"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Recital by Daniel Lebhardt – Louve Museum Concerts – September 25, 2014 – Radio France Musique Over to Paris this week for a concert by the celebrated rising-star Hungarian Pianist Daniel…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Vlado Perlemuter – Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit – Broadcast Recital – 1950 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Collectors certainly know the recordings of Vlado Perlemuter and are…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Faurè – Ballade – Jeanne-Marie Darrè, Piano – French National Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, cond. – 1955 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Something familiar this weekend, as performed by two…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Conducted by André Cluytens – Henriette Faure, piano – Besançon Festival – Sept. 1951 – ORTF broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Something…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 1. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2 – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Part 2 Over to Paris this…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: L’Heure Espagnole Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: L’Enfant et les Sortileges Something completely different this week: Opera. Well . . .not the four…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ravel- Sheherazade – 1951 A few weeks ago I ran a performance of Barraud’s Offrande, featuring the French National Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Bigot. After receiving a wonderful note from Bigot’s son,…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Roussel – Rhapsodie Flamande – 1954 Over to French radio again. This week’s concert comes from The Strasbourg Music Festival, circa 1954, conducted by Frank Martin and featuring the music of Albert…