Another classic concert this week. From the 1960 Salzburg Festival, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, guest conducted by the legendary Opera conductor Joseph Keilberth and featuring the equally legendary French violinist Christian Ferras in music of Schubert, Berg and Bruckner. Recorded via the Deutsche Welle Transcription Service, the concert
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Jean-Louis Martinet – 2 Pieces for Strings and Percussion – French National Orch. Pierre Dervaux, cond. 1963 – ORTF Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Overlooked composers of the 20th Century this weekend. 20th century French Composer Jean-Louis Martinet was a student of Charles Koechlin and Olivier Messiaen
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, conducted by Jean Martinon with Vlado Perlemuter, piano – Recorded March 22, 1956 – Radio France/INA Archives – Even though this year has been filled with great festivals and great artists, the real gems several summers ago of radio listening had to be the series which
Over to Paris this week for a classic concert from 1976 featuring the French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein with Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. The concert was re-broadcast in 1984 as a celebration of the FNO’s then-upcoming tour of the U.S. Here’s what’s on the players: French National Orchestra –
– BSO In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conducting – March 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This week’s installment of our Boston Symphony In Rehearsal series features the BSO under Charles Munch rehearsing two wildly different pieces on the same program. Starting off with Handel’s Water Music and
– The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. – Jan. 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More historic rehearsals this week. The Boston Symphony with Charles Munch rehearse Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, originally broadcast on January 13, 1951. Considered one of the Meat and Potatoes pieces
Charles Munch, cond. The French National Orchestra – Honegger: Symphony Number 5 (World Premier) – March 9, 1951 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few years ago I ran a rehearsal with Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony, preparing for the American Premier of the Symphony Number
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Trondheim Symphony – Krzysztof Urbanski, cond. Christian Ihle Hadland, Piano – Recorded and broadcast live, January 10, 2013 – NRK Radio-P2 Over to Oslo this week for a concert by the Trondheim Symphony, led by Krzysztof Urbanski and featuring Christian Ihle Hadland, piano, broadcast and recorded on January 10, 2013
