About Ernest Bour
Ernest Bour (20 April 1913 - 20 June 2001) was a noted conductor. Born in Thionville, Moselle (in north-eastern Lorraine, then part of Germany), Bour studied at both the University and the Conservatoire of Strasbourg. His conducting teachers included Fritz Münch and Hermann Scherchen. Perhaps his most heard recording is of Ligeti's Atmospheres with the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra aka Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden heard on the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Top Tracks
Overture: Atmospheres
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathrustra)
Górecki : Symphony No.3 Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' : II Lento e Largo
Górecki : Symphony No.3 Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' : I Lento, sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
Daphnis et Chloé - Suites No. 2: Danse Générale
Górecki : Symphony No.3 Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' : III Lento cantabile - semplice
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Overture - Atmospheres
Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, KV 543: Adagio, aalegro
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