"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Germaine Tailleferre – Ouverture For Orchestra – French National Orchestra – Eugéne Bigot – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Music of Germaine Tailleferre, one of the celebrated members of the legendary Group Les Six, which included Georges Auric,…
– Hubeau – Violin Sonata – Another rarity this weekend – and another broadcast recital from French Radio in the 1950’s. This one features rising-young-star Renèe France Froment on violin with legendary pianist-pedagogue Louise Clavius-Marius on Piano in a performance…
– Michel Perrault: Quebec Folk Sketches – CBC Toronto Chamber Orch. Cond. Michel Perrault – CBC 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Michel Perrault this weekend, performed by the CBC Toronto Chamber Orchestra, led by the…
– Roussel – Symphony Number 3 – French National Orchestra – Pierre Dervaux, Cond. French Radio Broadcast 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Covering some familiar territory this week. Usually, it’s a case of underrated and overlooked composers or…
– Lalo: Piano Concerto – Reine Gianoli, Piano – ORTF Phil. Pierre-Michel LeConte – ORTF Broadcast 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another slice of history this weekend – a legendary pianist playing a seldom-performed work. The celebrated and…
Debussy – Poissons d’or from Images – Book 2 – Jean-Michel Damase, Piano – ORTF Broadcast recital – 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A short one tonight – actually, a last-minute replacement for a longer piece which I…
– Wire in concert from Paris (Black Session) – May 2011 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wire in concert from Paris this weekend, recorded by RFI in Paris to be transmitted via Radio France‘ Le Mouv channel on May…
– Ike & Tina Turner – Live At L’Olympia, Paris – January 30, 1971 – RTL – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ike & Tina Turner, live at the legendary Olympia in Paris from January 30, 1971. They always said…
– Pete Brown & Piblokto – Live in Paris – 1970 – RTL – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Pete Brown, a task which seems to be happening on a daily…
– Albert Roussel – Bacchus et Ariane – Paris Conservatory, Andrè Cluytens, cond. – 1949 Besançon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music from the 1949 Besançon Festival in France this week, featuring the legendary Paris Conservatoire…