France's Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire lives up to its "national" designation, with an international reputation and a substantial catalog of recordings dating back to its early days. Some of its music directors have focused on French music, while others, hailing from outside France, have cultivated a broader repertory. The orchestra issued an album of works by Vincent d'Indy in 1977 won a Grand Prix du Disque honor in France. The Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire has recorded several albums for the BIS label, beginning with one devoted to the music of Henri Dutilleux in 2015; in 2022, the orchestra, under Pascal Rophé, released the album Debussy Orchestrated. Sascha Goetzel was slated to take over the music directorship of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire in the fall of that year.