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 - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 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 - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 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 - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 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 - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Grant Johannesen Plays French Piano Music
Grant Johannesen, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Bernhard Kontarsky, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 1994
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Violin Recital: Works of Ernst, Godard, Lemar & Others
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 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 - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 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 - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 1991
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Arensky, Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1999
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 1 und 3 (Orgelsymphonie)
Sinfonieorchester Radio Luxemburg, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Adora on 22 Jan 2021
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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 - Released by Allegretto on 1 Jan 1993
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Gioachino Rossini, The Barber Of Seville
Louis De Froment, Kurt Redel, Leopold Hager
Classical - Released by Classical.com Music on 16 Feb 2009
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Bizet : L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 - Gounod : Faust - Delibes : Lakmé -
Louis De Froment, Jean-Claude Casadesus & Louis de Froment
Classical - Released by Classical.com Music on 16 Feb 2009
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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 - Released by Profil on 1 Jan 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 - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 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 - Released by DOREMI on 10 Apr 2007
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Schubert: Die Unvollendete Sinfonie
Orchestre Symphonique de RTL, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Puzzle Productions on 1 Jan 2013
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Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer [Poem of Love and the Sea] Op. 19 (1955)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis De Froment, Írma Kolássi
Classical - Released by Classical Moments on 9 May 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 - Released by Countdown Media GmbH on 28 Jul 2009
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Les Tableaux D'une Exposition
Louis De Froment, Grand Orchestre de Radio-Télé Luxembourg, Bernard Ringeissen
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 2006
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Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Allegretto on 1 Jan 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo