Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin – Monique Haas – 1950 A Radio recital by Monique Haas from approximately 1952 featuring Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin. A little late to end Sunday, but a good start to Monday. Like many French pianists who grew up in the aftermath of the
– Brigitte Engerer – In Recital at The Louvre Auditorium – December 2, 2009 – France Musique – A classic concert, re-posted from several years ago, by the legendary French pianist Brigitte Engerer, in a program of music by Liszt, Schubert and Chopin. It was recorded on December 9, 2009
Mischa Levitzki – in Recital – RCA Magic Key – August 23, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Sadly, a short recital and not in the best quality. This recital from famed pianist Mischa Levitzki comes via the RCA Magic Key Program which was a weekly show sponsored by RCA
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 3 – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – Centenary Concert 1962 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend, as played by the legendary French pianist Yvonne Lefébure, who frequently played Emmanuel’s works and was the dedicatee of his
L.A. Phil – Steinberg-Ashkenazy – Hollywood Bowl – July 30 1968 – Another classic, lost concert this week. A never-before-heard Hollywood Bowl performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by William Steinberg and featuring the Russian sensation, Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy in a performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano
– Recital by Daniel Lebhardt – Louve Museum Concerts – September 25, 2014 – Radio France Musique Over to Paris this week for a concert by the celebrated rising-star Hungarian Pianist Daniel Lebhardt in what the program describes as a “100% French Piano Music Concert” recorded at the Louve
Cédric Tiberghien – in recital – Recorded May 21, 2011 – ORF-Austria – French pianist Cédric Tiberghien in recital this week with a fairly familiar repertoire of the tried-and-true. Beginning the concert with a pereformance of the Beethoven Piano Sonat #14 (Moonlight) and then a performance of Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Ravel’s
Dame Moura Lympany In Recital – 1983 Maryland International Piano Festival – July 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you want to help us preserve history – chip in: Become a Patron! Dame Moura Lympany in Recital at the 13th Annual Maryland International Piano Festival and competition
– Sviatoslav Richter in recital at the 1986 Tivoli Music Festival – 1986 – NRK-Copenhagen/American Public Radio – Another rarity this week. This time from the 1986 Tivoli Gardens Music Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. A recital given by the legendary Sviatoslav Richter in an all Beethoven program. It was broadcast
Become a Patron! Paderewski Recital – 1938. Something unusual tonight. A truly historic recording of the first broadcast recital by famed Polish pianist and statesman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, broadcast on September 25, 1938. During World War I, Paderewski became an active member of the Polish National Committee in Paris, which
