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Art Tatum – Enchanted Keyboard Series – Armed Forces Radio – 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into the archives this weekend for a few tunes from the legendary pianist Art Tatum. Tatum is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. His performances were hailed...
Debussy – Poissons d’or from Images – Book 2 – Jean-Michel Damase, Piano – ORTF Broadcast recital – 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A short one tonight – actually, a last-minute replacement for a longer piece which I will post sometime in the future. This one, from a...
Reah Sadowsky – Recital from Prize Album A-1 (issued 1946) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a brief respite from BSO rehearsals this week to offer three pieces from what is believed to be the only commercial recording by the highly regarded (in Piano circles) but almost completely obscure...
Morton Gould – Plays Original Piano Compositions – Decca Records 78 rpm Set – 195 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Definitely not one of the “unsung, overlooked or under-appreciated” voices in American music this weekend, Morton Gould managed to cross that bridge between Pop, Classical and “easy Listening” in...
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 6 – Yvonne Lefebure, piano – 100th Birthday concert 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend. The second piece in a series of pieces performed during the 100th birthday celebrations for Emmanuel held in 1962. This Sonatine Number...
Violet Archer – Sonatine Number 2 for Piano – Ross Platt, Piano – CBC Transcription service – 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A name which may not be as familiar in the U.S. as it is in Canada, Violet Archer was one to most prolific and celebrated figures...
Monique Haas – Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin – Paris Radio session – 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary, though somewhat forgotten French pianist Monique Haas this weekend. Born in 1909, she studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Joseph Morpain and Lazare Lévy, taking a Premier Prix...
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, recorded just last month at the Celebrate Ravel Festival in...
Jacqueline Eymar – World Premier of Toccata for Piano by Luc-André Marcel – ORTF Studio Recording – 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A highly regarded but sadly forgotten pianist this weekend, playing a world premier of a piece dedicated to her. The Toccata for Piano, by the Contemporary...
Nelson Goerner – in recital – Concert given on November 13, 2016 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris – France Musique – Over to Paris again this week for a recital by Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner in a program of music of Bach, Beethoven and an encore by Debussy....
