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Bertrand Chamayou Recital – Music Of Maurice Ravel – Fetons Ravel Festival, Anglet – Sept. 9, 2017 – Radio France Musique – While I’m recovering from some much-needed Cataract surgery, I thought I would run this recital, one of three,…
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…
Claudio Arrau, Piano – Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond – Berkshire Music Festival – August 26, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to something historic this week. The Boston Symphony during the 1977 Berkshire Music Festival, with…
Orchestre National de France – Tugan Sokhiev, cond. Truls Mork, Cello – October 8, 2009 – Radio France Musique – Something of more recent vintage this weekend. A concert by the celebrated Orchestre National de France conducted by the Russian-Ossetian…
USSR Symphony – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor – 1977 Prague Spring Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week; The USSR Symphony conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov and recorded during the Prague Spring Festival 1977. Three works are…
Heinz Holliger with Edo de Waart and The San Francisco Symphony – August 21, 1982 (broadcast date) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by then-Music Director Edo De Waart and…
Radu Lupu, Piano – NHK Symphony, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch – November 4, 1994 – NHK-Radio, Tokyo – Another classic concert this week. From Tokyo, the legendary NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and featuring the great Romanian…
Elmar Oliveira, Violin – with The Cleveland Orchestra – Lorin Maazel, Cond – Broadcast: May 11, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. For this one, it’s the debut with The Cleveland Orchestra with American/Portuguese…
Lydia Mordkovitch With The Chicago Symphony – Sir Georg Solti, Cond. – 1982 season – broadcast Feb. 5, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another week of historic concerts. This one, featuring the celebrated Chicago Symphony, conducted by Sir…
Walter Klien, Piano – New York Philharmonic – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Cond. January 23, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. This time, it’s the New York Philharmonic guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring…