Faurè: Impromptu No. 3 : Debussy: 3 pieces: Excerpts from a broadcast recital tonight by renowned Hungarian/French Pianist Livia Rèv, recorded around 1951 by ORTF (Radio France), circa 1951. Livia Rèv is regarded as something of an institution. In her 90s, she is still playing and recording, but her earlier
– Abba – Live In Concert – 1981 – Abba Fan Club Recording Commemorating their 1981 Tour – Truly 70s this weekend – even though the concert is from 1981 and one of the last before ABBA broke up. Nonetheless, it’s a record of just what a wildly popular mainstream
– Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conductor – January 20, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once again this weekend, the Boston Symphony in rehearsal. This time it’s two firsts – Saint-Saëns‘ overture to La Princesse Jaune, played for the first time by the BSO, and the
– Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Live at The Paris Pop Festival – June 1, 1967 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was often a complaint, by bands and audiences alike that, if they could capture what they did live onstage in the studio,
– Guy Ropartz – Quartet No. 6 – Pascal String Quartet – 1951 – ORTF Radio – Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another overlooked composer who has been getting some attention in recent years. Guy Ropartz was all but unheard of since shortly after his death in 1955. He
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria Legrand is from Paris . . .but the
– The Boston Symphony, guest Conductor Pierre Monteux -In Rehearsal – February 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic rehearsal program from The Boston Symphony. This one features guest Conductor and former Music Director Pierre Monteux leading the orchestra in a work he originally premiered in Paris
Eno & The Winkies – In Session for John Peel – February 26, 1974 BBC Radio 1 – Probably one of the most interesting groups to emerge from the early 1970’s was Roxy Music. More than just the band itself were the members who contributed, not only to the band’s
– Faces-live-at-the-paris-theater-1971 – Familiar territory tonight. The inimitable Rod Stewart and Faces, recorded in concert for the BBC at The Paris Theater in London in 1971. Faces formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small
Jefferson Airplane – Live at The Calliope Warehouse – San Francisco Mime Troupe Appeal Party – November 6, 1965 – KSAN-FM – A bit of Rock history tonight. In what was billed as the first Bill Graham production, a fund raiser for the San Francisco Mime Troupe on November 6,
