ALBUMPiazzolla: TangazoLouise Pellerin, Charles Dutoit, Daniel Binelli, Eduardo Isaac & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMBerlioz: L'Enfance du Christ etcCharles Dutoit & Chœur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMMendelssohn & Glazunov: Violin Concertos - Tchaikovsky: Valse-ScherzoLeila Josefowicz, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Martha Argerich
ALBUMRossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Respighi: Impressioni BrasillianeOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMProkofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Martha Argerich
ALBUMBartók: Concerto for Orchestra - Music for Strings, Percussion & CelestaOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMFauré - Ysayë - Ravel - Lalo: Rêverie et CapriceChantal Juillet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMPoulenc: Orchestral Works 2Pascal Rogé, Orchestre National de France & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMGoldschmidt: Cello Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Violin ConcertoYo-Yo Ma, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Sabine Meyer, Sinfonieorchester Komische Oper, Yakov Kreizberg, Chantal Juillet & Philharmonia Orchestra
ALBUMOrff: Carmina BuranaBeverly Hoch, Charles Dutoit, Stanford Olsen, Chœur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Face Treble Choir, Iwan Edwards, Mark Oswald & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMBizet: Symphony in C Major - La joie fille de Perth Suite - Patrie!Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMPoulenc: Concert champêtre - Suite française - SinfoniettaPascal Rogé, Orchestre National de France & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMBerlioz: La damnation de FaustCharles Dutoit, Françoise Pollet, Richard Leech, Gilles Cachemaille, Michel Philippe, Chœur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMThe Goldschmidt AlbumBerthold Goldschmidt, Charles Dutoit, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Sir Simon Rattle
ALBUMPoulenc: Le bal masqué - Chamber WorksPascal Rogé, François Le Roux, Dominique Visse, Lambert Wilson, Soloistes De L'Orchestre National De France & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRavel: Piano Concertos - Honnegger: Piano Concertino- Françaix: Piano ConcertinoJean-Yves Thibaudet, Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMRhapsodiesOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMDebussy: Children's Corner, La boîte à joujoux, Printemps & La plus que lenteOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMKodály: Háry János Suite - Dances of Marosszék - Peacock Variations - GalantaOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 - The RockThe Philadelphia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRichard Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme - Dance Suite after CouperinCharles Dutoit & Sinfonietta de Montréal
ALBUMBerlioz: Les TroyensDeborah Voigt, Françoise Pollet, Gary Lakes, Chœur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMBerlioz: Les Troyens - Great Scenes & AriasDeborah Voigt, Gary Lakes, Gino Quilico, René Schirrer, Gregory Cross, Michel Philippe, Chœur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMIbert: Escales - Concerto for Flute & Orchestra - Hommage à Mozart - SuiteTimothy Hutchins, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRachmaninov: The Bells & Spring & 3 Russian SongsAlexandrina Pendachanska, Charles Dutoit, Choral Arts Society Of Philadelphia, Kaludi Kaludov, Sergei Leiferkus & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMStravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks - Danses Concertantes - Apollon musagète - Concerto in DSinfonietta de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Ballet SuitesOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMHonegger: Symphonies Nos 1 - 5, Pacific 231 & RugbyCharles Dutoit & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMProkofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - The Love for 3 Oranges SuiteJoshua Bell, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMBartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - 2 Portraits - DivertimentoOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Aurora's WeddingOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMPoulenc: ConcertosPascal Rogé, Sylviane Deferne, Peter Hurford, Philharmonia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMHaydn: Symphonies Nos. 82-87Charles Dutoit & Sinfonietta de Montréal
ALBUMRachmaninov: Symphony No. 1, The Isle of the DeadThe Philadelphia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMScarlatti: Salve Regina - Pergolesi: Stabat MaterJune Anderson, Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Dutoit & Sinfonietta de Montréal
ALBUMLalo: Symphonie Espagnole & Cello ConcertoCharles Dutoit, Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Paul Paray, Philharmonia Orchestra & Pierre Amoyal
ALBUMRachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 - Symphonic DancesThe Philadelphia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRossini: OverturesOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - Romeo and JulietOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMDebussy: Pelléas et MélisandeColette Alliot-Lugaz, Didier Henry, Gilles Cachemaille, Pierre Thau, Chœur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMFranck: Symphony in D Minor - D'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard ("Symphonie Cévénole")Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMLiszt: Klavierkonzerte No. 1 & 2Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMLiszt: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2; Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Themes, etc.Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMProkofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Excerpts)Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Jorge Bolet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMVincent Persichetti: Symphony No. 5/Piano ConcertoThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Charles Dutoit & Robert Taub
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 – Lalo: Symphonie espagnoleJoshua Bell, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Francesca da RiminiCharles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMGershwin: An American in Paris - Rhapsody in BlueLouis Lortie, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit & Robert Crowley
ALBUMDebussy: Images & NocturnesOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMDebussy: La mer, Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien (Symphonic Fragments)Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMFête À La FrançaiseOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMBerlioz: Harold in ItalyPinchas Zukerman, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMBizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2; L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMFauré: Requiem, Op. 48Charles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMRoussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 & Suite en fa, Op. 33Charles Dutoit & Orchestre De Paris
ALBUMHolst: the PlanetsOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMMendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's DreamOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1Jorge Bolet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMStravinsky: Petrouchka - Le chant du rossignolOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRoussel: Symphonies Nos. 1-4Charles Dutoit & Orchestre National de France
ALBUMBerlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Symphonie funèbre et triomphaleCharles Dutoit, Florence Quivar, Alberto Cupido, Tom Krause & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMStravinsky: The FirebirdOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: 1812 - Nutcracker Suite - Marche SlavOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMSuppé: OverturesCharles Dutoit & Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMStravinsky: Symphony in C Major & Symphony in Three MovementsCharles Dutoit & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMOffenbach: Gaîté parisienne - Gounod: Ballet Music from FaustOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Capriccio EspagnolOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMStravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Symphonies of Wind InstrumentsOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRavel: The Piano ConcertosOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Pascal Rogé & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMFalla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos & El Amor BrujoOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMRespighi: Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome/Roman FestivalsOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
ALBUMD'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français - Franck: Variations symphoniques - Fauré: BalladePhilippe Entremont, Philharmonia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
About Charles Dutoit
Artist Biography
In a career that dates back to the late 1950s Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit has brought an atmospheric sheen and detail to performances of French repertoire and big orchestral showpieces, notably during the 25 years he conducted the Montreal Symphony. Born in 1936 in Lausanne, Dutoit studied at the conservatories of Lausanne and Geneva and attended the rehearsals of Ernest Ansermet, an exemplar of the elegant French-Swiss tradition. In 1959, following a stint as an orchestral violist, Dutoit served as guest conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. After a directorship of the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1968-78), Dutoit was named music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1977. With a Decca contract, Dutoit and Montreal championed a colouristic repertoire of French masters, Russian Romantics and early Modernists. Of particular note were their sonically vivid recordings of Stravinsky’s The Firebird (1910), Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe (1912) and Bartók and Prokofiev piano concertos (recorded with Dutoit’s then-wife, Martha Argerich, as soloist). Resigning in 2002, Dutoit went on to work as chief conductor and artistic adviser of the Philadelphia Orchestra (2008-12) and London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2009-18). In 2019 he became principal guest conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, however, Dutoit’s activities in North America and Europe have been curtailed since allegations concerning his private life surfaced in 2018.
Hometown
Lausanne, Switzerland
Genre
Classical
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