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Gerald Moore – in conversation with Bernard Levin – BBC Radio – 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Gerald Moore, probably one of the key figures in the role of piano accompaniment in the world of…
Fats Waller And His Rhythm – CBS Radio – July 6, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fats Waller, a name synonymous with the early growth of Jazz and one of the world’s finest pianists who laid the groundwork…
Edward MacDowell – Sonata Eroica #2 in G Minor (1st and 3rd Movements) – Rudolph Ganz, piano – World Program Transcription – 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Edward MacDowell this week, as performed by the…
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…
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…
Composer at the keyboard – American composer/conductor Morton Gould in an album of his own compositions – recorded for Decca Records in 1940.
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,…
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…