Getting ready for the onslaught of Festivals this year. Rock and Jazz aren’t the exclusive property of the Festival atmosphere. Festivals throughout Europe featuring Classical music probably outnumber the others by a sizable number. But we have our fair share too. Certainly, The Hollywood Bowl season (which should be kicking
Back to the vault this week for something historic by way of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 1960s. Guest conducted by the great Hans Swarowsky and featuring legendary Pianist Claudio Arrau in a concert of music by Brahms, Alban Berg and Zoltan Kodaly. This previously unheard, never-broadcast and long-thought-lost
– Death Cab For Cutie – Live At Glastonbury 2015 – June 28, 2015 – BBC 6 Music Back to Glasto for a set by American favorites Death Cab For Cutie – recorded by BBC 6 Music on June 28th 2015. In 2015, with some 8 albums under their belt,
– 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 Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by then-Music Director Alfred Wallenstein and featuring
Another classic concert this week. A guest appearance at The San Francisco Symphony by the legendary Kurt Sanderling with Pianist Alfred Brendel in a concert of music by Beethoven. Broadcast on March 3rd of 1983. This was the first appearance by Kurt Sanderling in San Francisco. Born in East Prussia
L.A. Phil.- Paul Kletzki, guest Cond. – Daniel Barenboim, piano – Feb. 5, 1965 – Part 1 L.A. Phil.- Paul Kletzki, guest Cond. – Daniel Barenboim, piano – Feb. 5, 1965 – Part 2 Back to something historic this week – an unpublished concert from the 1964-1965 Season of the
Part 1: Part 2: I thought I would dive into some Americana by way of a classic and previously unavailable concert featuring the legendary Oscar Levant on Piano with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Artur Rodzinski, recorded live at The Hollywood Bowl on July 25, 1950. Oscar Levant (December
If you like this, and want to hear more every day, you might want to support it: Become a Patron! I thought I would dive into some Americana this week by way of a classic and previously unavailable concert featuring the legendary Oscar Levant on Piano with The Los Angeles
Radu Lupu, Piano – NHK Symphony, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch – November 4, 1994 – NHK-Radio, Tokyo – Another classic concert this week. From Tokyo, the legendary NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and featuring the great Romanian pianist Radu Lupu in an all-Brahms program, broadcast on November
Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello – José Gallardo, Piano – Recital in Madrid – April 19, 2017 – RNE Radio Clasica – Cello recitals this week. A concert featuring French-German virtuoso cellist Nicolas Altstaedt accompanied by José Gallardo at the piano in a program of music by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Fall
