Editors Note: With the very sad news on the passing of Radu Lupu, it only seems fitting to offer this concert, which I posted back in 2018, as a tribute to this astonishing and gifted artist. He won’t be forgotten. Radu Lupu, Piano – Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti, cond. 1979
The American Jazz Quartet – Live at Jazz Festival Saalfelden – August 29, 1986 – ORF-Austria Radio – A serious summit meeting this weekend. A concert given during the 1986 Saalfden Jazz Festival in Austria on August 29th of that year and broadcast by ORF-Radio in Vienna. Consisting of; Don
Another recording from the 1949 Besancon Festival. This week, a live performance of Florent Schmitt’s La Tragèdie de Salomè featuring the legendary French/Belgian conductor Andrè Cluytens leading the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. Schmitt had slipped a bit in popularity over the years – his works weren’t played all that much in
– 1960 Prague Spring Festival – The Czech Philharmonic – Kirill Kondrashin, cond. – Mstislav Rostropovich, cello – Czech Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another Historic concert this week – The celebrated Czech Philharmonic, led by distinguished Soviet conductor Kirill Kondrashin and featuring the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
The legendary Miles Davis this weekend. From a series of concerts at the 1963 Juan-Les Pins Festival in France, recorded by ORTF in Paris on July 26-28, 1963. This concert has been available officially and unofficially in various forms over the years, and I don’t think a single performance or
– Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Live at The Paris Pop Festival – June 1, 1967 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was often a complaint, by bands and audiences alike that, if they could capture what they did live onstage in the studio,
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria Legrand is from Paris . . .but the
– Pulp – Live At Glastonbury 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – No week of 90s music can ever be complete, or even get started, without a set by the beloved and highly influential band Pulp. Fronted by the theatrical and riveting Jarvis Cocker, Pulp managed to weave an intensive
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