Louis De Froment
A conductor who spent most of his career in tiny Luxembourg is hardly a musician one would expect to become well known, but Louis de Froment grew extremely familiar to record collectors thanks to his long association with the Vox label. Born in Toulouse, he studied at the Paris Conservatory, where he won first prize in conducting in 1948. After graduation, Froment conducted one of the French radio orchestras and, from 1950 to 1954, served as music director at the casinos in Cannes, Deauville, and Vichy. He developed a higher profile through work as a guest conductor with a number of European orchestras and appearances at French music festivals. In 1958 he was named conductor of the Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, with which he embarked on an extensive series of recordings for the budget label Vox. Most often he served as accompanist in surveys of the concertos of such composers as Arensky, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Tchaikovsky. He and his orchestra were the main attraction in some projects, though, including the orchestral music of Debussy. Froment's performances with his orchestra, if not tonally sleek, tended to be idiomatic and well attuned to the needs of soloists. Froment retired from the orchestra in 1981.
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
Michael Ponti, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Richard Kapp, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox Box em 01/01/1991
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Rousseau: Le devin du village (Mono Version)
Louis De Froment, Orchestre de Chambre Louis De Froment, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1957
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Quatre concerti de l'École napolitaine (Mono Version)
Ruggero Gerlin, Ensemble orchestral L'oiseau de Lyre, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1955
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Mozart : La Flûte enchantée (en français, Extraits. Version Stereo) (Stereo Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Louis De Froment, Janine Micheau, Jean Giraudeau
Opera Extracts - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Grant Johannesen Plays French Piano Music
Grant Johannesen, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Bernhard Kontarsky, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox Box em 01/01/1994
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Violin Recital: Works of Ernst, Godard, Lemar & Others
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox Box em 01/01/1993
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Ravel: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 2
Abbey Simon, Minnesota Orchestra, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox Box em 01/01/1991
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Ravel: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 1
Abbey Simon, Minnesota Orchestra, New Hungarian Quartet, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox Box em 01/01/1991
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Arensky, Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Vox em 01/01/1999
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Music in Paris in the 1920s
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Rosario Marciano, Walter Klien, Louis De Froment, Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra, Heinrich Hollreiser
Classical - Lançado por Allegretto em 01/01/1993
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 1 und 3 (Orgelsymphonie)
Sinfonieorchester Radio Luxemburg, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Adora em 22/01/2021
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Gluck, C.W.: Orphee et Euridice
Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Liliane Berton, Chœurs de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Louis De Froment
Opera - Lançado por Profil em 01/01/1958
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Mozart: La flûte enchantée, extraits chantés en français (Mono Version)
Michel Dens, Janine Micheau, Orchestre Colonne, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Monique de la Bruchollerie, Vol. 2
Monique De La Bruchollerie, Pro Musica Orchestra, Rolf Reinhardt, Louis De Froment, Rudolf Moralt, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por DOREMI em 10/04/2007
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Schubert: Die Unvollendete Sinfonie
Orchestre Symphonique de RTL, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Puzzle Productions em 01/01/2013
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Debussy: The Orchestral Works
Luxemburg Radio Symphony Orchestra and Louis de Froment, Luxemburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Countdown Media GmbH em 28/07/2009
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Les Tableaux D'une Exposition
Louis De Froment, Grand Orchestre de Radio-Télé Luxembourg, Bernard Ringeissen
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Division Decca Records France em 01/01/2006
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Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Lançado por Allegretto em 01/01/1996
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Martin: Concerto pour clavecin et petit orchestre (Mono Version)
Isabelle Nef, Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1955
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Rameau: Orchestral Music from the Operas and Ballets (Stereo Version)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin - Un Barque sur l'ocean / Faure: Pelleas et Melisande / Franck: Redemption (Studio)
Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Phoenix USA em 01/11/1988
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