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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Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, R.T.F. Choeur De Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca Music Group Ltd. il 27 lug 1989
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Mendelssohn: Symphonie No. 4 "Italienne" - Schubert: Symphonie No. 8 "Inachevée" (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, Igor Markevitch
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1956
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Francis Poulenc : Concert champêtre - Suite française - Sinfonietta - Fanfare - Deux marches...
Pascal Rogé, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca Music Group Ltd. il 7 ott 1996
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Debussy : L'Oeuvre pour orchestre (Vol. 1)
Orchestre National de France, Jean Martinon
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 1 mag 1998
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Franck: Symphony in D minor / Saint-Saens: Le Rouet d'Omphale
Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
Classica - Pubblicato da Deutsche Grammophon (DG) il 1 gen 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
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 1 gen 1971
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. Op. 15 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1978)
Claudio Arrau, Orchestre National de France, Witold Rowicki
Musica concertante - Pubblicato da Claves Records il 1 mag 2020
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Bizet: Symphonie No. 1 in C Major (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, André Cluytens
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1960
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Orchestre National de France, Mstislav Rostropovich
Classica - Pubblicato da Deutsche Grammophon (DG) il 1 gen 1977
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Bizet: Symphony in C Major, Petite suite from "Jeux d'enfants" & Patrie
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 1 gen 1983
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre National de France, Constantin Silvestri
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics il 29 gen 2021
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Poulenc: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
Pascal Rogé, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca Music Group Ltd. il 1 gen 2007
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Poulenc: Gloria & Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales (Stereo Version)
Georges Prêtre, Maurice Duruflé, Orchestre National de France
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1961
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Brahms: Concerto pour violon, Op. 77 (Stereo Version)
Orchestre National de France, Otto Klemperer, David Oïstrakh
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1961
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Mendelssohn - C.P.E. Bach - Schmitt - Moussorgski, Orchestre National de la RTF, Concert du 02/09/1953, Eugène Bigot (dir), Henryk Szeryng (violon)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Eugène Bigot
Classica - Pubblicato da Ina, musique(s) il 1 mag 2017
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1973)
Igor Oïstrakh, Orchestre National de France, Jean Martinon
Musica concertante - Pubblicato da Claves Records il 1 mag 2020
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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major (Paul Paray: The Mercury Masters II, Volume 22)
Monique Haas, Orchestre National de France, Paul Paray
Classica - Pubblicato da Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. il 1 gen 1965
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Berio : Sinfonia & Eindrücke
Orchestre National de France, Pierre Boulez
Classica - Pubblicato da Warner Classics International il 1 ott 1985
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Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin & Boléro (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, André Cluytens
Generi vari - Pubblicato da BNF Collection il 1 gen 1953
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Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye - Pavane
Eliahu Inbal, Orchestre National de France
Classica - Pubblicato da Denon il 1 gen 2009
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Festival de Montreux, G. F. Haendel - W. A. Mozart - C. Debussy - A. Roussel, Concert du 15/09/1959, Orchestre National de la RTF, Charles Munch (dir), Clara Haskil (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Charles Munch
Classica - Pubblicato da Ina, musique(s) il 22 nov 2016
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