Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune – Orchestra of The Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome – Bernardino Molinari, cond. – circa 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a detour to some rarely heard performances of the 78 era by artists who don’t figure prominently on the historic radar.
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano – Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos – Berlin Radio Symphony – April 2010 – RBB, Berlin – To Berlin this week for a concert by the Berlin Radio Symphony, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and featuring the legendary Rudolf Buchbinder in a performance of the Beethoven “Emperor”
Andrew Dawes, violin – Bela Siki, piano – Adaskin: Canzona and Rondo – in concert at 1964 Jeunesses Musicales du Canada – CBC Radio Canada – The music of Canadian composer Murray Adaskin this week, featuring violinist Andrew Dawes and pianist Bela Siki in Adaskin’s Canzona and Rondo, recorded in
The Belgian National Orchestra In Concert – Yossif Ivanov, violin – Roberto Minczuk, cond. – May 7, 2010 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Belgium this week (via Madrid) for a concert by The Belgian National Orchestra, led by Roberto Minzcuk and featuing Yossif Ivanov, violin. The concert
Sir Simon Rattle – Berlin Philharmonic – Music of Schoenberg and Mahler – October 30, 2010 – RBB Berlin – When Sir Simon Rattle finished out his tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic last year, after 16 years leading one of the world’s great orchestras, critics said the audience reception and
Alejandro Posada and Orquesta de RTVE, España – In concert – October 15, 2010 – RNE Clasica – Over to Spain this week for a rather short concert by the celebrated Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE in Madrid, broadcast live and recorded on October 15, 2010 by Radio Nacional España. Led
Arthur Benjamin, conducting The CBC Vancouver Symphony – Canadian Music In Wartime – October 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The noted British composer Arthur Benjamin in a different role as conductor, leading an orchestra he was associated with during the years of World War 2, from 1941-1946.
Boris Berezovsky, Piano – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski, cond. – September 30, 2011 -RSR-Espace 2 – Over to Geneva this week for a concert by the celebrated Orchestre de la Suisse Romande lead by Marek Janowski and featuring Boris Berezovksy, piano in performances of works by Bartok
Carroll Glenn, violin – National Association Of American Composers And Conductors Orchestra – Thomas Sherman, conductor – April 9, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to concerts this week. A broadcast from the annual gathering of the National Association of American Composers and Conductors, featuring a complete performance
Stephen Hough, Piano – Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España cond. by Leonard Slatkin – May 23, 2010 – RNE Radio Clasica – Concerts from Madrid this week, via Radio Nacional de España featuring British pianist Stephen Hough and the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España guest conducted by Leonard
