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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 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…
L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – cond. by Pierre Boulez – November 9, 2005 – Radio France Musique – We’re back to Paris this week and this time it’s something historic; it’s a concert from 2005, featuring L’Orchestre Philharmonique de…
In case you weren’t quite up for the soothing Anti-Road Rage sounds of the New York Philharmonic tonight, here’s a little something that should put a smile back on your face – the inimitable Bobby Blue Bland, in concert at…
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano – Jeanne Gautier, violin – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – ORTF Broadcast, circa 1953 Back to Paris this weekend for a radio broadcast performance of the Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano as played by…
Something a bit different this week. A concert from Canadian Jeunesses Musicales held during the Summer of 1964, and featuring (as always) a veritable who’s who of world musicians. This concert, all-Ravel, features the noted French cellist Guy Fallot, French/Hungarian…
Nicole-Henriot (Schweitzer) with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conducted by Bernard Haitink in music by Gluck, Cherubini, Ravel and Debussy, recorded by AVRO on July 10, 1956. Nicole Henriot (or Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, her married name), was a brilliant French pianist who…
Florent Schmitt: Le petit elf Ferme-l’oeil – ORTF Orchestra, Cond. Eugène Bigot – ORTF Paris – circa 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It seems that most composers whose work had been popular during the 20th century, and whose…
Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent…
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 3 – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – Centenary Concert 1962 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend, as played by the legendary French pianist Yvonne Lefébure, who…
– San Francisco Symphony – Edo De Waart, Cond. – Elly Ameling, Soprano – 1984-85 Season – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic concert with legendary singers this week. The San Francisco Symphony, led by Music Director Edo…