Back to the vault this week for something historic by way of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 1960s. Guest conducted by the great Hans Swarowsky and featuring legendary Pianist Claudio Arrau in a concert of music by Brahms, Alban Berg and Zoltan Kodaly. This previously unheard, never-broadcast and long-thought-lost
– Los Angeles Philharmonic – Sixten Ehrling, guest Cond. – Itzhak Perlman, violin – February 17, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Another classic and long-lost concert this week from the vault. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by Sixten Ehrling and featuring the then-wunderkind violinst Itzhak Perlman in
Another historic concert this week, featuring the legendary Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha, in performance with The Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Edo de Waart. The concert was recorded live on November 29, 1986. Here’s what’s on the player: 1. Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 2. Beethoven: Piano
– The French National Orchestra – Tadaaki Otaka, guest Cond -Romain Descharmes, piano – May 18, 2014 – Radio France Musique Over to Paris this week for a look back at Spring 2014 with a concert featuring the French National Orchestra, guest conducted by Tadaaki Otaka and featuring pianist Romain
– Vienna Symphony – Cond. Carlo Maria Giulini – Concert of June 21, 1977 – Austrian Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another classic concert this week – The Vienna Symphony, guest conducted by the legendary Carlo Maria Giulini in two works: Tchaikovsky: Symphony Number 2 “Little Russian” and
I was reminded by a reader from my old site of many years that most of the concerts I ran prior to June 2012 are no longer available – and if they are, they sound pretty bad. So, in answer to my friend’s request to repost some of those old
Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 1 Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 2 Another classic concert this week. The Chicago Symphony, led by the late-great Claudio Abbado and featuring the late-great-legendary Rudolf Serkin in an all-Beethoven program this week, recorded 0n February 27 of 1982.
This week it’s a concert from the 1960 Vienna Festival featuring the Munich Philharmonic, led by Fritz Rieger and featuring the legendary violinists Edith Peinemann and Pina Carmirelli in music of Bach and Bruckner. The concert starts off with the Brandenburg Concerto Number 2, played by members of the Munich
\ – Orchestre Philharmonique de Montreal – Gunther Herbig, guest Cond. Susan Dunn, Sop. – Aug. 18, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading up to Canada this week for a historic concert featuring Orchestre Philharmonique de Montreal, guest conducted by Gunther Herbig and featuring Soprano Susan Dunn in
Perfect with coffee: – N.Y. Phil. – Rafael Kubelik, guest Cond. Feb. 6, 1982 – Part 1 – – N.Y. Phil. – Rafael Kubelik, guest Cond. Feb. 6, 1982 – Part 2 – Another classic concert this week. The New York Philharmonic with guest conductor Raphael Kubelik in a concert
