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BBC Philharmonic – Barbican Theatre, London – Josep Pons, cond – Pablo Mainetti, Bandoneon, Javier Perianes, piano – January 14, 2011 – BBC Radio 3 – If you’ve been thinking about it – now’s a great time to chip in: Become a Patron! Apologies for being a day late this...
Kurt Weil – Down In The Valley – Original NBC-TV Cast – 1950 – RCA-Victor album LM-16 – Become a Patron! A 29 minute dose of 20th century American Folk-Drama as envisioned by a razor-sharp German Expressionist. Kurt Weil, who gained world-wide recognition with Three-Penny Opera produced a very healthy...
Martha Argerich Project – with Gautier Capuçon, cello, Gabrielle Balducci, piano, Akané Sakai, piano -Lily, Mischa, Sasha Maisky – Alexander Gurning, piano – Jura Margulis, piano – 2011 Lugano – broadcast live – June 22, 2011 – RSI/Radio France – Patrons get perks – Become a Patron! This is a...
Charles Tomlinson Griffes – Poem For Flute And Orchestra – Julius Baker, Flute – Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Saidenberg – Decca (U.S.) – DL-4013. Become a Patron! Music of Charles Tomlinson Griffes this weekend, as performed by the legendary American Flautist Julius Baker, accompanied by Daniel Saidenberg leading an...
Surprises await you: Become a Patron! In the early 1970s, when National Public Radio was getting off the ground, getting its feet wet and finding its way, it was an exciting adventure in the possibilities of what Educational Radio could achieve. The promise, though reached, was never sustained and has...
French National Orchestra – Marin Alsop, guest conductor – Sol Gabetta, cello – October 18, 2012 – Radio France Musique. Become a Patron! Over to Paris this week for a concert by The French National Orchestra, guest conducted by Marin Alsop and featuring the Argentinian cello phenom Sol Gabetta in...
Music of relatively unknown French composer Maurice Delage this weekend. The presumed broadcast premier of Bateau ivre (1954) after the poem by Arthur Rimbaud. The French National Orchestra is conducted by Gaston Poulet. Become a Patron! Maurice Delage (1879–1961) was a French composer and pianist who showed a profound interest...
Become a Patron! Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – with Anu and Piia Komsi, sopranos and Leila Josefowicz, violin – February 6, 2011 – In concert from Paris. Long considered one of the bright bright lights in 21st Century Classical Music, Esa-Pekka Salonen has been that shot...
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder – Susan Dunn, Soprano – Brigitte Fassbaender, Alto – Heikki Stukola, tenor – Hermann Bechtm bass – Horst Heistermann, Teno – Boris Carmeli, Speaker – The Berlin Radio Symphony conducted by Riccardo Chailly – May 27, 1985 – Sender Freis, Berlin – Become a Patron! Something special this...
The music of American composer Alexander Reinagle performed by the legendary Austrian Harpsichordist Yela Pessl from this radio broadcast, Music Of The New World from January 1945. The Austrian-born American harpsichordist, pianist and organist, Yella Pesssl (real name: Gabriella Pessl Sobotka), studied at the State Academy of Music in Vienna....
