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ALBUMFauré: Requiem, Op. 48 by Ernest AnsermetErnest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Gérard Souzay
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ALBUMSchoenberg, Messiaen & RavelFrancesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Jonathan Nott
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ALBUMFrench Night: The Music of Debussy, Honegger, Dukas & Saint-SaënsErnest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
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ALBUMThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeArmin Jordan, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (Live Recording. Geneva 1978)Michael Studer, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Michel Plasson
ALBUMGuy Fallot: The Napoleon of the CelloGuy Fallot, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Orchestre de Montréal, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kurt Redel, Ernest Ansermet, Rita Possa, Emmanuelle Lamasse & Arpad Gerecz
ALBUMMilestones of a Piano Legend: Nikita Magaloff, Vol. 10Nikita Magaloff, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMThe Art of Ernest AnsermetErnest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMLP Pure, Vol. 43: Ansermet Conducts FallaErnest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Suzanne Danco
ALBUMSaint-Saens, Poulenc & Widor: Works for Organ and OrchestraKazuki Yamada, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Christopher Jacobson
ALBUMNielsen: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5Paul Kletzki, François Huybrechts, London Symphony Orchestra & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMErnest Bloch: Helvetia et Suite hébraïqueOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Lior Shambadal & Gérard Caussé
ALBUMProkofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Highlights from Suites Nos. 1 & 2Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Yutaka Sado
ALBUMMahler: Symphonie No. 6 in A Minor "Tragique"Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMLP Pure, Vol. 42: Ansermet Conducts Debussy (Historical Recordings)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMStrauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral WorksOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Jonathan Nott
ALBUMLP Pure, Vol. 41: Ansermet Conducts Stravinsky (Historical Recordings)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMAnsermet in RussiaErnest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMHaydn: Clock Symphony; Bizet: Symphony in CErnest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMHommage à Armin JordanOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Armin Jordan
ALBUMRavel & Gershwin: Piano ConcertosDenis Kozhukhin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kazuki Yamada
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov ShéhérazadeArmin Jordan & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Ernest Ansermet (Remastered 2017)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left HandEllen Ballon, Jacqueline Blancard, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMDe Falla: Noches en los jardines de España & El sombrero de tres picosKazuki Yamada, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Mari Kodama & Sophie Harmsen
ALBUMHonegger: Le Roi DavidOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniel Reuss, Athena Poullos, Lucie Chartin, Marianne Beate Kielland, Thomas Walker, Christophe Balissat & Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
ALBUMElgar: Cello Concerto - Tchaikovsky: Roccoco VariationsJohannes Moser, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Andrew Manze
ALBUMBeethoven - Sibelius - Stravinsky - Lyadov - Borodin- Korsakov- Mendellsohn - Weber: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMIgor Stravinsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 8Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMIgor Stravinsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 10Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMRobert Schumann: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Prologue & Act I (Orchestral Works, Vol. 12)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Capriccio italien, Slavonic March & 1812 Overture (HD Remastered 2016)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn & Ataulfo Argenta
ALBUMArthur Honegger, Vol. 1: Pacific 231, Rugby, Pastorale d'été & Symphonie No. 1Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMArthur Honegger, Vol. 2: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMArthur Honegger, Vol. 3: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMDe Séverac: Oeuvres pour orchestreOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Roberto Benzi
ALBUMNino Rota (Bandes originales de films de Federico Fellini)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMRespighi et Liszt: Totentantz, Fantane di Roma, Feste romaneOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Fabio Luisi
ALBUMRoussel: Bacchus et Ariane - Debussy: Six Épigraphes Antiques - Poulenc: Les BichesOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kazushi Yamada
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 82 in C Major "L'Ours" & Symphony No.86 in D Major (Remastered)Ernest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 83 in G Minor "La Poule" & Symphony No.87 in A Major (Remastered)Ernest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 85 in B Flat Major "La Reine" & Symphony No.84 in E Flat Major (Remastered)Ernest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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ALBUMOffenbach: Orchestral WorksNeeme Järvi & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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ALBUMFrank Martin: Concerto for 7 Instruments, Petite Symphonie & EtudesOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (Remastered)Istvan Kertesz & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMIl mito dell'opera: Un ballo in Maschera (Live Recordings 1946)Carla Castellani, Nino Sanzogno, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva Grand Theater Chorus, Mario del Monaco, Giulietta Simionato, Piero Biasini, Carlo Badioli, Gino Belloni, Arsenio Giunta, Marisa Morel & Luigi Nardi
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ALBUMWagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B (Live Recordings 1951)Gertrud Grob-Prandl, Georgine von Milinkovic, Ilona Steingruber, Nelly Turtach, Nancy Waugh, Robert T. Denzler, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ludwig Hofmann, Helene Werth, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Alsen, Polly Batic, Nasia Berowska, Edmee Defago & Ilonka Dostal
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ALBUMBach: Suite No. 2 - Brahms: Symphony No. 4Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Carl Schuricht & André Pepin
ALBUMNeeme Järvi Conducts MassenetOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi & Truls Mørk
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique'Ernest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMRaff: Symphony No. 5, Overtures & AbendsNeeme Järvi & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMStravinsky: Symphony in C & Symphony in 3 MovementsErnest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9, Overtures & Grosse FugueOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMWagner: Lohengrin: Prelude To Act 1; Siegfried's Funeral March; Parsifal: Prelude & Good Friday MusicOrchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMBizet: L'Arlesiènne Suite Nos. 1 & 2 - Fauré: Masques et bergamasques Suite - Gounod: FaustKazuki Yamada & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic"Marek Janowski & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 4Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Marek Janowski
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op. 35Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
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ALBUMPopular Classical Melodies, Vol. 5Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMHistory Records - Classical Edition 114 - Ernest Anserment Conducts Excerpts from Famous Ballets I (Original Recordings - Remastered)Ernest Anserment, Royal Opera House Orchestra & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMMozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 39Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Sir Thomas Beecham
ALBUMProkofiev: Romeo and Juliet Highlights, Op. 64 (Remastered)Ernest Ansermet & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 2Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Marek Janowski
ALBUMChabrier: Orchestral WorksNeeme Järvi & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMStravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments - Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Nigita Magaloff
ALBUMBruckner: Mass No. 3 in F MinorOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski & Rundfunkchor Berlin
ALBUMManuel de FallaAtaulfo Argenta, Orquesta Nacional de España & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMRaff: Symphony No. 2 & Four Shakespeare PreludesNeeme Järvi & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ALBUMLiszt: Eine Faust-Symphonie - Magnard: Symphony No. 3Werner Krenn, Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMRachmaninov: Symphony No. 2, The Isle of the DeadOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
ALBUMClaude Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, Images & La Boîte à joujouxParis Opera Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" - Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture - Chapí and Giménez: ZarzuelasAtaúlfo Argenta, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Gran Orquesta Sinfónica
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 3Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Marek Janowski
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ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 95 '5th London Symphony' in C Minor, Hob. I:95 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (History Records - Classical Edition 51 - Original Recordings from 1954 & 1958, Digitally Remastered 2012 In Stereo)Rias Symphony-orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
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About Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Artist Biography
Established at the end of a devastating war that had enveloped nearly all of Europe except for Switzerland, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande was named for the French-speaking portion of the small nation. Through the tenacity and devotion of its founder, conductor Ernest Ansermet, it became a regional, then national institution and grew despite problems resulting from the global economic instability between the World Wars. Ansermet's gifts for diplomacy were called into play both in maintaining an important advocacy for the best new music and for facing down disputes between partisans of Geneva, where the orchestra made its home, and Lausanne. Although Lausanne had a respectable orchestra, Geneva (where Ansermet had become a conductor in 1915) could boast only an ensemble that primarily accompanied performances at the opera house and performed only the occasional symphonic program. Once the determination to establish L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande was made, Ansermet began recruiting his players. While some musicians were drawn from the existing Geneva ensemble, the 34-year-old conductor sought his string players from Italy, his horn players from Vienna, and his woodwind players from Paris. With a complement of 62 on stage at Geneva's Victoria Hall, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande made its debut on November 30, 1918, performing an ambitious program of Handel, Mozart, Benner, Jaques-Dalcroze, and for the program's second half Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. The following week, Ansermet and the orchestra presented an entire program of music by Debussy, who had died the previous March. Thus was initiated a direction that would mark the orchestra's path throughout its 50 years under its founding maestro. As Ansermet established himself as an outstanding interpreter of Bartók, Britten, Debussy, de Falla, Hindemith, Honegger, Martin, Martinu, Ravel, Roussel, and Stravinsky, so followed his orchestra. Although certain forces strove to move the emphasis away from contemporary music and closer to the Classical/Romantic standards identified with Europe's other major orchestras, Ansermet continued to champion the works of his own time and to shape his players to be strong advocates for that repertoire. To end the bickering that threatened to break apart symphonic life in the French-speaking cities and cantons, Ansermet devised a plan wherein those municipalities that enjoyed live performances by the OSR would support the orchestra through the Associations of Friends of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, divisions of which were begun in both Geneva and Lausanne. The public was encouraged to join, along with radio and business sponsors. The OSR has performed numerous premieres by Swiss composers and, as the opera orchestra for the Geneva Grand Theatre, has introduced several important stage works, including operas by Martin (Monsieur de Pourceaugnac), Milhaud (La mère coupable), and Liebermann (La Forêt). For the orchestra's Golden Jubilee in 1968, Ansermet once again led Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. At Ansermet's invitation, Paul Kletzki had been asked to assume responsibility for the orchestra beginning in 1967 and he remained as chief conductor until 1970. At that time, German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch became artistic director and established himself as a favorite with the public, albeit in a repertoire centered around German/Austrian composers. From 1980 to 1985, Horst Stein continued the ongoing embrace of Central European Classical and Romantic tradition, winning particular approval for his work in the Grand Theatre. Armin Jordan (1985-1997) and Fabio Luisi followed, both balancing repertoires and theater and symphonic interests. Pinchas Steinberg was designated the OSR's artistic director in September 2002. Marek Janowski was signed to conduct the orchestra from 2005 to 2015, though he chose to depart at the end of the 2011-2012 season. In 2010, Neeme Järvi was announced as artistic and musical director, with Kazuki Yamada named as principal guest conductor.
Hometown
Geneva, Switzerland
Genre
Classical
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