Maestro quits Paris orchestra

Maestro quits Paris orchestra

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norman lebrecht

January 22, 2018

Once the foremost orchestra in Paris, the Colonne’s fame has subsided.

Its conductor resigned today after 13 years.

See if you can name him.

Comments

  • steven holloway says:
    January 22, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    I thought he was supposed to leave in 2014. A sad decline for the Colonne, which can happily be heard in far better days in recordings under Horenstein, et al.

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  • Olassus says:
    January 22, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    I would never have guessed his name. But I can recommend a Colonne recording from the 1980s:

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51IqWKuPziL._SX450_.jpg

    The Duruflé Requiem with Corboz conducting, and two decent vocal soloists. Also, the Four Gregorian Motets are exquisite.

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  • Alexander Platt says:
    January 22, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    A once-great orchestra, with a great past….surely somewhere out there is a dynamic young conductor willing to take the reins.

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