François-Xavier Roth
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Conductor François-Xavier Roth â born November 6, 1971, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - is best known as the founder of the ensemble Les Siécles and the musical director of the Gürzenich Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, Germany. Also a musicologist, François-Xavier Roth makes it a point of honor to conduct using only period instruments. Born the son of organist and composer Daniel Roth, he originally studied the flute before turning to conducting. A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, France, François-Xavier Roth won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London in 2000, which enabled him to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra for two years as assistant to Colin Davis and John Eliot Gardiner. In 2003, he founded Les Siécles, an ensemble that specializes in performing classical works on period instruments. Les Sièclesâ repertoire ranges from baroque music to contemporary composers including works by Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Varèse, Ligeti, Mahler, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel and Mussorgsky. François-Xavier Roth was guest conductor of the BBC Wales Orchestra (2008-2012), collaborated with the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra, took over as director of the SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg im Breisgau (2011-2018), In 2017, he returned to the London Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed principal guest conductor. Honored with the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2017, François-Xavier Roth has collaborated in recitals with Sabine Devieilhe and Renaud Capuçon. François-Xavier Rothâs rich catalog of releases began in 2005 and contains albums such as Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (2010), Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu (2011), Liszt: Dante-Symphonie â Orpheus (2012), Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps â Petrouchka (2014), Mirages (2017), Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent (2020), and Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Méhul: Les Amazones: Overture (2021). In 2022, after the recording of the Debussy opera Pelléas et Mélisande, he conducted a recital entitled Ravel: Concertos Pour Piano â Mélodies â featuring pianist Cédric Tiberghien and baritone Stéphane Degout â which was released on the Harmonia Mundi label.
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- Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring": II. Larghetto featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring": IV. Allegro animato e grazioso featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring": I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (Ed. J. Finson): I. I. Andante con moto - Allegro di molto featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (Ed. J. Finson): II. II. Romanza. Andante featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (Ed. J. Finson): III. III. Scherzo. Presto featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (Ed. J. Finson): IV. IV. Largo - Finale. Allegro vivace featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: V. Das Grablied by London Symphony Orchestra
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: IV. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften by London Symphony Orchestra
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: III. Von den groÃen Sehnsucht by London Symphony Orchestra
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - II. Von Den Hinterweltlern by London Symphony Orchestra
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - VIII. Das Tanzlied by London Symphony Orchestra
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: VI. Von der Wissenschaft by London Symphony Orchestra
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: II. Adagio by François-Xavier Roth
- Boulez: Messagesquisse for Solo Cello and Six Violoncellos by Yulia Deyneka
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": I. Allegro featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Motion featuring Vanessa Wagner
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": II. Andante quasi allegretto featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": III. Sehr schnell featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Christophe Colomb, Acte IV "Le nouveau monde": ChÅur "Parés de beaux plumages" by François-Xavier Roth
- Christophe Colomb, Acte III "La révolte": Air avec chÅur "Ainsi le moindre obstacle" featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Christophe Colomb, Acte III "La révolte": Air avec chÅur "Voyez ! déjà la mer respire" featuring François-Xavier Roth
- Christophe Colomb, Acte IV "Le nouveau monde": ChÅur "à toi, chef immortel" featuring François-Xavier Roth
