"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Miserere (extended excerpts) – circa 1953 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Over to Paris this week for a performance of a seldom heard work (in the 1950s), the Miserere for Chorus, soloists, organ…
Over to Paris this weekend for a Radio studio recording of the Lalo Cello Concerto, with the legendary Andrè Navarra, cello and the Paris Conservatory, conducted by the great Andrè Cluytens. No date on the disc, but judging from the…
NBC Symphony, guest conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos with Astrid Varnay, soprano – December 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A historic concert from the fabled NBC Symphony. This one featuring guest Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos and Soprano Astrid Varnay…
Become a Patron! Another of the lately-less known French composers featured this weekend. Rene Challan is probably better recognized among collectors as the producer of some of the great recording sessions to come out of France in the 1950’s and…
John Lennon – a life ended at the end of a gun outside The Dakota Apartments in New York City, 42 years ago tonight. In the 42 years since his death, so much has been written, speculated over, investigated and…
– November 22, 1963 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Broadcast of the day – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 22, 1963 – It didn’t start off bad. Thanksgiving was coming up – the air was brisk. You were heading…
– Harold Bauer – in recital from The Magic Key Program – May 24, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Going into the early 20th century this week for a rare broadcast recital by the legendary late 19th/early 20th…
NBC Blue Network – The Magic Key – The Philadelphia Orchestra 1937 Tour Concert – April 18, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rare concert broadcast from the 1930s this week. The Philadelphia Orchestra, getting ready to embark…
– Maurice Emmanuel – Salamine – excerpts from Acts 1,2 and 3 – Cast and Chorus conducted by Tony Aubin – ORTF, Paris – March 29, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Excerpts from seldom performed French operas this…
– NBC-Blue Network – RCA Magic Key – Minneapolis Symphony, Eugene Ormandy, conductor + Mischa Levitski, piano recital from Chicago – March 1, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into more rare concerts this week. This time it’s…