Albert Spalding – RCA Magic Key – August 30, 1936 – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Digging up more rarities this weekend. This one might take a little getting used to – the original discs are badly damaged. But this is a very rare live performance from
If we’re making a difference, kick in some support: Become a Patron! The name Georges Enescu is probably more closely associated now with his compositions, the Roumanian Rhapsodies than his talents as violinist and celebrated conductor. In the 1920s and 1930s he made a series of legendary recordings with the
Aix-en-Provence Festival 1959 – The Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. From the 1959 Aix-en-Provence Festival, The Belgian National Radio Orchestra led by the legendary Igor Markevitch in music by Bizet, Messaien and Berlioz. Igor Markevitch débuted as a
NBC Radio – The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – February 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another classic rehearsal this week. This time it’s The Boston Symphony, under Charles Munch and guest artist Yehudi Menuhin in a rehearsal of the Max Bruch Violin Concerto. It was broadcast on
I originally ran this post a few years via my old website, but many readers weren’t happy with the sound quality available at the time. So, as promised, I am running it again with new and improved sound and a new transfer. This is the World Premier performance of the
Ernest Chausson – Poème de l’ammour et de la mer – Jean-Christophe Benoit, Bariton – ORTF Chamber Orchestra, André Girard, cond. – ORTF Radio broadcast – 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A familiar name this week; Ernest Chausson has been widely regarded as one of the key French
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Polish Radio Symphony In Concert – Jacek Kaspszyk, cond. – Agata Szymczewska, violin – Feb. 8, 2013 – Polish Radio/Radio Nacional España Over to Katowice, Poland this week for a concert by the Polish Radio Symphony, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest Conductor – Issac Stern, violin – September 9, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – June 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing, not only our historic Boston Symphony rehearsals this week, but continuing with the last two movements of the Brahms 2nd Symphony. Again, led
