Serge Baudo
Serge Baudo was one of the leading French conductors of the twentieth century, although he never quite achieved the international celebrity status of Pierre Monteux or even Jean Martinon. He guest-conducted throughout Europe and the United States, but his base of operations was always France, mainly in the provinces. Baudo made several excellent recordings of twentieth century French music, including the principal orchestral works and oratorios of Honegger, as well as pieces by Dutilleux, Poulenc, and Debussy. He was a particular advocate of new music and conducted the premieres of Milhaud's La mère coupable, Messiaen's Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum and La Transfiguration, and works by the likes of Dutilleux, Daniel-Lesur, Menotti, and Ohana. The son of an oboist and nephew of cellist Paul Tortelier, Baudo studied at the Paris Conservatory, winning first prizes in harmony, percussion, chamber music, and conducting. He composed a few scores for radio and film, working with Louis Malle and Yves Cousteau. He made his professional conducting debut in 1950 with the Lamoureux Orchestra, and frequently conducted in Paris on a freelance basis through the 1950s, also touring with the Choeur des Jeunesses Musicales de France. His first important appointment came in 1959, when he was named conductor of the Radio Nice Orchestra. Leaving this position in 1962, he spent the next three seasons as resident conductor at the Opéra de Paris. He served as the first conductor of France's new showcase ensemble, the Orchestre de Paris, from 1967 to 1970. This period overlapped with his appointment as music director of the Lyon Opera from 1969 to 1971. Baudo also spent three seasons guest-conducting at the Metropolitan Opera, where he made his debut in 1970 with Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Lyon became Baudo's long-term home, especially once he was named music director of the Lyon National Orchestra, a post he held from 1971 to 1987. In 1979, he founded an annual Berlioz Festival in Lyon, serving as its artistic director and paying particular attention to that composer's operas; he resigned in 1989, when budgetary belt tightening made it impossible to mount stage works. After 1989, Baudo maintained a low artistic profile. In 2001, he was named music director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Saint-Saëns: Les cinq concertos pour piano
Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 28, 2003
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Honegger : Symphonies No. 3 "Liturgique" & No. 5 "Pacific 231"
Serge Baudo, Czech Philharmonic
Symphonic Music - Released by Supraphon a.s. on Jan 1, 1991
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Barraud: Symphonie n 3 / Roussel: Concerto pour piano et orchestre
Orchestre National de France, Charles Munch, Claude Helffer, Orchestre Des Cento Soli, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Jan 1, 2001
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Serge Baudo. Live in Moscow (Live)
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on Aug 19, 2022
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Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Suite de Casse-noisette & Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" (Mono Version)
Orchestre Des Cento Soli, Serge Baudo
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1958
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Angerer: Symphonie des jouets - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 "La poule" & 31 "Sonnerie de cor" (Mono Version)
Collegium Musicum De Paris, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1957
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Martin, F.: Ballade for Flute and Orchestra / Nielsen, C.: Flute Concerto / Ibert, J.: Flute Concerto / Bernstein, L.: Halil
Michael Faust, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Alun Francis, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1994
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Khachaturian: Concerto pour violon & Danse du sabre (Mono Version)
Devy Erlih, Orchestre Des Cento Soli, Serge Baudo
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1956
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Portrait: Ciccolini Plays Saint-Saëns, Chopin & Liszt (Live)
Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by Urania Records on Sep 16, 2022
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Debussy - Beethoven - Satie - Devries : Concert du 7 mars 1959 (Serge Baudo)
Classical - Released by Ina Archives on Sep 15, 2014
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Les grands soirs de l'Opéra, vol. 2 (Mono Version)
Geori Boue, Kleuza De Pennafort, Serge Baudo
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1958
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Mozart: 23 Danses allemandes (Mono Version)
Collegium Musicum De Paris, Serge Baudo
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1957
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Jaubert: Tessa (Mono Version)
Jany Sylvaire, Gilbert Roussel, Serge Baudo
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1958
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Tchaikovsky: Extraits de Casse-noisette (Mono version)
Serge Baudo, Orchestre Des Cento Soli
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1960
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Mono Version)
Serge Baudo, Orchestre des Jeunesses musicales de France
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1957
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Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17 & Concerto pour piano, Op. 36 (Stereo Version)
Orchestre Des Cento Soli, Serge Baudo, Claude Helffer
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1960
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Récital Geori Boué (Mono Version)
Serge Baudo Orchestra, Serge Baudo, Geori Boue
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1958
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Honegger: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Stereo Version)
Serge Baudo, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1962
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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
Concertos - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Sep 30, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo