"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Camilla Wicks, violin – Los Angeles Philharmonic -Leopold Stokowski, cond. – 1946 Season – Hollywood Bowl – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the very sad news earlier this week that the legendary violinist Camilla Wicks had died at the age…
Eugene Bigot was one of the most widely respected and recorded conductors during the 1930s and 1940s. During the era of the 78 rpm record, Bigot was responsible for recording more French repertoire heard all over the world than just…
Part 1: Part 2: I thought I would dive into some Americana by way of a classic and previously unavailable concert featuring the legendary Oscar Levant on Piano with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Artur Rodzinski, recorded live at…
Sadly, the French conductor Roger Desormiere didn’t fully transition over to the era of the lp record before having his career cut short by a debilitating stroke. He was one of the most widely respected conductors in France, going from…
Stellla Roman, Soprano – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Artur Rodzinski, cond – Hollywood Bowl – July 18, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Romanian born Soprano Stella Roman is soloist in this Hollywood Bowl concert featuring the Los Angeles…
Nikolai Demidenko, piano – Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi And Orchestre National de France – May 3, 2012 – Radio France Musique – Covering familiar territory this weekend with Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko and Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi leading Orchestre National de France in music…
BBC Concert Orchestra – Vilem Tausky and Malcolm Arnold, conductors – Michael Krein, Saxophone – 1957 From a weekly series of concerts featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, a program of works by Malcolm Arnold, Ronald Binge and Sidney Torch with…
Swedish Radio Symphony In Concert – Vilde Frang, Violin – John Storgards, conductor – November 13, 2009 – Sveriges Radio – Over to Sweden (via Madrid) this week for a concert by the Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted by John Storgard…
Part One: Part Two: Another historic concert this week. This one from 1958, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent and featuring the legendary Hungarian pianist Andor Foldes in a program of music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven…
Christian Tetlaff, violin – Strasbourg Philharmonic – Concert of February 11, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Back to France this week for a concert by the Strasbourg Philharmonic, conducted by Marc Albrecht and featuring German Violinist Christian Tetzlaff in…