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
Another classic concert this week. From the 1960 Salzburg Festival, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, guest conducted by the legendary Opera conductor Joseph Keilberth and featuring the equally legendary French violinist Christian Ferras in music of Schubert, Berg and Bruckner. Recorded via the Deutsche Welle Transcription Service, the concert
WNCN-FM – Murray Perahia In Recital – March 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something special and historic this week – a broadcast-only recital by legendary pianist Murray Perahia, given in the studios of long-defunct New York Fine Arts station WNCN on March 21, 1983. A relaxed setting,
L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – cond. by Pierre Boulez – November 9, 2005 – Radio France Musique – We’re back to Paris this week and this time it’s something historic; it’s a concert from 2005, featuring L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France led by Pierre Boulez in familiar works. Starting
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, conducted by Jean Martinon with Vlado Perlemuter, piano – Recorded March 22, 1956 – Radio France/INA Archives – Even though this year has been filled with great festivals and great artists, the real gems several summers ago of radio listening had to be the series which
Over to Paris this week for a classic concert from 1976 featuring the French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein with Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. The concert was re-broadcast in 1984 as a celebration of the FNO’s then-upcoming tour of the U.S. Here’s what’s on the players: French National Orchestra –
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Danish Radio Symphony In Concert – Marianna Shirinyan, piano – Nadezhda Serdiuk, mezzo-soprano – Danish Radio Symphony Choir – Hans Graf, conductor – Broadcast live – February 8, 2013 – DR P2 – Radio. Over to Copenhagen this week for a concert featuring Danish-Armenia phenom Marianna Shirinyan along with Hans
Charles Hampson, Baritone – Chen Resiss, Soprano – Mahler Chamber Orchestra – Kent Nagano – Musikfest Berlin 2012 – August 31, 2012 – ORF-1 – Something special this week. The opening concert of the Berlin Musikfest 2012 featuring the Mahler Chamber Orchestra led by Kent Nagano and featuring Charles Hampson,
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
