Jerome Hines – epitomized American Opera in the last half of the20th century. Seventy-one years ago yesterday, on August 15, 1955, NBC Radio via their then-new weekend service Monitor dedicated part of their evening programming to a blast of culture. The Bell Telephone Hour. Initially running from April l29, 1940
Kirill Karabits (L) – Jean-Effflam Bavouzet (R) Over to Denmark this week for a concert by the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, led by Kiril Karabits and featuring Jean-Effam Bavouzet, piano – recorded at Tivolis Koncertsal on August 4th 2012 and broadcast on November 7, 2012 by DR Radio P2. The concert
Vladimir Valek (L) – Ludmil Angelov (R) – lighting up Córdoba. Back over to Spain this week for a concert by Orquesta de Córdoba, led by Vladimir Valek and featuring Ludmil Angelov, piano. The concert was recorded at el Gran Teatro de Córdoba during the Rafael Orozco Festival on November
Lisa Batiashvili , violin – Francois Leleux, Oboe – Sebastian Klinger, cello – Guy Ben Ziony, viola – Milana Chernyavska, piano – go team! Over to Paris this week for a concert featuring Lisa Batiashvili, violin along with Francois Leleux, oboe – Sebastian Kliner, cello – Guy Ben Ziony, viola
Over to Berlin this week for a concert by the Staatskapelle-Berlin led by Daniel Barenboim, recorded September 11, 2020 by RBB Berlin. The concert opens with a performance of Initiale by Pierre Boulez – it’s followed by the Prelude from Die Meistersinger by Wagner. And then Jörg Widmann’s Zeitensprünge: 450
Walter Klien, Piano – New York Philharmonic – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Cond. January 23, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. This time, it’s the New York Philharmonic guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring pianist Walter Klien in a January 1986 broadcast which marked
2. Sermon. “Des femmes en noir”, pour chœur de femmes (1968) Music of Swiss composer Jean Binet this Sunday – two works (both short) – the first; performed by Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet with Hermann Müller leading the Bern Kammerorchester – and the second; Arthur Furer leading the Chor des Lehrerinnen-Seminar Marzili, Bern
Mihoki Fujimura (L) – Fabio Luisi (R) – It all started with Wagner. Over to Tokyo this week for a concert by the legendary NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Fabio Luisi and featuring mezzo Soprano Mihoko Fujimura in a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder – broadcast live on December 3,
Francis Poulenc (L) – Christiane de Lisle (C) – Louis DeFroment (R) – from the archives of French Radio Certainly not an obscure work from an overlooked composer. The Concerto for Organ, Percussion and Strings by Francis Poulenc featuring Organist Christiane deLisle and the Chamber Orchestra of French Radio conducted
Marcel Mihalovici (top) – Jean Fournet (bottom) a strong bond to neoclassicism Music of French-Romanian composer Marcel Mihalovici and his Variations for Brass and Strings, performed by the Radio-Orchestra Beromünster, conducted by Jean Fournet in this Radio Zurich recording made on June 5, 1963. Mihalovici was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He
