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Kent Nagano

voc, *1951 US
Conductor of Classical

Kent Nagano (born 22 November 1951 in Berkeley, California) is an orchestra conductor of Japanese descent. From 1989 to 1998 he was a conductor for the Opera Orchestra of Lyon. In September 2006, he was named music director for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and replaced Zubin Mehta as musical director of the Bayerische Staatsoper.

     
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  • Classical
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L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
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A Night On The Bare Mountain on Danse Macabre by Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Paul Dukas, Kent Nagano, Antonín Dvořák, Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Camille Saint-Saëns & Charles Ives
Sorcerer's Apprentice on Danse Macabre by Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Paul Dukas, Kent Nagano, Antonín Dvořák, Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Camille Saint-Saëns & Charles Ives
Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte (Tosca) on Opera Songs by Various Artists
Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Pourquoi me réveiller" on 40 Most Beautiful Arias by Various Artists, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Maurizio Barbacini, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Plácido Domingo, William Christie, Bavarian State Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Les Arts Florissants, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 "Lodron": I. Allegro on Mozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Piano Concertos by Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kent Nagano
Turandot, SC 91, Act I: Signore ascolta! (Liù) on The Opera House: Opera Masterpieces by Various Artists
Piano Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 "Lodron": III. Rondo. Tempo di minuetto on Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 "Lodron": III. Rondo. Tempo di minuetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kent Nagano
Piano Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 "Lodron": II. Adagio on Mozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Piano Concertos by Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kent Nagano
Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians on John Adams: The Death Of Klinghoffer by John Adams, Kent Nagano, The Opera De Lyon, London Opera Chorus & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon
Piano Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365: II. Andante on Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365: II. Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kent Nagano

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
ArcheJörg Widmann, Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg2018Album
A Quiet PlaceLeonard Bernstein, Kent Nagano, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal2018Album
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64Richard Strauss - Kent Nagano, Göteborgs Symfoniker2016Album
L'AiglonArthur Honegger, Jacques Ibert, Edmond Rostand, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Marc Barrard, Etienne Dupuis, Philippe Sly, Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Kent Nagano, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal2016Album
Violin Concerto No. 2 – Concerto For OrchestraBéla Bartók, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Augustin Dumay, Kent Nagano2016Album
Danse MacabreKent Nagano, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal2016Album
French Trumpet ConcertosPaul Merkelo, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Kent Nagano2014Album
OrchesterliederGustav Mahler, Christian Gerhaher, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Kent Nagano2013Album
Human Misery – Human Love: Symphony No. 9Ludwig van Beethoven, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Kent Nagano2012Album
Triple Concerto • Piano Concerto No. 3Ludwig van Beethoven – Mari Kodama, Kolja Blacher, Johannes Moser, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano2012Album
Concerto N°4 - ProméthéeAlain Lefèvre, Kent Nagano, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Alexander Scriabine2012Album
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8; Grosse FugueLudwig van Beethoven, Kent Nagano, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal2011Album
LohengrinRichard Wagner, Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Wolfgang Koch, Michaela Schuster, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano, Richard Jones2010Single
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 And 5Till Fellner / L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal / Kent Nagano - Ludwig van Beethoven2010Album
Das Lied Von Der ErdeGustav Mahler, Klaus Florian Vogt, Christian Gerhaher, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Kent Nagano2009Album
LohengrinRichard Wagner, Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringlebotn, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier, Tom Fox, Roman Trekel, Europachorakademie, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano, Nikolaus Lehnhoff2009Album
Symphony 4 - Original VersionAnton Bruckner - Bayerisches Staatsorchester · Kent Nagano2009Album
Nuits D'été, Op.7 / Shéhérazade / Cinqs Mélodies Populaires GrecquesHector Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, Bernarda Fink, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano2007Album
Sinfonia No. 8 "Dei Mille"Gustav Mahler / Kent Nagano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin2007Album
Sinfonie Nr.41 - Introduction By Kent Nagano And Full PerformanceWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Kent Nagano2007Album
Die GezeichnetenFranz Schreker, Kent Nagano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin2006Album
L'Amour Des Trois OrangesSergei Prokofiev / Gabriel Bacquier, Jean-Luc Viala, Georges Gautier, Catherine Dubosc, Jules Bastin, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon2005Single
Des Contes D'HoffmannJacques Offenbach / Natalie Dessay, Barbara Hendricks, Daniel Galvez-Vallejo, José van Dam, Gabriel Bacquier, Jacques Verzier, Isabelle Vernet / Brigitte Balleys, Helene Jossoud, Lisette Malidor, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon And Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon / Kent Nagano, Louis Erlo2005Single
Prometheus OrchesterliederHugo Wolf - Juliane Banse, Dietrich Henschel, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano2005Album
Symphonie No. 6Anton Bruckner - Kent Nagano / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin2005Album
L'Oiseau De Feu - Le Sacre Du Printemps - PersephoneIgor Stravinsky, The London Symphony Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kent Nagano2005Compil.
Owen WingraveBenjamin Britten, Gerald Finley, Kent Nagano2005Single
Die JakobsleiterArnold Schoenberg, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano2004Album
Symphonie Nº3Anton Bruckner - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano2004Album
Bernstein:MassKent Nagano2004Album
Peter And The Wolf / Wolf TracksSergei Prokofiev, Jean-Pascal Beintus - Михаил Горбачев, Sophia Loren, Bill Clinton, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano2003Album
Christus am ÖlbergeLudwig van Beethoven, Placido Domingo, Luba Orgonasova, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano2003Album
Piano Concerto No. 2Frédéric Chopin, Carl Loewe, Mari Kodama, Kent Nagano, Russian National Orchestra2003Album
Cello Concerto No. 1 - Cello Concerto - Noctis EquiDarius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Alun Hoddinott, Mstislav Rostropovich, The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano2003Compil.
Vioin Concerto - Piano Concerto No. 1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Christian Tetzlaff, Nikolai Lugansky, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano2003Album
Coppélia (Highlights)Léo Delibes - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano2003Album
Orchestral SongsAnders Hillborg, Laci Boldemann, Hans Gefors, Kent Nagano2003Album
The Rescue Of Penelope / PhaedraBenjamin Britten, Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano2002Album
Piano Sonata No. 7 / Violin Sonata No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 3Sergei Prokofiev, Mayumi Fujikawa, John Lill, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kent Nagano2002Album
The Butterfly TreeJulia Butterfly Hill, Joan Baez, Joy Carlin, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano2002Album
Turangalîla-SymphonieOlivier Messiaen - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Dominique Kim, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kent Nagano2001Album
Ruckert-Lieder Das Knaben Wunderhorn KindertotenliederGustav Mahler - Dietrich Henschel, Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano2001Album
El NiñoJohn Adams - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Kent Nagano2001Album
Der Bürger Als Edelnann; Ariadne Auf NaxosRichard Strauss / Margaret Price, Sumi Jo, Gösta Winbergh, Ernst Theo Richter, Orchestre De L'Opera National De Lyon, Kent Nagano2000Album
Symphony No. 3Gustav Mahler, Kent Nagano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin2000Album
Don Quichotte À Dulcinée / Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte / Le Bal Masqué / Sechs Monologe Aus JedermannJosé van Dam, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano - Maurice Ravel / Jacques Ibert / Francis Poulenc / Frank Martin2000Album
Saint François D'AssiseOlivier Messiaen, José van Dam, Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano, Hallé Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor1999Album
Doktor FaustFerruccio Busoni, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon Et Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1999Album
Double Concerto / Two Portraits / Young Apollo / SinfoniettaBenjamin Britten / Kent Nagano, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer1999Album
Three Sisters - Drei Schwestern - Trois SoeursPeter Eötvös - Kent Nagano - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1999Album
Petrushka - The Miraculous MandarinIgor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano1998Album
Billy BuddBenjamin Britten, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé Orchestra1998Album
Milhaud - Le Carnaval D'Aix, Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit, La Creation Du Monde, Concertos Pour Piano, Concerto Pour HarpeDarius Milhaud - David Robertson / Kent Nagano1998Compil.
Das Klagende LiedGustav Mahler / Eva Urbanová, Jadwiga Rappé, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Håkan Hagegård - Hallé Orchestra & Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano1998Album
Chants D'Auvergne / Chansons BourguignonnesJoseph Canteloube • Maurice Emmanuel -- Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano / Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1997Album
Der Burger Als Edelnann/Ariadne Auf NaxosRichard Strauss, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Veronica Cangemi, Doris Lamprecht, Brigitte Fournier, Virginie Pochon, Sumi Jo, Thomas Mohr, Markus Schäfer, Steven Cole, Alfred Kuhn, Orchestre De L'Opera National De Lyon1997Album
The Seven Deadly Sins • Symphony No. 2Kurt Weill - Teresa Stratas, Kent Nagano, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1997Album
WertherJules Massenet - Jerry Hadley, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1997Album
Ma Mère L'Oye / Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte / Le Tombeau De CouperinMaurice Ravel, Kent Nagano, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1996Album
Réveil Des Oiseaux - Trois Petites Liturgies De La Présence DivineOlivier Messiaen - Yvonne Loriod, Jeanne Loriod, Maîtrise De Radio France, Orchestre National De France, Kent Nagano1996Album
Violin Concerto / Shaker LoopsJohn Adams - Gidon Kremer, The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's1996Album
Songs Of The Auvergne • Chants D'AuvergneKent Nagano • Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon - Joseph Canteloube1996Album
Les Contes D'HoffmannJacques Offenbach, Kent Nagano, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon Et Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon1996Album
L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse (Vol. 2 - 1925-1961)Edgard Varèse - Orchestre National De France, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Nicholas Isherwood, Philippe Pierlot, Kent Nagano1996Album
Rodrigue et ChimèneClaude Debussy - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon et Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1995Album
Violin Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Vadim Repin, Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano1995Album
La Damnation De FaustHector Berlioz, Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, José van Dam, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1995Album
La Boheme-HighlightsGiacomo Puccini, Kent Nagano, Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Leech, Nancy Gustafson, Alan Titus1995Compil.
RavelMaurice Ravel, Kent Nagano, The London Symphony Orchestra1995Album
Zappa - Vol. I & IIThe London Symphony Orchestra - Frank Zappa Conducted By Kent Nagano1995Compil.
La Damnation De FaustHector Berlioz, Susan Graham, Thomas Moser, José van Dam, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon Et Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1995Album
L'Oiseau De Feu = The FirebirdIgor Stravinsky / The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano1994Album
CoppéliaLéo Delibes - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1994Album
SusannahCarlisle Floyd, Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1994Album
Arlecchino / TurandotKent Nagano, Stefan Dahlberg, Mechthild Gessendorf, Wolfgang Holzmair, Philippe Huttenlocher, Michael Kraus, Susanne Mentzer, Thomas Mohr, Ernst Theo Richter, Markus Schäfer, Franz-Josef Selig, Falk Struckmann, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Ferruccio Busoni1993Album
L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse, Vol. 1 1920-1927: Amériques/Offrandes/Hyperprism/Octandre/ArcanaEdgard Varèse – Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Orchestre National De France, Kent Nagano1993Album
Prokofief: Peter & Der Wolf/ Poulenc: Die Geschichte Von Barbar, Dem Kleinen ElefantenMarius Müller-Westernhagen, Kent Nagano, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1993Album
Daphnis Et Chloé (Complete Ballet)Maurice Ravel, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Kent Nagano1993Album
The Rite Of Spring / PerséphoneIgor Stravinsky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Anne Fournet, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano1992Album
The Death Of KlinghofferJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1992Album
Dialogues Des CarmélitesFrancis Poulenc, Catherine Dubosc, Rita Gorr, Rachel Yakar, Martine Dupuy, Brigitte Fournier, José van Dam, Jean-Luc Viala, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1992Album
La Création Du Monde / Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit / Concerto Pour HarpeDarius Milhaud - Frédérique Cambreling, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1992Album
Opéra De LyonOrchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon1992Album
Martin · Ravel · Ibert · PoulencJosé van Dam · Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon · Kent Nagano1992Album
SaloméRichard Strauss – Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1991Album
Milhaud: Concert No 1 · Honegger: Concerto · Hoddinott: Noctis EquiDarius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Alun Hoddinott - Mstislav Rostropovich, The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano1990Album
Werke Für Klarinette Und ViolaMax Bruch, Paul Meyer - Gérard Caussé - François-René Duchâble, Kent Nagano1990Album
L'Amour Des 3 OrangesSergei Prokofiev, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano, Gabriel Bacquier, Jules Bastin, Catherine Dubosc, Georges Gautier, Jean-Luc Viala1989Album
Saint François D'Assise (Opéra En 3 Actes Et 8 Tableaux)Olivier Messiaen, Kent Nagano1988Album
London Symphony Orchestra - Zappa Vol. IIFrank Zappa / The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Kent Nagano1987Album
ZappaFrank Zappa / The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Kent Nagano1986Compil.
The London Symphony Orchestra - Zappa Vol. 1Frank Zappa / The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Kent Nagano1983Album
Stravinsky BalletsDavid Atherton, Kent Nagano, Sir Simon RattleAlbum
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