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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Giazotto: Adagio pour cordes et orgue (Formerly Attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, Mono Version)
Jean-Jacques Grünenwald, Robert Gendre, Louis De Froment, Louis de Froment Orchestra
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
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Milhaud & Honegger : Orchestral Works
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Symphonic Music - Released by Phoenix USA on 7 Sep 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Sinfonia incompiuta (Sinfonia n. 8, in si minore)
Orchestre Symphonique de RTL, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Puzzle Productions on 1 Jan 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Berlioz & Fauré: Orchestral Works
Philharmonia Hungarica, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Richard Kapp, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ernst: Concerto Pathétique, Op. 23
Aaron Rosand, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Concertos - Released by Vox on 7 Apr 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies de la famille Bach (Mono Version)
Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Cimarosa: Il maestro di cappella - Bassani: La serenata - A. Scarlatti: La lezione di musica (Mono Version)
Marcello Cortis, Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1973
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1973
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Hiller, R. Schumann & Reinecke: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Michael Ponti, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis De Froment, Pierre Cao
Concertos - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rameau: Orchestral Music from the Operas and Ballets (Mono Version)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rameau: 6 Concerts en sextuor (Mono Version)
Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Symphony No. 2 (Mono Version)
Louis De Froment, Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Les lullistes (Mono Version)
Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Frederick II, Telemann, J. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Pages orchestrales (Mono Version)
Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Les symphonistes allemands (Mono Version)
Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Albinoni, Giazotto: Adagio - Corelli: Concerto grosso "Pour la nuit de Noël" (Mono Version)
Orchestre De Chambre De Toulouse, Louis Auriacombe, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Prokofiev: Pierre et le loup, Op. 67 (Mono Version)
Hiegel Pierre, Grand Orchestre de Radio-Luxembourg, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies de la famille Bach (Mono Version)
Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Cimarosa: Il maestro di cappella - Bassani: La serenata - A. Scarlatti: La lezione di musica (Mono Version)
Marcello Cortis, Ensemble Instrumental de Paris, Louis De Froment
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Straus: Rêve de valse - Version abrégée (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Louis De Froment, Choeur Raymond Saint-Paul
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo