A West Coast Stravinsky Premier – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
The West Coast Premier of Igor Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale (L’histoire du Soldat) given in Ojai and broadcast a week later with the Ojai performers. 1948.
Category: Weekend Gramophone
Bernardino Molinari Conducts The Orchestra Of The Santa Cecilia, Rome In Music Of Debussy – 1947 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune – Orchestra of The Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome – Bernardino Molinari, cond. – circa 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a detour to some rarely heard performances of the 78 era by artists who don’t figure prominently on the historic radar.
Andrew Dawes And Bela Siki Play Music Of Murray Adaskin – 1964 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Andrew Dawes, violin – Bela Siki, piano – Adaskin: Canzona and Rondo – in concert at 1964 Jeunesses Musicales du Canada – CBC Radio Canada – The music of Canadian composer Murray Adaskin this week, featuring violinist Andrew Dawes and pianist Bela Siki in Adaskin’s Canzona and Rondo, recorded in
Carroll Glenn, Violin With The National Association Of American Composers And Conductors Orchestra – Music Of Harold Morris – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Carroll Glenn, violin – National Association Of American Composers And Conductors Orchestra – Thomas Sherman, conductor – April 9, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to concerts this week. A broadcast from the annual gathering of the National Association of American Composers and Conductors, featuring a complete performance
Music Of Miklos Rozsa – La Jolla Musical Arts Festival Orchestra – Nikolai Sokoloff, Cond – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Miklos Rozsa – Serenade For Orchestra – La Jolla Musical Arts Festival Orchestra, Nikolai Sokoloff, cond – Concert Hall Society Records – Lp #G-4 Music of Miklos Rozsa this weekend. Universally known as one of the key film composers during the “Golden Age of Hollywood”, his soundtracks have been considered
Germaine Smadja And Henry Swoboda Play Music Of Norman Dello Joio – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Norman Dello Joio – Ricercari For Piano And Orchestra – Germaine Smadja, piano – Henry Swoboda and The “Concert Hall Symphony” – Concert Hall Society Release D-6 – 1950. Continuing our break from broadcasts and staying with small American labels featuring noteworthy American composers, once again Concert Hall Society and
Sten Frykberg With The Swedish Radio Symphony Play Music Of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Soros Flowers (arr. Orch.) – Swedish Radio Symphony – Sten Frykberg, cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Sweden this week for some radio performances of less-known works from Sweden with the Swedish Radio Symphony conducted by Sten Frykberg in this 1948 radio broadcast via Sveriges
Howard Hanson With Jacques Gordon And The Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Festival Of American Music – 1946 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Howard Hanson and The Eastman-Rochester Symphony w/Jacques Gordon, Violin – Festival Of American Music – 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Howard Hanson leads the Eastman-Rochester Symphony with Jacques Gordon as violin soloist in the broadcast portion of the final concert from the 1946 Festival Of American Music. Beginning
Music Of Hamilton Harty – Jean Martinon Conducts The Radio Eireann Symphony – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Hamilton Harty – With The Wild Geese – Jean Martinon conducts The Radio Eireann Symphony – 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Sir Hamilton Harty for this St. Patrick’s Day. The multi-talented Irish Composer/Conductor/Accompanist is probably better known for his milestone 1930s recordings of works by Berlioz
