Ernest Bour
One of France's greatest champions of contemporary music, Ernest Bour conducted the world premieres of works by some of the twentieth century's most challenging composers: Xenakis, Ferneyhough, Rihm, Bussotti, and many others. He also oversaw the French premieres of such important operas as Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Hindemith's Mathis der Maler. He made some commercial recordings, most notably a highly regarded rendition of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, but his legacy has largely been preserved through his association with radio orchestras and his discography revolves around French and Dutch composers. The son of an organist and conductor of amateur choirs and orchestras, Bour obtained a broad general education, studying classics at the University of Strasbourg and piano, organ, and theory at the Strasbourg Conservatory. His primary mentor at the latter institution was Fritz Münch and from 1933 to 1934, he also studied conducting with Hermann Scherchen. Bour got his professional start in radio, first conducting choruses in Geneva and Strasbourg and soon being named chief conductor of Strasbourg Radio, a post he held from 1935 to 1939. After a short stint teaching piano at the Strasbourg Conservatory, he moved to the town of Mulhouse (near the German border) for the duration of the war, being appointed conductor of the orchestra there in 1941 and of the conservatory in 1945. Bour left the orchestra in 1947 and guest-conducted throughout Western Europe, settling back in Strasbourg in 1950 as conductor of the city's Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1954 -- 1955, he shifted to the Strasbourg Opera, where he served as co-director with Fritz Adam. During the 1950s, Bour and Adam organized many concerts of contemporary music in Strasbourg. Bour's career reached its high point in 1964 with his appointment as principal conductor of Germany's Southwest Radio Orchestra in Baden-Baden, a post he held until 1979. Here, Bour threw himself into new music with particular energy, drawing precise, honorable, and often compelling performances from his second-string orchestra. He carried these interests and skills over to his term as permanent guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
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Sinfonía Nº 40 Mozart
Ernest Bour, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks
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Symphony No. 40 Mozart
Ernest Bour, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks
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Sinfonie Nr. 40 Mozart
Ernest Bour, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks
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Ravel, Liszt, Stravinsky and Jolivet
Daniel Wayenberg, Ernest Bour, Orchestre du Theatre de Champs-Elysees
Klassiek - Released by Mangora Classical on 16 feb. 2016
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Corelli - Berlioz - Caplet - Harsanyi : Concert de Noël (25 Décembre 1947)
Orchestre National de la RTF - Ernest Bour
Klassiek - Released by Ina, musique(s) on 20 jan. 2014
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Debussy: La mer, Khamma, Jeux
Ernest Bour, Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks
Symfonische muziek - Released by naïve classique on 1 jan. 1991
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Jolivet, A.: Piano Concerto / Concertino for Trumpet and Piano / Andante (Descaves, Theatre Des Champs-Elysees Orchestra, Bour) (1953)
Lucette Descaves, Roger Del Motte, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Serge Baudo, Ernest Bour
Concertmuziek - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 30 sep. 2008
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Haydn: Symphony No. 103 & Sinfonia concertante
Ernest Bour, Horst Schneider, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Heinz Stanske, Leo Koscielny, Helmut Muller
Klassiek - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 26 aug. 2014
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 89 & 92
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Klassiek - Released by SWRmusic on 1 mei 2013
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 70 & 79
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Klassiek - Released by SWRmusic on 1 mei 2013
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 19, 22, 24
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 10
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
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A Portrait of Bengt Hambræus, Vol. 1
Werner Jacob, Hans Hellsten, Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Bour, Bengt Hambræus
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 1 jan. 1991
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More Piano Giants: Martha Argerich, Vol. 1
Martha Argerich, Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Ernest Bour
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 15 mrt. 2019
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