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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Camille Saint-Saens : Symphony No.3 "Organ" - Bacchanale from "Samson et Dalila" - Prélude from "Le Déluge" - Danse macabre
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1987
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Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prélude
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 8 Mar 2024
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird
Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 24 Mar 2023
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Fauré : Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Super flumina Babylonis
Philippe Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 5 Sep 2011
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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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Ravel: Orchestral Works
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 12 Apr 2023
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Sibelius : Complete Symphonies
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi & Orchestre de Paris
Symphonies - Released by Sony Classical on 24 Oct 2018
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Ravel: Concerto en sol, Le Tombeau de Couperin & Alborada del gracioso
Javier Perianes, Orchestre de Paris, Josep Pons
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 29 Nov 2019
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Liszt: Symphonic Poems
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1978
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps - Eötvös: "Alhambra" Concerto
Pablo Heras-Casado, Isabelle Faust, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 9 Apr 2021
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Lalo: Symphony espagnole Op.21 / Saint-Saens: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 61 / Berlioz: Reverie et Caprice Op. 8 For Violin And Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1981
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SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 3, 6 & 7
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 21 Dec 2022
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SAARIAHO, K.: Notes on Light / Orion / Mirage (Mattila, Karttunen, Paris Orchestra, Eschenbach)
Anssi Karttunen, Karita Mattila, Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by Ondine on 1 Jan 2008
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SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 2 & 5
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 21 Dec 2022
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Rachmaninov
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Oct 2015
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SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 1 & 4
Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Classical - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 21 Dec 2022
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Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"; Bacchanale from "Samson et Dalila"; Prélude from "Le Déluge"; Danse macabre
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1987
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Ravel: Concerto en sol, Concerto pour la main gauche & Tzigane
Itzhak Perlman, Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1975
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Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La Valse; Daphnis et Chloë (2e Suite)
Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1982
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Lang Lang, Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2007
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Schumann: Piano Concerto / Debussy: Images
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2009
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