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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Martin: Concerto pour clavecin et petit orchestre (Mono Version)
Isabelle Nef, Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
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Rameau: Orchestral Music from the Operas and Ballets (Stereo Version)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 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 - Released by Phoenix USA on 1 Nov 1988
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Tomasi & Chaynes: Concertos pour trompette - Chaynes: La Flûte de jade
Maurice André, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Télé Luxembourg, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1965
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Bartók: Divertimento pour orchestre à cordes & Concerto pour alto (Mono Version)
Micheline Lemoine, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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Debussy: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 1990
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The World's Most Beautiful Music Vol 1 (Studio)
Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Phoenix USA on 1 Nov 1988
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Couperin: Quatrième concert royal, L'apothéose de Corelli & L'apothéose de Lulli (Mono Version)
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
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Dvořák: Symphonie No. 9 "Du nouveau monde" (Mono Version)
Grand Orchestre symphonique de RTL, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Prokofiev: The Concertos
Laszlo Varga, Ruggiero Ricci, Gabriel Tacchino, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 1991
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Schumann & Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos - Dvořák: Silhouettes
Rudolf Firkusny, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Allegretto on 1 Jan 1996
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Albinoni: 4 Concerti pour hautbois et orchestre & 2 Concerti a cinque (Mono Version)
Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment, Pierre Pierlot
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2
Michael Ponti, Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox Box on 1 Jan 1993
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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Music for Chansons de Bilitis, Jeux & Nocturnes
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Marie-Thérèse Escribano, Louis De Froment, Ensemble Die Reihe , Friedrich Cerha
Classical - Released by Allegretto on 1 Jan 1993
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Green Edition - Tchaikovsky: The Seasons No. 9-12 & Dumka "Russian Rustic Scene"
Michael Ponti, Peter Schmalfuss, Louis De Froment, Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by GREEN COLLECTION by a.m. publishing house on 14 Apr 2021
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Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Jacques Navadic, Psallette de Lorraine, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox on 15 Dec 2023
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Daniel-Lesur, Constant, Roussel & Tomasi: Works (Studio)
Classical - Released by Phoenix USA on 1 Sep 2007
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Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings and Continuo (Mono Version)
Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (Mono Version)
Louis De Froment, Grand Orchestre symphonique de RTL
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 2013
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Rousseau: Le devin du village (Mono Version)
Janine Micheau, Michel Roux, Nicolai Gedda, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
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Fischer: Concerto pour hautbois No. 1 (Mono Version)
Pierre Pierlot, Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo