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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Rudolf Firkusny, Eudice Shapiro, Leonard Rose and guests – 1964 Shakespearean Music Festival – CBC Transcription Service A historic festival appearance this week. The 1964 Stratford Shakespearean Music Festival in Canada, featuring a stellar ensemble of soloists, headed up by…
Thiriet – La Nuit Venitienne – ORTF Orchestra – Pierre-Michel LeConte, cond – ORTF-Paris circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Thiriet this weekend. A prolific composer of many orchestral and instrumental works, Thiriet was…
Pierre Husquenoph – Concertino for Trumpet – Roger Delmotte, Trumpet – ORTF Chamber Orch. Manuel Rosenthal, Cond. – ORTF-Paris 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of 20th Century composer Pierre Husquenoph this weekend. Not a name many…
Albert Roussel – Piano Concerto – Claude Helffer, piano – ORTF Symphony – Pierre-Michel LeConte – circa 1965 – ORTF, Paris – A familiar composer, with a noted Pianist playing a difficult concerto. Claude Helffer, celebrated advocate for 20th Century…
Pierre Max-Dubois – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Raffi Petrossian – ORTF Chamber Orch. Pol Mule, Cond. – 1965 – Pierre Max-Dubois is a name which probably doesn’t ring any bells with a lot people. A student of Darius Milhaud,…
Yvonne Loriod With The ORTF Chamber Orchestra – Conducted by Serge Baudo – Charles Chaynes: Piano Concerto – 1967 World Premier – ORTF, Paris – Yvonne Loriod is probably best known as the interpreter of the music of Olivier Messiaen.…
César Franck – Les Eolides – ORTF Opera Orchestra – Jesus Etcheverry, cond. – ORTf – circa 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- César Franck this weekend – by no means an obscure name, and in fact one of the…
Louis Durey – Concertino For Piano and Wind Instruments – Ina Marika, Piano – Paris Wind Ensemble – Désiré Dondeyne – 1956 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Lous Durey this weekend. His Concertino for Piano…
Henri Dutilleux – 2 songs – Pierre Germain, Tenor – Jean Hubeau, piano – Sceaux Festival, circa 1955 – Paris Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The music of Henri Dutilleux this weekend. A short one – two songs; Pour…
For Audio Files: Guillaume Lekeu – Trio for Piano, Cello and Violin – French Radio session circa 1958 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Gullaume Lekeu tonight. One of the most promising of the late…