"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – cond. by Pierre Boulez – November 9, 2005 – Radio France Musique – We’re back to Paris this week and this time it’s something historic; it’s a concert from 2005, featuring L’Orchestre Philharmonique de…
Izia – In Session for Let’s Go Live (Partons en Live) RFI, Paris – June 12, 2015 – Radio France International – < If you've caught any of Izia's live performances the past couple of years, you’ll realize she more…
Jean-Louis Martinet – 2 Pieces for Strings and Percussion – French National Orch. Pierre Dervaux, cond. 1963 – ORTF Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Overlooked composers of the 20th Century this weekend. 20th century French Composer Jean-Louis…
– Leon Boellmann Cello Sonata – 1949 – ORTF, Paris – Another rarely performed composer this week, as performed by a then-rising-star Cellist, Jacques Ripoche and legendary pianist-teacher Jean-Jacques Painchaud in a broadcast recital recording made by French Radio in…
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, conducted by Jean Martinon with Vlado Perlemuter, piano – Recorded March 22, 1956 – Radio France/INA Archives – Even though this year has been filled with great festivals and great artists, the real gems several summers…
Back to French Radio transcriptions again this week. This time featuring something familiar played by two highly regarded artists of the 1950s – Roger Albin, cello and Claude Helffer, piano. They play the Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano, as…
– Vanessa Paradis in session May 15 2013 – Radio France – Le Mouv – One of the things I find frustrating about aspects of our culture here in the U.S. is that propensity to pigeon-hole an artist into one…
– Francoise Hardy – Radio Performance from l’Olympia – August 1, 1965 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only problem with the British Invasion of the mid-1960s was that it overshadowed just about everything else that…
Charles Munch, cond. The French National Orchestra – Honegger: Symphony Number 5 (World Premier) – March 9, 1951 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few years ago I ran a rehearsal with Charles Munch and The Boston…
Brad Mehldau Trio – in concert at Marciac Jazz Festival, Marciac France – August 8, 2002 – Radio France Musique – Over to France this weekend for a performance by the Brad Mehldau Trio, featuring Larry Grenadier, bass and Jorge…