Orchestre National de France

Performer

The Orchestre national de France (French National Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra based in Paris. Founded in 1934, it has become one of the most prestigious orchestras in France, and of the forerunners of the French orchestral tradition, along with the orchestra of the Opéra de Paris. It has been mostly led by renowned French conductors as permanent or invited conductors during its first decades of existence, among them Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, Manuel Rosenthal, Roger Désormière, André Cluytens, Jean Martinon and Charles Munch. It has also been opened progressively to foreign well-known conductors, as Otto Klemperer and Carl Schuricht after the war and, later, Sergiu Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, and current musical director Daniele Gatti. It has been recorded, mainly by EMI Records during the years 1960-1980, in the French repertoire, and more recently mainly by Radio France itself, associated with Naïve Records. 1934-1945 : Orchestre national (National Orchestra) 1945-1949 : Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française (French Radio National Orchestra 1949-1964 : Orchestre national de la Radio-télévision française or Orchestre national de la RTF (French Radio and Television National Orchestra) 1964-1974 : Orchestre national de l'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française or Orchestre national de l'ORTF (National Orchestra of the French Radio and Television Office) Since 1975 : Orchestre national de France. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82
• Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83
• The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34