Rhene Baton

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René-Emmanuel Baton, known as Rhené-Baton (5 September 1879 – 23 September 1940), was a French conductor and composer. Though born in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, his family originated in Vitré in neighbouring Brittany. He returned to the region at the age of 19, and many of his compositions express his love of the area. He also had close relationships with composers of the Breton cultural renaissance, notably Guy Ropartz, Paul Le Flem, Paul Ladmirault and Louis Aubert. As a conductor he was notable for his attempts to expand appreciation of classical music. He studied piano at the Paris Conservatory and learned music theory under André Gedalge. He began his career as a chef de chant at the Opera-Comique in 1907. He was then appointed as musical director of various orchestral groups, notably the Society of Saint Cecilia in Bordeaux and Angers Société populaire (1910–1912). In 1910 he was chosen to head the "Festival of French music" in Munich, Germany. Serge Diaghilev requested that he conduct the Ballets Russes in London and South America (1912–1913). During World War I he was the head of the Dutch Royal Opera (1916–18) and held summer concerts of the Orchestra in Residence of the Hague in Scheveningen (1914–19). Although his recordings are few, in 1923 with the Pasdeloup Orchestra he committed to disc the first ever recording of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Serge Sandberg entrusted him with the direction of the Pasdeloup concert (the French "Proms"), the m

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albums

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Poulenc: Flute Sonata / Olsson: Romance / Faure: Fantaisie

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Cafe Au Lait

Ropartz: Piano Trio in A Minor / Baton: Piano Trio

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Flute Sonata/Romance/Fantiasie

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Poulenc: Flute Sonata / Olsson: Romance / Faure: Fantiasie

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Night Soliloquy

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Poulenc: Flute Sonata - Olsson: Romance - Faure: Fantaisie

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Chamber Music

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French Violin Sonatas, Disc 6

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