NDR Radiophilharmonie – Hahn, Jensen – November 2011 – Part 1 NDR Radiophilharmonie – Hahn, Jensen – November 2011 – Part 2 Hilary Hahn, joining forces with Elvind Gullberg Jensen and The North German Radio Philharmonic in a broadcast concert featuring only two works: The Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
– Michel Perrault – Trio for violin, cello and piano – Hyman Bress, violin, Walter Joachim, cello, John Newmark, piano – CBC Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – Michel Perrault – contemporary Canadian composer this week. Still going strong at 90. Perrault initially studied Timpani before switching to
Kurt Masur and Orchestre National de France – June 21, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Kurt Masur (1927-2015) – with the sad news earlier this week on the passing of legendary Conductor Kurt Masur, the music world lost one of truly great artists of a grand
Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts Music Of Francois Morel – Esquisse Op. 1 – CBC Radio Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – The music of Canadian Composer Francois Morel, played by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan in this 1956 CBC Studio recording. This week it’s Morel’s
– George Szell with John Browning – The Cleveland Orchestra – live at The Concertgebouw – June 24, 1965 – George Szell leads the Cleveland Orchestra this week, in a concert recorded on June 24, 1965 at the famed Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Joining Szell is the American pianist John Browning
Florent Schmitt – Oriane et le Prince d’lamour – French National Orchestra – Jean Martinon, cond – ORTF 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Florent Schmitt this weekend. A prolific composer whose work was neglected for several decades after his death, but which has been receiving a revival in
– Salzburg Festival 1938 – Mozart: Don Giovanni -Act 2 – Aug. 15, 1938 – Berlin Radio/NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Salzburg Festival, 1938 this week. Touted as one of the great innovations in broadcasting, the idea that someone in Los Angeles could hear, as
– – Music Of The New World – Music of the settlers – November 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A slice of early Americana this weekend, just in time to end up Thanksgiving weekend – a look at music of the Early American settlers and music of the
– Claude Arrieu -Duo en quatre movements – Gabrielle Deschain – Leon Lacroix, flutes – 1963 – French Radio – Back over to the French Radio transcriptions this week for a work by Claude Arrieu – Duo en Quatre Movements from this 1963 broadcast recital by Gabrielle Deschain and Léon
– Svendsen – Symphony No. 2 – Oslo Philharmonic -Odd Grüne-Hegge – Norwegian Radio Session – 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran this piece several years ago, via my old site. It has since disappeared, but I thought I would run it again, with improved sound. This
