The Legendary Roger Desormiere leading Orchestre de National de la Radioffusion Fraçaise in this 1950 broadcast performance of Bartok’s Divertimento for Strings – recorded on July 18, 1950. Here is an excerpt from a fascinating article on a little-known side of Roger Desormiere, written by Daisy Fancourt for the website
Just your luck – Because your last names started with the same letter you were destined to be next to each other from Kindergarten to eternity. And every Christmas it was the same thing. Everybody in your class gave everybody else presents – nobody was supposed to know who gave
– All-Star Parade of Bands – Stan Kenton, live At Sardi’s, Hollywood – June 4, 1956 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Golden Age of Big Bands was rapidly becoming a thing of the past, but there were still stalwarts criss-crossing the country in 1956. One
