Claudio Arrau, Piano – Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond – Berkshire Music Festival – August 26, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to something historic this week. The Boston Symphony during the 1977 Berkshire Music Festival, with Music Director Seiji Ozawa leading the BSO with the legendary
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam – Kirill Kondrashin, Cond – Jan Wijn, Piano – Nov. 29, 1972 – VPRO – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A short but historic concert this week – the legendary Amsterdam Concertgebouw, conducted by Kirill Kondrashin with Dutch pianist Jan Wijn in a performance of the Mozart
An abbreviated concert from the PBS series “Evening At Symphony” featuring the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa and featuring Itzhak Perlman, violin solo – recorded on February 2, 1978. Featured are two works: Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto (With Perlman as solo) and Brahms Symphony Number 3. In 1970, Seiji Ozawa
Over to Brussels this week for a concert by The Accords Guitar Trio and featuring Croatian Guitar virtuoso Ana Vidovic. The concert was recorded by RTBF Musiq 3 in Brussels on April 27th of 2013 and part of the International Guitar Festival in Brussels. A wide-ranging program with music by
Georges Pretre – Orchestre de Paris – Poulenc – Ravel – May 5, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Georges Pretre conducts Orchestre de Paris in music by Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel in a concert from May 5, 2011 and recorded by Radio France Musique. It was a sad
– Orchestre National d’Ile de France – Enrique Mazzola – Claire-Marie LeGuay – live from Bucharest – Sept. 13, 2013 – Radio France Musique Over to Bucharest Romania this week for a concert by Orchestre National d’Ile de France, led by Enrique Mazzola and featuring the brilliant French pianist Claire-Marie
Over to the 2012 Lucerne Festival for a performance by The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, recorded live on August 27, 2012 by RTS-Radio in Geneva. Sadly, this is only the second half as the first half missed getting recorded. But the second half is still fun and it
– Lydia Mordkovitch With The Chicago Symphony – Sir Georg Solti, Cond. – 1982 season – broadcast Feb. 5, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another week of historic concerts. This one, featuring the celebrated Chicago Symphony, conducted by Sir Georg Solti and featuring the American debut of the
Classic concert from Paris this week. The legendary Pierre Boulez leads Orchestre de Paris in a concert of music by Arnold Schönberg and Bela Bartok, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou in the Bartok 2nd Piano Concerto. Recorded at Salle Pleyel on December 21, 2011 by the veneral Radio France Musique.
Over to Bucharest by way of Madrid this week for a concert from the 2011 International Georges Enescu Festival, featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conducted by Vasily Petrenko and featuring Midori, violin solo. The concert was recorded September 17, 2011 at the Grand Palace de Bucharest by ROR Rumania. The
