Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Chamber Orchestra)

Founded: 1940 - Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (= OCL; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra) has evolved from what was once a string ensemble, founded in 1940 at the initiative of its first conductor Victor Desarzens for the Swiss Radio Romande. Their first public concert, held in 1942, marks the beginning of the orchestra's rich and varied activity which soon reached across the confines of Vaud.

From the very start, the orchestra was conducted by the greatest conductors of the time: Ferenc Friesay, Ernest Bour, Otto Ackerman, Ernest Ansermet, Günter Wand, Andre Clytens, Witold Rowicki, Lovro Matacic, and composers Frank Martin and Paul Hindemith. The year 1949 saw their debut performance abroad, at the music festival in Aix-de-Provence. Jesús López-Cobos also served from 1990 to 2000 as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.

The orchestra has forty-two members; its Mannheim formation, as it is known, was employed by W.A. Mozart in his last symphonies.

Sources:
Gankarjev Dom Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2001, July 2010)

Victor Desarzens: Short Biography | Ensembles: Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Jean-Jacques Rapin: Short Biography | Ensembles: Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Michel Corboz: Short Biography | Ensembles: Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne | Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works | BWV 232 - M. Corboz

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra

[PV-1] (2012, Audio): G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34

Diego Fasolis

Orchestra

[PV-1] (2022, Video): G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34

Recordings of Bach’s Instrumental Works

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Martha Argerich [piano]

Orchestra

[O-2] (2013, 2-DVD): Concerto for 2 harpsichords No. 3 BWV 1062; Concerto for harpsichord No. 5, BWV 1056; Concerto for harpsichord No. 4 BWV 1055; Improvisations; Concerto for 3 harpsichords BWV 1063; Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065; Encore: Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065: Mvt. 3; Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065; Concerto for harpsichord No. 3 BWV 1054; Concerto for harpsichord No. 7 BWV 1058; Improvisations; Concerto for 2 harpsichords No. 2 BWV 1061; Concerto for 3 harpsichords BWV 1064; Improvisations; Encore: Concerto for 4 harpsichords, BWV 1065: Mvt. 3 [w/ pianists Khatia Buniatishvili, Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Stephen Kovacevich, Nelson Goerner, Michel Dalberto, Frank Braley, David Kadouch, Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein, Mauricio Vallina, Dong-Hyek Lim, Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Akane Sakai, David Fray]

Jesús López-Cobos

Orchestra

Bach-Honegger: Prélude, Arioso & Fughette sur le nom de Bach, for piano, a suite arranged for string orchestra, H81

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