Over to Madrid this week for a concert featuring the Danish National Symphony, led by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Pepe Romero as soloist. The concert was recorded March 21, 2013 in Copenhagen and relayed to RNE in Madrid. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was principal conductor of the Bilbao Symphony
From the astonishing Archives of RTS, a live performance broadcast and recorded on March 17, 1941 featuring violinist Jacques Thibaud and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet of Ernest Chausson’s Poeme for Violin and Orchestra. For the first half of the twentieth century Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) was
– Vienna Symphony – Cond. Carlo Maria Giulini – Concert of June 21, 1977 – Austrian Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another classic concert this week – The Vienna Symphony, guest conducted by the legendary Carlo Maria Giulini in two works: Tchaikovsky: Symphony Number 2 “Little Russian” and
Dennis Brain and the music of Richard Strauss this weekend – his Horn Concerto number 1 opus 11, performed with the North German Radio Symphony conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt in this broadcast studio recording from May 7, 1954. By 1945, Dennis Brain, at 24 years of age, was the most
I was reminded by a reader from my old site of many years that most of the concerts I ran prior to June 2012 are no longer available – and if they are, they sound pretty bad. So, in answer to my friend’s request to repost some of those old
Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 1 Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 2 Another classic concert this week. The Chicago Symphony, led by the late-great Claudio Abbado and featuring the late-great-legendary Rudolf Serkin in an all-Beethoven program this week, recorded 0n February 27 of 1982.
Pierre Monteux in a guest appearance with the NBC Symphony from November 15, 1953 and featuring Beethoven’s Symphony Number 7. Pierre Monteux appeared as guest conductor with many orchestras; he commented in 1955, “I regret they don’t have symphony orchestras all over the world so I could see Burma and
George Antheil: Symphony Number 5 – L.A. Phil. Artur Rodzinski – July 25, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The early years of the 20th century had more than its fair share of movers, shakers and hellraisers. Classical Music was certainly not immune to the sweeping changes taking place
– Cleveland Orchestra – Lorin Maazel, Conductor – Leon Fleisher, Piano – All Prokofiev – Blossom Music Festival 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert. This week it’s The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Music Director Lorin Maazel and featuring Leon Fleisher, piano in a concert from the
This week it’s a concert from the 1960 Vienna Festival featuring the Munich Philharmonic, led by Fritz Rieger and featuring the legendary violinists Edith Peinemann and Pina Carmirelli in music of Bach and Bruckner. The concert starts off with the Brandenburg Concerto Number 2, played by members of the Munich
