Maurice Jaubert – Jeanne d’Arc (1937) : symphonie concertante for soli, choir and orchestra – Jacqueline Brumaire, Soprano – French National Orchestra – Jean Martinon, conductor – 1952 Concert performance. Continuing our seemingly endless archeological dig through the vault and unearthing broadcasts of rarities – here’s another one which should
George Migot – Piano Concerto – Jacqueline Eymar, Piano – ORTF Symphony, Manuel Rosenthal, cond – June 26, 1964 – ORTF -Gordon Skene Sound Collection World Premiers this weekend. The French Composer/painter/poet/writer Georges Migot (1891-1976) and the premier of his Piano Concerto, completed in 1962 and given its world premier
Pierre Mercure: La Rite du Soleil Noir – CBC Symphony – Jean Beaudet, Cond. – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a performance of La Rite du Soleil Noir by Pierre Mercure. This is a broadcast session originally aired in 1957, featuring the CBC Symphony,
Mihalovici – Musique Nocturne Op. 87 – Guy Deplus, Clarinet – ORTF Chamber Orch, André Girard, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to France this week for music by the Romanian/French composer Marcel Mihalovici, as performed in this circa 1962 radio broadcast by Guy de Plus, Clarinet and
Reah Sadowsky – Recital from Prize Album A-1 (issued 1946) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a brief respite from BSO rehearsals this week to offer three pieces from what is believed to be the only commercial recording by the highly regarded (in Piano circles) but almost completely obscure
Composer at the keyboard – American composer/conductor Morton Gould in an album of his own compositions – recorded for Decca Records in 1940.
Jean-Baptiste Bréval – Sonata In G Major – André Navarra, Cello – Henriette Roget, Piano – ORTF Studios – Paris, circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic musicians in less-than-familiar Baroque music this weekend. Taking the occasional break from 20th Century composers, or the neglected ones of the
