Armin Jordan
Armin Jordan has achieved a reputation for a high order of competence in a broad and varied repertory. As director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande from 1985 to 1997, he found himself in the international spotlight through tours and the numerous recordings he made with the orchestra. He is also likely the only maestro to have acted (Amfortas) in a film (Parsifal) whose soundtrack he was conducting. Indeed, his career entered a new phase through his work as a Wagner conductor at Seattle and in Paris, dispelling notions that his abilities were best confined to the French repertory. After studies in Lausanne and Geneva, Jordan began his career in 1957 in a traditional manner as an assistant conductor at the town theater in Biel. By 1963, he had advanced to principal conductor at the Zürich Opera and remained there until 1968. From 1968 to 1971, he served as principal conductor at the Théâtre de Saint Gall and from 1971 to 1989, he was principal conductor at Basle. From 1973 to 1985, Jordan was also music director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and toured America with that ensemble in 1983. From 1985 to 1997, he served as chief conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and devoted himself extensively to that orchestra; under his leadership, the Geneva orchestra toured the United States and Japan on five different occasions. From 1986 to 1993, he also held the position of principal guest conductor of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. By the mid-'90s, European opera performances had taken Jordan to Lyon, Nancy, Bordeaux, the Monnaie in Brussels, Munich, Hamburg, and Vienna, as well as to the Grand Théâtre in Geneva. His repertory grew to embrace works by Mozart, Berg, Puccini, Shostakovich, Strauss, and Wagner, as well as Massenet and Debussy. After making his American operatic debut at Seattle in 1985, Jordan conducted at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and at the Metropolitan Opera. In August 2000, Jordan collapsed from pneumonia while conducting Wagner's Ring and subsequently withdrew from the company's 2001 Ring. Guest appearances with other symphony orchestras also figured into Jordan's career during and after his years in Geneva. Paris, Holland, Zürich, and Monte Carlo were among the venues visited.
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Armin Jordan conducts Debussy, Roussel & Chausson (Live)
Felicity Lott, Armin Jordan, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Classical - Released by audite Musikproduktion on Sep 4, 2020
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1978)
Michael Studer, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Armin Jordan
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on May 1, 2020
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Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Masques et bergamasques, Pavane & Ballade pour piano et orchestre
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 19, 2019
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Saint-Saëns: Concerto pour violoncelle No. 1 - Tchaikovsky: Variations sur un thème rococo - Fauré: Élégie
Frédéric Lodéon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monté-Carlo, Armin Jordan
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 14, 2022
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Bloch: Schelomo, B. 39 - Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain - Hommage à Armin Jordan
François Guye, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan
Classical - Released by Cascavelle on Aug 9, 2021
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Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, 6 Épigraphes antiques & Sarabande (Orch. Caplet, Ansermet & Ravel)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 12, 2021
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Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950
Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan
Classical - Released by Cascavelle on Jan 1, 1996
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Chausson : Symphony & Viviane
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Mar 1, 1986
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Frank Martin: Petite symphonie Concertante - Six Monologues from Everyman - Concerto pour sept instruments à vents
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan
Classical - Released by Cascavelle on Jul 24, 2000
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 6, 2010
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner : Parsifal
Opera - Released by Warner Classics International on Jan 1, 1982
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Selected Songs
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan, Felicity Lott
Classical - Released by Mediaphon on May 11, 2018
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op. 35
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1995
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Martin : Petite symphonie concertante, 6 Monologues & Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments (- Apex)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Oct 1, 1991
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Chausson: Poème - Lekeu: Fantaisie symphonique sur deux airs populaires angevins & Adagio pour quatuor d'orchestre - Rabaud: La procession nocturne
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jul 1, 2022
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Ravel: Boléro, La valse, Ma mère l'Oye & Concerto pour piano en Sol
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Mar 1, 2011
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De Leerling tovenaar
Classical - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on Nov 13, 2020
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
L’Apprenti Sorcier
Classical - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on Nov 13, 2020
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sept dernières paroles du Christ en croix
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jul 2, 2007
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Ravel: L'heure espagnole & Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 4, 2020
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Zemlinsky: Symphonie lyrique, Op. 18 & Lieder, Op. 13
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 8, 2021
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