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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Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Daphnis et Chloe
Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Eliahu Inbal
Classical - Lançado por Savoy Jazz em 30/08/1993
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Live)
Choeur de la RTF, Heinz Rehfuss, Elfriede Trötschel, Orchestre National de France, Carl Schuricht
Classical - Lançado por Archipel em 01/10/2007
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Vivaldi: Les concertos pour piccolo, RV 443 - 445 & RV 108
Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Daniele Gatti, Orchestre National de France
Classical - Lançado por Calliope em 01/01/2015
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Debussy - Messiaen - Gershwin - Ravel, XIVème Festival de besaonçon, Concert du 13/09/1961, Orchestre national de la RTF, Georges Prêtre (dir), D. Wayenberg (p)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Georges Prêtre
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 01/05/2017
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Mozart - Debussy - Fauré, Concert du 30/12/1954, Orchestre national, D.E. Inghelbrecht (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Désiré Emile Inghelbrecht
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 03/08/2016
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Concert Beethoven, Concert du 18/09/1958, Orchestre National de la RTF, Joseph Krips (dir), Isaac Stern
Orchestre national de la RTF and Joseph Krips
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 01/10/2016
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Klemperer Rarities: Montreux
Anonyme, Gurzenich Orchestra, Audience, Orchestre National de France, Clara Haskil, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Lançado por Archiphon em 30/04/2013
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Brahms: Concerto pour violon, Op. 77 (Mono Version)
David Oïstrakh, Otto Klemperer, Orchestre National de France
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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de Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España & Homenajes (Mono Version)
Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre National de France, Ernesto Halffter
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1954
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Mendelssohn, Schumann & Bizet: Orchestral Works (Live)
Henryk Szeryng, Maurice Gendron, Orchestre National de France, André Cluytens
Classical - Lançado por Archipel em 25/05/2010
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Berg & Schoenberg : Altenberglieder Op. 4 - Verklärte Nacht Chamber - Symphony No. 1
Írma Kolássi, Jascha Horenstein, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio (SWDR)
Classical - Lançado por Infinity em 06/01/2022
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Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (Album of 1961)
David Oïstrakh, Orchestre National de France, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Lançado por GazzaLadra em 31/05/2023
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Mozart - Ravel - Weber - Tchaikovski, Concert du 15/09/1951, Orchestre National de la RTF, Ernest Bour (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Ernest Bour
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 01/05/2017
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Mozart - Wagner - Brahms, Orchestre National de la RTF, Concert du 05/05/1955, Bruno Walter (dir)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Bruno Walter
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 01/02/2017
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C. P. E. Bach - L. van Beethoven - J. Brahms, Concert du 25/09/1962, Orchestre National de la RTF, Joseph Keilberth (dir), Whilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Joseph Keilberth
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 22/11/2016
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Festival Maurice Ravel, Concert du 26/12/1957, Orchestre National de la RTF, Manuel Rosenthal (dir), D. Duval (soprano), R. Massard (baryton)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Manuel Rosenthal
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 01/02/2017
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Festival de Montreux, Brahms - Bach - Beethoven, Concert du 23/09/1956, Orchestre National, Carl Schuricht (dir), R. Casadesus (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Carl Schuricht
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 03/08/2016
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Schubert - Mozart - Honegger - Wagner, Concert du 08/06/1955, Orchestre National, Igor Markevitch (dir), C. Haskil (piano)
Orchestre national de la RTF and Igor Markevitch featuring Clara Haskil
Classical - Lançado por Ina, musique(s) em 03/08/2016
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Beethoven: Concerto pour violon (Mono Version)
David Oïstrakh, Orchestre National de France, André Cluytens
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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De Falla: Nuits dans les jardins d'Espagne (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, Ernesto Halffter, Aldo Ciccolini
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1958
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Debussy: L'œuvre symphonique, vol. 3 (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, Désiré Emile Inghelbrecht
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1962
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