Ensemble: Orchestre national de France

Alternate names several names since 1934 *''Orchestre national'' (1934-45) *''Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française'' (1945-49) *''Orchestre national de la Radio-télévision française'' or ''Orchestre national de la RTF'' (1949-64) *''Orchestre national de l'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française'' or ''Orchestre national de l'ORTF'' (1964-74) *''Orchestre national de France'' (1975-present)
Type orchestra
Location France
Started 1934
Ended
Code

Recordings

Composition Performers
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) for orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K.201/186a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) for orchestra Ernest Bour (conductor)
Requiem (Verdi, Giuseppe) for soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) for Josef Krips (conductor)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) for Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr) for orchestra Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr) for orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 (Brahms, Johannes) for piano and orchestra Robert Casadesus (piano) and Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (Brahms, Johannes) for piano and orchestra Claudio Arrau (piano) and Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Egmont, Op. 84 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) for soprano and orchestra Georges Tzipine (conductor)
Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr) for orchestra Ernest Bour (conductor)
Coriolan, Op. 62 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) for orchestra Josef Krips (conductor)
Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr) for violin and orchestra
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Wagner, Richard) for voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Piano Concerto, Op. 54 (Schumann, Robert) for piano and orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) for piano and orchestra Lélia Gousseau (piano) and Manuel Rosenthal (conductor)
Boléro (Ravel, Maurice) for orchestra Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (Chopin, Frédéric) for piano and orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor)
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) for voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Debussy, Claude) for orchestra Constantin Silvestri (conductor) and Fernand Dufrêne (performer)
Joyeuse marche (Chabrier, Emmanuel) for orchestra Désiré Émile Inghelbrecht (conductor)
Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (Brahms, Johannes) for violin and orchestra Henryk Szeryng (violin) and Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op. 36 (Elgar, Edward) for orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major, Hob.I:102 (Haydn, Joseph) for orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor)
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104 (Haydn, Joseph) for orchestra Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Symphony in D minor (Franck, César) for orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 61 (Schumann, Robert) for orchestra Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Brahms, Johannes) for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra
Paul Kletzki (conductor) and Maria Stader (soprano) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Pini di Roma (Respighi, Ottorino) for orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1 (Stamitz, Carl Philipp) for viola and orchestra André Focheux (viola)
Flute Concerto in G major, K.313/285c (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) for flute and orchestra Antal Doráti (conductor) and Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Ruy Blas, Op. 95 (Mendelssohn, Felix) for orchestra André Cluytens (conductor)
Preciosa, Op. 78 (Weber, Carl Maria von) for voice, mixed chorus and orchestra Ernest Bour (conductor)
Le roi malgré lui (Chabrier, Emmanuel) for voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Désiré Émile Inghelbrecht (conductor)
Tamara (Balakirev, Mily) for orchestra Désiré Émile Inghelbrecht (conductor)
Symphony No. 90 in C major, Hob.I:90 (Haydn, Joseph) for orchestra
Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 (Ravel, Maurice) for orchestra Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W389-391 (Villa-Lobos, Heitor) for soprano and 8 cellos Heitor Villa-Lobos (conductor) and Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano) and Fernand Benedetti (performer)
Le tombeau de Couperin (orchestra) (Ravel, Maurice) for orchestra Ernest Bour (conductor)
Fantasie in C major, D.760 (Schubert, Franz) for piano
Bachianas brasileiras No. 2, W247, 250-252, 254, 568, 569 (Villa-Lobos, Heitor) for orchestra Heitor Villa-Lobos (conductor)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) for orchestra André Girard (conductor)
Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K.505 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) for soprano, piano and strings
The Rite of Spring, K015 (Stravinsky, Igor) for orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor)
El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2 (Falla, Manuel de) for orchestra Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Symphony in B-flat major, H.658 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel) for strings and continuo Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
Bachianas brasileiras No. 9, W449 (Villa-Lobos, Heitor) for strings
mixed chorus
Heitor Villa-Lobos (conductor)
Water Music Suite No. 1, HWV 348 (Handel, George Frideric) for orchestra Jacques Beaudry (conductor)
Histoire de la Musique (Various) for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings and continuo
orchestra
harpsichord
organ
toy instruments, percussion and strings
toy instruments and strings
2 violins, viola and cello
bassoon and orchestra
voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
piano
piano and orchestra
4 Etudes for Orchestra, K051 (Stravinsky, Igor) for orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor)


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