Category French Radio

Lucette Descaves With Ernest Bour And The French National Orchestra Play Music Of Martinu – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the…

Arabella Steinbacher With Andres Orozco Estrada And The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Play Music Of Haydn, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Ysaye And Cerha – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

– Frankfurt Radio Symphony – February 7, 2014 – Radio France Musique – Part 1 – – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – February 7, 2014 – Radio France Musique – Part 2 – Taking a short break from historic concerts this…

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin Leads The ORTF Orchestra In Music Of Bartok, Mozart, Bach And Beethoven – 1964 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

– Yehudi Menuhin conducts l’Orchestre national de l’ORTF – September 30, 1964 – Radio France – The legendary violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin this week in this historic concert, leading l’Orchestre national de l’ORTF from September 30, 1964. This concert…

Sinking Of The Athenia – Europe At War – A Suspension Of Niceties – September 4, 1939

– News from BBC World Service – Mutual Correspondent John Steele – Radio Paris English Service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No sooner had war been declared than news of the sinking of an unarmed…

Andrè Cluytens Leads The Paris Conservatory Orchestra In Music Of Dukas – Besancon Festival 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

The Paris Conservatory Orchestra, lead by the legendary Andrè Cluytens at the 1951 Besancon Festival in a performance of  La Peri by Paul Dukas. Andrè Cluytens belongs to the era when style and musicianship coupled with impeccable phrasing were the…