John Lennon – Dream Ends At The Dakota – December 8, 1980
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Category: Weekend Gramophone
Arthur Rubinstein – Artur Rodzinski – Hollywood Bowl – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend
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
George Antheil : Artur Rodzinski And The L.A. Philharmonic – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
George Antheil: Symphony Number 5 – L.A. Phil. Artur Rodzinski – July 25, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The early years of the 20th century had more than its fair share of movers, shakers and hellraisers. Classical Music was certainly not immune to the sweeping changes taking place
Vera Franceschi With Vladimir Golschmann And The New York Philharmonic Play Music Of Mozart – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– New York Philharmonic – Vladimir Golschmann, guest conductor – Vera Franceschi, piano – Feb. 1, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Familiar music this week, played by a largely forgotten pianist, whose career skyrocketed in the 1950s and yet whose tragic early death, robbed the Music world of
Thor Johnson And The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Thor Johnson, guest Conductor – Boston Symphony – in rehearsal – January 17, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Switching gears with a Boston Symphony rehearsal this week led by Thor Johnson, one of the first Conductors, born and trained in the U.S. to lead an American orchestra.
Charles Munch And The New York Philharmonic – Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Premier) – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– New York Philharmonic – Soloists and Chorus conducted by Charles Munch. Artur Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Broadcast premier) – January 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I hesitated to run this for several months because of a few glaring problems in the original discs
Alexander Tcherepnine Plays Alexander Tcherepnine – 1938 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Tcherepnine plays Tcherepnine – The NBC Music Guild – 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into music from the 1930s this week, with a recital by the Russian composer Alexander Tcherepnine, who was on a brief tour of the U.S. in 1938 and performed this recital for
Music Of Florent Schmitt – Andrè Clutytens And The Paris Conservatory Orchestra – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
You can do a lot with coffee: Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during the first four decades of the 20th Century, Florent Schmitt
Lucette Descaves With Ernest Bour And The French National Orchestra Play Music Of Martinu – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the sound is pretty terrible. But, and this is a huge
Ignace Jan Paderewski In Recital – 1939 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– NBC The Magic Key – Ignace Jan Paderewski in Recital- February 26, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A few years ago I ran the earlier (1938) concert with the legendary Pianist/composer/statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski. It originated in Switzerland and the concert was relayed via Shortwave as a demonstration