A member of one of France's most distinguished musical families, Jean-Claude Casadesus has gained international acclaim for his founding and development of the Orchestre National de Lille. Equally adept at conducting the orchestral and operatic repertories, Casadesus has made a great number of recordings for a number of labels. After studies at the Paris Conservatoire where he won a first prize, Casadesus, interested in jazz as classical forms,Read more began his career as a percussionist, even as his training as a composer led to commissions to write film and theater scores. Further studies, this time in conducting with Pierre Dervaux in Paris and Pierre Boulez in Basle, preceded his appointment as principal conductor at the Théâtre du Châtelet and later at the Opéra de Paris and Opera-Comique. In his first assignment, he learned control over his conducting arm and galvanized his musicians while conducting the same repertory with great frequency (La Périchole some 300 times). With Dervaux, he formed the Orchestre Philharmonique de Pays de Loire in 1971 and remained assistant musical director there until 1976. In April 1976, he was sent to Lille to save a faltering ORTF orchestra. Only 33 musicians remained and they were severely demoralized by the depressed economic conditions they faced. Casadesus worked with those players while lobbying for better working conditions. He succeeded beyond all hopes and guided the ensemble to international recognition and tours through 30 countries to many of the world's most important music capitals, including Berlin, New York, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, Salzburg, and St. Petersburg. In 1985, the Orchestre National de Lille made the first tour of Africa by a full symphonic ensemble. Casadesus' stature as a guest conductor rose as well, placing him before the major orchestras of London, Vienna, Moscow, Dresden, Prague, and Leipzig. In addition to his work with his own orchestra, Casadesus has regularly conducted at the Lille Opera and at France's other important houses in Paris and Lyon. Festivals at Orange and Aix-en-Provence have invited him on several occasions as well. Among Casadesus' recordings are excellent ones of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande and Stravinsky's Petroushka and L'oiseau de feu. Read less
Label: Evidence
Catalog: 27
Release Date: 01/06/2017
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Olena Tokar,
Hermine Haselböck
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra,
Brno Philharmonic Choir
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8509003
Release Date: 10/14/2016
Number of Discs: 9
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini,
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Antonio Vivaldi,
John Adams
...
Performer:
Takako Nishizaki,
Jénö Jandó,
Jürgen Schuster,
Idil Biret
...
Conductor:
Michael Halász,
Stephen Gunzenhauser,
Marin Alsop,
Keith Clark
...
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Éder String Quartet,
Danubius String Quartet,
German Wind Soloists
...
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 578281
Release Date: 04/29/2014
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
George Frideric Handel,
Edvard Grieg,
Modest Mussorgsky
...
Performer:
John Artore,
Balazs Szkolay,
Giorgio Koukl,
Takako Nishizaki
...
Conductor:
Kees Bakels,
Peter Breiner,
Stephen Gunzenhauser,
David Lloyd-Jones
...
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8578253
Release Date: 06/25/2013
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Johannes Brahms,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Georges Bizet
...
Performer:
Maria Larionoff
Conductor:
Marin Alsop,
Gerard Schwarz,
Nicholas Ward,
Anthony Bramall
...
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8578205
Release Date: 03/27/2012
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Igor Stravinsky,
Darius Milhaud,
Alexander Glazunov,
Sergei Prokofiev
...
Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari,
Jean-Claude Casadesus,
Ondrej Lenárd,
Theodore Kuchar
...
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8578213
Release Date: 03/27/2012
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Johannes Brahms,
Felix Mendelssohn,
Igor Stravinsky,
Robert Schumann
...
Performer:
Jénö Jandó,
Idil Biret,
Einar Steen-Nokleberg,
Stefan Veselka
...
Conductor:
Peter Breiner,
Anthony Bramall,
Alexander Rahbari,
Keith Clark
...
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8572270
Release Date: 11/16/2010
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Performer:
Philippe Do,
Katarina Jovanovic,
Mark Schnaible
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra,
Pas-de-calais North Regional Choir
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Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8578085-86
Release Date: 09/29/2009
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Charles Gounod,
Robert Schumann,
György Ligeti,
Johann Strauss Jr.
...
Performer:
Samuel Ramey,
Idil Biret,
Laurent Martin,
Ashley Wass
...
Conductor:
Julius Rudel,
Johannes Wildner,
Alfred Walter,
Christian Benda
...
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Radio Orchestra,
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
...
Label: Apex
Catalog: 927489952
Release Date: 05/24/2006
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé,
Gérard Garino,
Boris Martinovich
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8557725
Release Date: 04/18/2006
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Ewa Podles
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Latvian State Academic Choir,
Lille National Orchestra
Recommendation
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8558173
Release Date: 07/19/2005
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Jules Massenet
Performer:
Marcus Haddock,
Jean-Philippe Marlière,
Béatrice Uria-Monzon,
Jean Delescluse
...
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Choir of the Maîtrise Boréale,
Lille National Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8557287
Release Date: 06/21/2005
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Darius Milhaud
Performer:
Mathias Vidal,
Bernard Delétré,
Tomoko Makuuchi
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra
Recommendation
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8557274
Release Date: 03/22/2005
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Hector Berlioz,
Ernest Chausson,
Paul Dukas
Performer:
Elsa Maurus
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille National Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8660072-73
Release Date: 01/21/2003
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Jules Massenet
Performer:
Béatrice Uria-Monzon,
Jean Delescluse,
René Massis,
Jaël Azzaretti
...
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Choir of the Maîtrise Boréale,
Lille National Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8553650-51
Release Date: 10/12/1999
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Michele Lagrange,
Jean-Luc Viala,
Michel Piquemal,
Jean-Louis Serre
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lille Radio Orchestra,
Ile de France Regional Chorus