"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Another historic concert from the vault. This week it’s the BBC Symphony, in concert from Royal Festival Hall in May of 1959, guest conducted by Nino Sanzogno with the legendary Italian Pianist Pietro Scarpini in music of Mendelssohn, Petrassi and…
Over to the Moscow Conservatory Auditorium for a concert by The Russian Quartet along with Alexei Volodin in music of Brahms. It was recorded on May 6th 2013 by the venerable Radio Orpheus in Moscow. The Rusian Quartet have been…
N.Y. Phil. Rafael Kubelik, Cond. – Rudolf Firkusny, Piano – March 20, 1978 – Part 1: N.Y. Phil. Rafael Kubelik, Cond. – Rudolf Firkusny, Piano – March 20, 1978 – Part 2: A classic concert this week. Two giants in…
Emanuel Ax, piano – Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor – Pittsburgh Symphony in concert – January 24, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More legends this week. Erich Leinsdorf leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music of Liszt, Stravinsky, Mozart and Offenbach, along…
Legendary violinist Joseph Fuchs in recital this week. A rare and classic broadcast recital from New York fine arts station WNCN-FM, recorded on January 31, 1984 and featuring American violinist Joseph Fuchs with pianist Lucy Blackman, accompanying him in…
Gina Bachauer, Piano – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Vaclav Smetacek, guest Conductor – January 20, 1966 Another historic concert this week – a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by Vacalv Smetacek and featuring the legendary Gina Bachauer…
Wilhelm Kempff, Piano – Zubin Mehta, conductor – Los Angeles Philharmonic In Concert – December 5, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic, long-lost and not heard before. An all-Brahms concert from December 5, 1965 featuring the Los Angeles…
Martha Argerich with Sergiu Celibidache and Orchestra National de France – in concert at The Lausanne Festival – June 6, 1974 – RTS, Lausanne, Switzerland. A historic concert this week. Orchestre National de France led by the legendary Rumanian conductor…
Historic concerts again this week with legends Karl Bohm, guest Conducting the New York Philharmonic and Maurizio Pollini, piano, in music of Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms during the 1978 special Pension Fund concert and the first broadcast of the 1978-1979…
More history this week. The legendary André Watts with Erich Leinsdorf and The Boston Symphony in a concert of music by Beethoven and Brahms. It was recorded during the Tanglewood Music Festival on July 25, 1969. The concert starts…