 May 2022
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Orchestre de Paris - Ravel
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 11 Feb 2022
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Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2; Métaboles; Timbres, Espace, Mouvement
Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1994
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Franck: Symphony In D Minor / Bizet: Symphony In C
Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1992
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Berlioz: Requiem, Op.5; Le Carnaval romain, Op.9; La Damnation de Faust, Op.24 / Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise
Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1993
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Camille Saint-Saëns & Maurice Ravel: Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 27 Jan 2023
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 4 Feb 1991
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.4, 5 & 6
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Rafael Kubelik
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1976
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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict
Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1996
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Stravinsky: Petrushka, K12 (1947 Version): IIIc. Waltz. The Ballerina and the Moor
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 16 Feb 2024
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Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 24 Oct 2018
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, Symphonic Dances
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Oct 2015
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Dufourt: Saturne - Surgir
Ensemble L'Itineraire, Peter Eötvös, Orchestre de Paris, Claude Bardon
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 1993
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Remembering Poulenc with Orchestre de Paris
Francis Poulenc, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 21 Jun 2022
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Flash-Back
Ensemble Court-Circuit, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by AEON on 2 Oct 2005
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