Ernest Bour (1913-2001) was a French conductor, especially associated with modern and contemporary music. He worked with radio orchestras and became known for precision and seriousness in demanding repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears with Daniel Wayenberg in d’Indy’s Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français.

Bour’s conducting was clear, disciplined and unsentimental, qualities that made him particularly valuable in twentieth-century music. He favoured structure over showmanship.

His page is justified by wider career stature, even with a compact catalogue presence. Bour brings a cool, exact French line to the podium.