"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
New York Philharmonic – Montserrat Caballé, soprano – Zubin Mehta, Cond. – October 5, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The New York Philharmonic debut of legendary Spanish Soprano Montserrat Cabellé, who joins Zubin…
Rudof Serkin, Piano – Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond. Sept, 25, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Normally, I don’t post half concerts or portions of concerts for the Mid-Week feature. And I almost didn’t post this one,…
Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond. – Maurizio Pollini, Piano – March 10, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only two works this week, but they are widely admired works done by one of the world’s great symphony orchestras,…
Over to Paris this week for one day of a multi-day recital of the complete solo Piano music of Claude Debussy, as well as music by other composers who inspired Debussy, performed by Pianist Phillippe Cassard. A pretty Herculean task,…
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.…
– The New York Philharmonic – Vaclav Neumann, guest conductor – Brigitte Engerer, piano – April 7, 1984 – An historic concert this week, featuring the New York Philharmonic with guest Conductor Vaclav Neumann and Pianist Brigitte Engerer in music…
Edith Peinemann with Joseph Keilberth and The Bamberg Symphony – Vienna Festival 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic and historic concert this week. From the 1959 Vienna Festival, a performance by The Bamberg Symphony, conducted by Joseph…
Another classic concert this week. A guest appearance at The San Francisco Symphony by the legendary Kurt Sanderling with Pianist Alfred Brendel in a concert of music by Beethoven. Broadcast on March 3rd of 1983. This was the first appearance…
Something historic again this week. From the 1980 Salzburg Festival, a recital by legendary Russian Pianist Emil Gilels in a program of music by Mozart and Chopin. Here’s the rundown: Mozart: Sonata in F Major K. 533 and 494 Mozart:…
Paul Paray with Arnold Steinhardt, violin and The Detroit Symphony – Nov. 12, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Violinist Arnold Steinhardt, with Paul Paray, leading the Detroit Symphony this week in music of Bach, Mendelssohn and Mahler. The concert…