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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein, Cond. – Artur Schnabel, Piano – The Standard Hour – March 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Something historic for a Sunday night. A performance by the Los…
NBC Nightly News – September 18, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 53 years ago today, the music world suffered a devastating loss – it would be one of three to go that year, and their passings signified the…
– 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…
– August 16, 1977 – CBS Radio News + Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 16, 1977 – Not a good day for music – not in 1977 and not in 2018. This day in 1977 we lost…
The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conductor – Michele Auclair, violin – January 27, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing the series of Boston Symphony rehearsal recordings with a broadcast from January 27, 1951 featuring The…
Eugene Ormandy, guest Conducts The Boston Symphony – February 26, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic Boston Symphony concert this week. This time it’s the legendary Eugene Ormandy guest conducting the orchestra in music of Samuel…
– Clifford Curzon, Piano – Bavarian Radio Symphony – Leopold Hager, cond. 1979 Mozart Festival – DW – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to historic concerts this week. Tonight it’s a performance from the 1979 Wurzburg Mozart Festival in…
– Tina Turner – Live At Park West, Chicago – August 17, 1984 – With the sad news today of the passing of the legendary Tine Turner, our year of loss in the music world is compounded. This post was…
– 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…
– 14th Edinburgh Festival – Leningrad Symphony – September 16, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – A rare concert this week. And since we’re sliding into Festival season, a historic recording from a legendary festival. The Leningrad Symphony, conducted by…