Louis de Froment
Louis de Froment (; 5 December 192119 August 1994) was a French conductor.Froment was born into a French noble family in Toulouse, and started his musical studies at the city conservatory. He later attended the ''Conservatoire national supérieur de musique'' (CNSM) of Paris and was a pupil of Louis Fourestier, Eugène Bigot and André Cluytens. In 1948, he received a first prize in conducting.
Louis de Froment served as music director of orchestras at the casinos of Deauville and Cannes. He also worked as head of the permanent chamber orchestra of the radio in Nice (1958–59), of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-Télé Luxembourg (1958–80), and also conducted the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française.
He conducted the première of the Concerto Breve by Xavier Montsalvatge, with Alicia de Larrocha (piano) and the Barcelona Orchestra in 1953, and the opera ''Les caprices de Marianne'' by Henri Sauguet at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1954.
His recordings include: * C.W. Gluck: ''Orphée'' (Janine Micheau (Eurydice); Liliane Berton (L'Amour); Nicolai Gedda (Orphée)). Choeurs du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Flute: Lucien Lavaillotte, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Pathé DTX 243 (LP) * Jean-Jacques Rousseau: ''Le devin du village'' (Janine Micheau as Colette, Nicolai Gedda as Colin, Michel Roux as the soothsayer) Recorded April 1956. cpo 999 559-2 * Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1, ''Phaéton'', ''Marche héroïque''; Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Vox Turnabout 37117 (LP issue) * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622; Jacques Lancelot, clarinet; Oiseau Lyre Orchestra Decca DL 50006 (LP issue) *Camille Saint-Saëns, T''he 5'' P''iano Concertos,'' Gabriel Tacchino, piano, the Orchestre de Radio Luxembourg, conducted by Louis de Froment. Brillant classics 2014 *Claude Debussy: ''Khamma''; Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Vox * Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E-flat * Manuel de Falla: ''Noches en los jardines de España'', ''Concert pour clavecin, flûte, hautbois, clarinette, violon et violoncelle'', ''Fantasía bética''; Orchestre de La Radio de Luxemburg; piano: György Sandór; clavecin: Martin Galling. Enregistrement VOX-USA, distribué par MARFER SA Espagne (ref. M.50.298 S), 1981.
Froment was the father of one daughter, Marie-José (Mrs Henry-Mamou), by his first wife Reine Gabriel-Fauré. He died in Cannes in 1994, aged 72. Provided by Wikipedia
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Piano concerto in a minor introduction and allegro appassionato in G major; Brahms: academic festival overture in C minor / by Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
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Symphony no. 1 in C minor variations on a theme by Haydn in B flat / by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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The marriage of Figaro K. 492 (overture) / by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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Symphony no. 40 in G minor K. 550; symphony no. 40 in G minor; K. 550; symphony no. 41 in C major; K. 551 (Jupiter) / by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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Orchestral excerpts by Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875
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Water music suite no. 1 in F major oboe concerto no. 1 in B flat major; Rameau: les indes galantes / by Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837
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Boléro une barque sur l'océan; Introduction and Allegro; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Daphnis et chloé suite no.1 & no.2 mother goose suite; le tombeau de couperin / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Overtures Liszt: les préludes / by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
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Complete works for orchestra. by Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
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Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 99. by Hubay, Jenő, 1858-1937
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Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra by Martin, Frank, 1890-1974
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Turangalîla-symphonie by Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992
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Symphonie concertante no. 5, for flute, oboe, horn, bassoon and orchestra by Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831
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Complete works for orchestra. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Complete works for orchestra. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Romantic violin concertos by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
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Concerto for piano and orchestra in F-sharp minor, op. 69 by Hiller, Ferdinand, 1811-1885
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Le devin du village by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
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