Lawrence Foster
American conductor, born October 23, 1941, in Los Angeles.
Houston Symphony Orchestra music director (1971-1979)
Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo music director (1980–1990)
Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne music director (1985-1990)
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra music director (1988-1992)
undefined music director (1990–1998)
Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya music director (1994-2002)
Gulbenkian Orchestra principal conductor (2002-2013)
undefined music director (2009-2012)
Orchestre Philharmonique De Marseille music director (2012-present)
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Die Seejungfrau; Violin Concerto
Zemlinsky*, Korngold*, Arabella Steinbacher, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*, Marc Albrecht (2)
2023
Alto
CD, Comp
Cello Concertos
Shostakovich*, Marc Coppey, Lawrence Foster
2021
Audite
CD, Album
La Fanciulla Del West
Puccini*, Melody Moore, Marius Vlad, Lester Lynch (2), Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra* & Choir*, Lawrence Foster
2021
PentaTone
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, SC 74
Giacomo Puccini, Elisabeth Kulman, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch (2), Melody Moore, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Stefano Secco
2021
PentaTone
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Early Symphonies And Stage Music
Schubert* – Copenhagen Phil, Lawrence Foster
2019
PentaTone
2xSACD, Multichannel, Album
A Certain Slant Of Light (Songs On Poems By Emily Dickinson)
Copland* / Getty* / Heggie* / Tilson Thomas* - Emily Dickinson, Lisa Delan, Orchestre Philharmonique De Marseille, Lawrence Foster
2018
PentaTone
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys
Kevin Short (5), Orchestre Philharmonique De Marseille, Lawrence Foster
2018
PentaTone
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Die Fledermaus
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Lawrence Foster, Johann Strauss Jr.
2018
PentaTone
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Double Concertos For Violin & Piano / Rhapsody-Concerto For Viola And Orchestra
Martinů*, Mari* & Momo Kodama & Sarah* & Deborah Nemtanu, Magali Demesse, Orchestre Philharmonique De Marseille, Lawrence Foster
2018
Aber Der Richtige... (Violin Concerto, Miniatures)
Richard Strauss - Arabella Steinbacher, WDR Symphony Orchestra*, Lawrence Foster
2018
Otello
Verdi* - Nikolai Schukoff, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch (2), Gulbenkian Orchestra And Chorus*, Lawrence Foster
2017
PentaTone
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album + Box
Fantasies, Rhapsodies & Daydreams
Arabella Steinbacher, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
2016
PentaTone
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Der Zigeunerbaron (Live Recording)
Johann Strauss Jr. - NDR Radiophilharmonie & NDR Chor, Lawrence Foster
2016
PentaTone
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Ravel "Piano Concertos", Falla " Nights In The Gardens Of Spain"
Alicia De Larrocha, Lawrence Foster, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos
2014
Decca
CD, Album
Usher House
Gordon Getty - Christian Elsner · Etienne Dupuis · Phillip Ens · Lisa Delan With Special Guest Benedict Cumberbatch, Orquestra Gulbenkian*, Lawrence Foster
2013
PentaTone Classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Violin Concertos
Max Bruch / Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Ernest Chausson - Arabella Steinbacher, Orquestra Gulbenkian*, Lawrence Foster
2013
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
L'Étranger (Opéra En 2 Actes)
Vincent D'Indy, Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Rousillon*, Chœur de Radio France / Choeur D'Enfants Opera Junior, Lawrence Foster
2013
Accord
2xCD, Album
A Portrait
Itzhak Perlman, Janet Goodman Guggenheim, André Previn, Samuel Sanders (2), Daniel Barenboim, Lawrence Foster, Bernard Haitink, Jean Martinon, Zubin Mehta
2012
EMI Classics
2xCD + 2xDVD-V, Dol
Three Symphonies / Violin Sonata No. 3
Enescu*, Lawrence Foster, Valery Sokolov*, Svetlana Kosenko
2012
Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18 / Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16
Edvard Grieg, Sergei Rachmaninov* - Sa Chen, Orquestra Gulbenkian*, Lawrence Foster
2011
PentaTone classics, PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Complete Violin Concertos
Paganini* - Alexandre Dubach, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Michel Sasson, Lawrence Foster
2011
Bartók - First Rhapsodie, Deux Portraits; Kodály - Dances from Galanta, Háry János Suite; Ligeti - Romanian Concerto
Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2010
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Salieri - Requiem / Beethoven - Meeresstille Und Glückliche Fahrt / Schubert - Intende Voci
Salieri* / Beethoven* / Schubert* / Gulbenkian Chorus* And Orchestra*, Lawrence Foster
2010
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
String Octet, Violin Sonata No.3
Enescu* - Valeriy Sokolov, Svetlana Kosenko, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
2009
Virgin Classics
CD, Album, Enh
Symphonies No.3 "Rhenish" & No.4
Robert Schumann - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Lawrence Foster
2009
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Nona Sinfonia Beethoven
Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2009
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
CD
La Esmeralda
Louise Bertin, Maya Boog, Manuel Nunez Camelino, Francesco Ellero D'Artegna, Frédéric Antoun, Lawrence Foster
2009
Accord-Euterp (Montpellier)
2xCD
The 2 Piano Concertos
Frédéric Chopin - Sa Chen, Lawrence Foster, Gulbenkian Orchestra
2008
PentaTone classics, PentaTone classics, PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album + DVD, PAL, Bon
Symphonies Nos. 1 "Spring" & 2
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Robert Schumann
2008
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Concertos Pour Piano N°ˢ 4 & 5 "Égyptien"
Camille Saint-Saëns - Aldo Ciccolini, Orchestre National De Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon* / Lawrence Foster / Friedemann Layer
2008
Accord, Universal Music France
CD, Album
Operetta Arias & Duets
Barbara Hendricks, Gino Quilico, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon*, Lawrence Foster
2007
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Piano Concertos No.1
Shostakovich* I Liszt* I Prokofiev*, Lise De La Salle, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2006
Naïve
CD, Album
Piano Concerto Nos.9 & 21
Yu Kosuge, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lawrence Foster, NDR Sinfonieorchester
2006
Sony Classical
CD, Album, Promo
Symphonies 1-3 / Vox Maris
Enescu*, Lawrence Foster
2005
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Tchaikovsky: Concerto Poor Piano No. 1 / Rachmaninov: Concerto Pour Piano No. 2
Tchaikovsky*, Serge Rachmaninov*, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Hallé Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2005
Virgin Classics
CD, Comp
Romanian Rhapsodies 1&2 - Poème Roumain - Symphonie Concertante - 3 Suites For Orchestra
Enescu*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
2005
Revelation And Fall · Leopardi Fragments · Five Pieces Op. 2 / Tragœdia
Maxwell Davies* / Birtwistle* - Mary Thomas · Rosemary Phillips · Peter Maxwell Davies · John Carewe · John Ogdon · Lawrence Foster
2004
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Rodrigo Concerto D'Aranjuez
Sharon Isbin, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Lawrence Foster
2004
Orchestral Music
Max D'Ollone, Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Simfónica De Barcelona
2003
Claves Records
CD
Standing Stone
Sir Paul McCartney*, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2003
L'OBC amb la Marató de TV3: Txaikovski & Brahms
Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Franz-Paul Decker, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms
2002
Discant (3)
2xCD, Album, Comp
The Three Violin Concertos
Camille Saint-Saëns – Liviu Prunaru, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Lawrence Foster
2002
Claves
CD, Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Concerto No. 3, Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion
Shostakovich* / Bartók*, John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent*
2002
El Concert de la Marató de TV 3
Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel, Robert Schumann, Xavier Montsalvatge, Joaquim Serra
2001
Discant (3)
2xCD, Album, Comp
Airs & Duos D'opérettes
Barbara Hendricks, Gino Quilico, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Lawrence Foster
2000
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Infamia Tangos de Barcelona
Lawrence Foster, Julia Migenes, Albert Guinovart
2000
Decca
CD, Album
Violin Concerto / Violin Concerto № 1, G-Minor
Nikolaj Znaider, Carl Nielsen, Max Bruch, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
2000
Concerto For Harpsichord, String And Percussion / Nonet / Concerto For Piano And Strings
Roberto Gerhard, Ursula Dütschler, Albert Attenelle*, Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster
1999
Montaigne
CD, Album
Catalan Concertos
Brotons*, Montsalvatge*, Benejam*, Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster
1998
Claves
CD, Album
Goyana
Franz Waxman - Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya
1998
Koch International Classics
CD, Album
The Song Of Terezín / Requiem Ebraico
Waxman* / Zeisl* - Riedel*, Jones*, Kraus*, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester*, Chor* Und Kinderchor Berlin*, Lawrence Foster
1998
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" / Symphony No. 4 "Italian" / Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night's Dream (Highlights)
Mendelssohn*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leppard*, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Masur*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Foster*
1997
TELDEC, Erato
2xCD, Comp, RM
Paganini's Daemon . A Most Enduring Legend
Paganini*, Christopher Nupen, Gidon Kremer, John Williams (7), Lawrence Foster
1997
Not On Label
VHS, PAL
El Pessebre
Pau Casals* - Ana Maria Sánchez, Raquel Pierotti, Joan Cabero, Enric Serra, Stefano Palatchi, Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster, Orfeó Català, Cor De Cambre Del Palau De La Música
1997
Piano Concerto No 1 In G Minor / Piano Concerto No 2 In D Minor / Capriccio Brillant, Op 22 / Rondo Brillant, Op 29 / Serenade And Allegro Giocoso, Op 43
Mendelssohn*, Stephen Hough, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1997
Paul McCartney's Standing Stone
London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1997
The Spirit Of St. Louis; Ruth
Franz Waxman / George Shirley, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster
1996
Capriccio (2)
CD, Album
Overtures
Luigi Cherubini, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1996
Claves
CD
´Violin Concerto No.2 / Violin Concerto No.2
Dohnányi*, Bartók* - Mark Kaplan, Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya
1996
Koch International Classics
CD
Concerto
Itzhak Perlman, Paganini*, Sarasate*, J. S. Bach*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Pinchas Zukerman, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
1995
Musical Heritage Society
2xCD, Album, Comp, RM
High Noon (Original Motion Picture Scores)
Dimitri Tiomkin - Lawrence Foster, Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Berlin*
1995
RCA Victor Red Seal
CD, Album
Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 6
Paganini*, Alexandre Dubach, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1995
Claves
CD
Piano Concerto No 4 In F Minor • Piano Concerto No 1 In E Minor
Scharwenka* / Sauer* / Stephen Hough, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1995
Suites I & II - For Piano And Orchestra
Rachmaninoff* - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge Mester / London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Lee Hoiby / Steven Gordon, Nadia Gordon*
1994
Citadel (3)
CD
Concerto N°1 Pour Piano Et Orchestre
Tchaikowsky* / Ludmil Anguelov* - Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo , Direction : Lawrence Foster
1994
Jean-Marie Fournier Productions
CD, Album, Ltd, Promo
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
Niccolò Paganini - Alexandre Dubach, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1994
Duos D'Opérettes
Barbara Hendricks, Gino Quilico, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Lawrence Foster
1994
Symphonies 1 & 2
Enesco* -- Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1993
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky* / Rachmaninov* : Jean-Bernard Pommier, Hallé Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1993
Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist "I Know I Played Every Note"
Itzhak Perlman, Bruno Canino, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lawrence Foster, Lynn Harrell, Pinchas Zukerman
1992
Teldec Video
Laserdisc, 12", Album, PAL
Airs D'opérettes/Operetta Arias/Operetten-Arien
Barbara Hendricks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1992
Symphonie En Ut Majeur / Pelléas Et Mélisande
Paul Dukas, Gabriel Fauré, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1991
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Zigeunerweisen
Wieniawski*, Sarasate* - Gil Shaham, London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1991
Jessye Norman At Notre-Dame - A Christmas Concert
Jessye Norman, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Lawrence Foster
1990
Philips
Laserdisc, 12", NTSC
Mozart: Violin Concertos N°4 "Military" & N°5"Turkish"
Mariko Senju, Lawrence Foster
1990
Victor
CD, Album, RE, S/Edition
Jessye Norman At Notre-Dame
Jessye Norman, Lawrence Foster
1990
Philips
Laserdisc, 12", PAL
Carmen Fantasy, Zigeunerweisen
Sarasate*, Albéniz*, Falla*, Granados*, Halffte* - Itzhak Perlman, Lawrence Foster, André Previn, Samuel Sanders (2)
1990
Œdipe
Enesco* - Van Dam*, Hendricks*, Fassbaender*, Lipovšek*, Bacquier*, Gedda*, Courtis*, Hauptmann*, Quilico*, Aler*, Vanaud*, Albert*, Taillon*, Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Foster*
1990
Piano Concerto 21 'Elvira Madigan' / Piano Concerto 20
Mozart*, Ilana Vered, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1989
Decca
CD, Album
Symphonie De Chamber Op.33 | Intermèdes Pour Cordes OP.12 | Dixtuor Op.14
Georges Enesco* - Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne , Lawrence Foster
1988
Oeuvres Pour Piano Et Orchestre
Busoni*, Raff*, Jean-François Antonioli, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Lawrence Foster
1988
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Lawrence Foster
1987
Éditions Costallat
CD, Album
Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 2
Schumann* / Chopin*, Cristina Ortiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
1987
Symphonie Concertante Pour Violoncelle / Suite No. 3 (Villageoise)
Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Franco Maggio Ormezowsky, Jean-Paul Barrellon, Lawrence Foster, Enesco*
1987
Famous Adagios By Barber, Sibelius, Grieg, Rachmaninoff And Others
Philharmonic Orchestra Of Monte Carlo*, Lawrence Foster
1985
Musical Heritage Society
Cass
Sheherazade, Op. 35
Ronald Patterson, Lawrence Foster, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
1985
Musical Heritage Society
CD, Album
Famous Romances And Adagios
Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1985
Marilyn Horne Sings Works By Offenbach, Cherubini, Saint-Saens, Auber, Gounod, Messenet, Donizetti, And Godard
Marilyn Horne, Philharmonic Orchestra Of Monte Carlo*, Lawrence Foster
1985
Rhapsodies Roumaines Op.11 N°1&2 - Poème Roumain Op.1
Enesco*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1985
L'amour Des Trois Oranges
Prokofiev* - Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1984
Erato
LP, Album
2 Concertos Pour Violon & Orchestre
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Olivier Charlier, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1984
Rhapsodie Du Printemps • Concerto No. 1
Zamfir* / Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1984
Suites Pour Orchestre / Orchestral Suites / Orchestersuiten (Nº 1 - Op. 9 / Nº 2 - Op. 20 En Ut Majeur / C Major / C-dur)
Georges Enesco* - Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1984
An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess
Gershwin*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1983
Erato
LP, Album
Musik In Duisburg 1983
Duisburger Sinfoniker, Lawrence Foster, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Guido Knüsel, Arnulf von Arnim, Tadeja Perkavec
1983
EHA Produktion
2xLP
Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue Concerto En Fa/in F
Gabriel Tacchino, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
1983
Sheherazade, Op. 35 (Symphonic Suite From The Arabian Nights)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ronald Patterson, Philharmonic Orchestra Of Monte Carlo*, Lawrence Foster
1983
Berühmte Celloromanzen
Dvořák*, Glazunov*, Rimsky-Korsakov*, Tschaikowsky*, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster, David Geringas
1982
Parnass
2xLP
1970/1980 The Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra 1970/1980
Erich Leinsdorf, Karel Ančerl, Witold Rowicki, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Jean Martinon, Pierre Hétu, Serge Baudo, Lawrence Foster, L'Orchestre Mondiale Des Jeunesses Musicales*
1980
Radio Canada International
5xLP, Album + Box, Comp, Promo
Berühmte Celloromanzen
David Geringas - Lawrence Foster - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
1980
Barber : Adagio for Strings Op.11, 'Agnus Dei'
Lawrence Foster
Khachaturian : Spartacus Suite No.2 : Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia [Excerpt]
Lawrence Foster
Barber: Agnus Dei
Lawrence Foster
Barber : Adagio for Strings Op.11
Lawrence Foster
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18: I. Moderato
Lawrence Foster
Satie / Arr Debussy : 3 Gymnopédies : III Lent et grave
Lawrence Foster
Grieg : Peer Gynt Suite Op.46 : No.1 Morning Mood
Lawrence Foster
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46: No. 1 Morning Mood
Lawrence Foster
Barber : Adagio for Strings Op.11 - Extrait Début
Lawrence Foster
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Lawrence Foster
Guitar Concerto in D Major (arr. Emilio Pujol) (1991 Digital Remaster): II. Largo
Lawrence Foster
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
Lawrence Foster
Satie / Arr Debussy : 3 Gymnopédies : I Lent et douloureux
Lawrence Foster
Khachaturian : Spartacus : Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia [Excerpt]
Lawrence Foster
Rachmaninov : 14 Songs Op.34 : No.14 Vocalise
Lawrence Foster
Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra in D major (arr. Emilio Pujol) (1991 Digital Remaster): II. Largo
Lawrence Foster
Adagio for Strings Op.11, 'Agnus Dei' (Adagio for Strings Op.11, 'Agnus Dei')
Lawrence Foster
Agnus Dei
Lawrence Foster
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 - 1. Allegro con brio
Lawrence Foster
Mascagni : Amico Fritz : Intermezzo
Lawrence Foster
