Category Sunday Gramophone

The Montreal String Quartet Play The Music Of Barbara Pentland – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

  . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Barbara Pentland – String Quartet Nr. 1 – Montreal String Quartet – CBC Radio Performance – 1955. CBC Transcription service. Although she is virtually unknown in…

Bruno Walter And The New York Philharmonic Play Music Of Vaughan-Williams – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Vaughan-Williams: Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – NY Phil. – Bruno Walter – Approx. Feb. 15, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Very familiar territory…

Guido Cantelli Conducts The New York Philharmonic In Music Of Ravel – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – New York Philharmonic – Guido Cantelli, guest conductor – February 22, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. No obscurities or overlooked compositions this week; just iconic musicians in…

Rodolphe Mathieu – Piano Quintet – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Rodolphe Mathieu – Quintet for Piano and Strings – CBC Transcription service 1954 Continuing this week with music of French-Canadian composer Rodolphe Mathieu (1890-1962). A few weeks ago…

Manuel Rosenthal And The French Radio Orchestra Play Music Of Koechlin – Part 2 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Koechlin: Poème for French Horn and Orchestra – ORTF Orchestra – Manuel Rosenthal, Conductor – circa 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound collection. Finishing up the radio session we…

Erich Leinsdorf With The Rochester Philharmonic Play Music Of Czech Composers – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Erich Leinsdorf and The Rochester Philharmonic – April 4, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Something not completely rare tonight, but historic nonetheless. Erich Leinsdorf was Music…