Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Established at the end of a devastating war that had enveloped nearly all of Europe except for Switzerland, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande was named for the French-speaking portion of the small nation. Through the tenacity and devotion of its founder, conductor Ernest Ansermet, it became a regional, then national institution and grew despite problems resulting from the global economic instability between the World Wars. Ansermet's gifts for diplomacy were called into play both in maintaining an important advocacy for the best new music and for facing down disputes between partisans of Geneva, where the orchestra made its home, and Lausanne. Although Lausanne had a respectable orchestra, Geneva (where Ansermet had become a conductor in 1915) could boast only an ensemble that primarily accompanied performances at the opera house and performed only the occasional symphonic program. Once the determination to establish L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande was made, Ansermet began recruiting his players. While some musicians were drawn from the existing Geneva ensemble, the 34-year-old conductor sought his string players from Italy, his horn players from Vienna, and his woodwind players from Paris. With a complement of 62 on stage at Geneva's Victoria Hall, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande made its debut on November 30, 1918, performing an ambitious program of Handel, Mozart, Benner, Jaques-Dalcroze, and for the program's second half Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. The following week, Ansermet and the orchestra presented an entire program of music by Debussy, who had died the previous March. Thus was initiated a direction that would mark the orchestra's path throughout its 50 years under its founding maestro. As Ansermet established himself as an outstanding interpreter of Bartók, Britten, Debussy, de Falla, Hindemith, Honegger, Martin, Martinu, Ravel, Roussel, and Stravinsky, so followed his orchestra. Although certain forces strove to move the emphasis away from contemporary music and closer to the Classical/Romantic standards identified with Europe's other major orchestras, Ansermet continued to champion the works of his own time and to shape his players to be strong advocates for that repertoire. To end the bickering that threatened to break apart symphonic life in the French-speaking cities and cantons, Ansermet devised a plan wherein those municipalities that enjoyed live performances by the OSR would support the orchestra through the Associations of Friends of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, divisions of which were begun in both Geneva and Lausanne. The public was encouraged to join, along with radio and business sponsors. The OSR has performed numerous premieres by Swiss composers and, as the opera orchestra for the Geneva Grand Theatre, has introduced several important stage works, including operas by Martin (Monsieur de Pourceaugnac), Milhaud (La mère coupable), and Liebermann (La Forêt). For the orchestra's Golden Jubilee in 1968, Ansermet once again led Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. At Ansermet's invitation, Paul Kletzki had been asked to assume responsibility for the orchestra beginning in 1967 and he remained as chief conductor until 1970. At that time, German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch became artistic director and established himself as a favorite with the public, albeit in a repertoire centered around German/Austrian composers. From 1980 to 1985, Horst Stein continued the ongoing embrace of Central European Classical and Romantic tradition, winning particular approval for his work in the Grand Theatre. Armin Jordan (1985-1997) and Fabio Luisi followed, both balancing repertoires and theater and symphonic interests. Pinchas Steinberg was designated the OSR's artistic director in September 2002. Marek Janowski was signed to conduct the orchestra from 2005 to 2015, though he chose to depart at the end of the 2011-2012 season. In 2010, Neeme Järvi was announced as artistic and musical director, with Kazuki Yamada named as principal guest conductor.
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Ravel: L'Heure espagnole; L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 8 déc. 1992
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Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; 3-Cornered Hat; La Vida Breve
Alicia de Larrocha, Teresa Berganza, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Sergiu Comissiona, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1988
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1959
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Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Symphony No.5; Romeo & Juliet etc.
Ruggiero Ricci, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2000
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Verdi: Jérusalem
Marina Mescheriakova, Marcello Giordani, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Fabio Luisi
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2000
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1994
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Bizet: Carmen
Regina Resnik, Mario del Monaco, Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Thomas Schippers
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1963
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Stravinsky: Ballets/Stage Works/Orchestral Works
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2001
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Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2; Ravel: Tzigane (Ruggiero Ricci: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 11)
Ruggiero Ricci, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Anthony Collins, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 8 oct. 2021
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Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges; Ma mère l'oye
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2013
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Debussy & Schoenberg: Pelléas & Mélisande
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Symphonies - Paru chez Pentatone le 11 déc. 2021
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Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3; Cantatas Nos. 45, 67, 101, 105 & 130; Sinfonias from Cantatas Nos. 12 & 31
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 1 janv. 2008
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Raff: Symphony No. 5, 'Leonore' - Overtures - Abends
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mars 2014
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Bruckner / Symphony No. 7 in E major
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
Classique - Paru chez PentaTone le 5 avr. 2011
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Romantic French Arias (Extended Edition)
Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 7 mai 2007
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Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Classique - Paru chez PentaTone le 21 sept. 2018
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The Complete Solo Recordings (Recorded 1929-1936)
Jacques Thibaud, Alfred Cortot, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Georges de Lausnay, Tasso Janopoulo, Ernest Ansermet
Musique de chambre - Paru chez APR le 1 janv. 1994
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Selected Songs
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan, Felicity Lott
Classique - Paru chez Mediaphon le 11 mai 2018
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Wagner, Weber, Wolf : Orchestral Works
Horst Stein, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Decca le 1 janv. 1974
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BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
Classique - Paru chez PentaTone le 1 janv. 2007
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De Séverac: Oeuvres pour orchestre
Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Roberto Benzi
Musique symphonique - Paru chez RTS Radio Télévision Suisse - Evasion Music le 20 oct. 2016
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