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.
Vadimir Ashkenazy, Piano with Eugene Ormandy and The Phildaelphia Orchestra in Concert – March 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two legends in concert this week. Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy together with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program of music by Serge Prokofiev. Broadcast on
A documentary on the legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler – produced by the BBC 3rd Programme on November 30, 1964, commemorating 10 years since his death. Without any doubt, lovers of Classical Music will know the name Furtwängler and most likely have a collection of his recordings on their shelves. He
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– Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert – Lawrence Foster, guest Cond. – Jacqueline Du Prè, cello – Feb. 16, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another long-thought lost concert this week, and another extreme rarity. The legendary Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre in concert with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest
– Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent of a feast of comfort food, it would be
– Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle – Sept. 4, 2015 – RBB Berlin – Daniel Barenboim this week. The iconic Pianist-Conductor, who has been a household name for decades leads the Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra in music of Arnold Schoenberg and Sir Edward Elgar. There are only two works in
Back to the vault this week for something historic by way of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 1960s. Guest conducted by the great Hans Swarowsky and featuring legendary Pianist Claudio Arrau in a concert of music by Brahms, Alban Berg and Zoltan Kodaly. This previously unheard, never-broadcast and long-thought-lost
Not of the overlooked or underrated variety tonight, but a historic performance by one of the foremost composers of the mid-20th century. Paul Hindemith performing his own Der Schwanenderher for viola and orchestra, with the Bern Orchestra conducted by Luc Balmer in this Radio Studio performance from August 29, 1939.
– Curtis Institute 70th Birthday for Samuel Barber – March 9, 1980 – Something special this week. Today, March 9th 2025 would have been the 115th birthday of the legendary American Composer Samuel Barber (Born: March 9, 1910). So I thought I would run a concert celebrating his 70th birthday,
