"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
1959 Vienna Festival – Pfitzner: Violin Concerto – Edith Peinemann, violin – Bamberg Symphony – Joseph Keilberth, cond – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1959 Vienna Festival this weekend. An excerpt from and a historic performance by The Bamberg Symphony,…
Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – String Quartet op. 18 – Roth String Quartet – Jan. 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1936 Music Guild Awards, as broadcast on January 1, 1937.…
Gustave Charpentier – Napoli from Impressions d’Italie – FNO – Bigot – circa 1952 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gustave Charpentier, a name that may not ring many bells now, but during the 20th century, was…
– Michel Perrault – Trio for violin, cello and piano – Hyman Bress, violin, Walter Joachim, cello, John Newmark, piano – CBC Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – Michel Perrault – contemporary Canadian composer this week. Still going…
Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts Music Of Francois Morel – Esquisse Op. 1 – CBC Radio Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – The music of Canadian Composer Francois Morel, played by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan…
Florent Schmitt – Oriane et le Prince d’lamour – French National Orchestra – Jean Martinon, cond – ORTF 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Florent Schmitt this weekend. A prolific composer whose work was neglected for several decades after…
– Salzburg Festival 1938 – Mozart: Don Giovanni -Act 2 – Aug. 15, 1938 – Berlin Radio/NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Salzburg Festival, 1938 this week. Touted as one of the great innovations in broadcasting,…
– – Music Of The New World – Music of the settlers – November 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A slice of early Americana this weekend, just in time to end up Thanksgiving weekend – a look at…
– Claude Arrieu -Duo en quatre movements – Gabrielle Deschain – Leon Lacroix, flutes – 1963 – French Radio – Back over to the French Radio transcriptions this week for a work by Claude Arrieu – Duo en Quatre Movements…
– Svendsen – Symphony No. 2 – Oslo Philharmonic -Odd Grüne-Hegge – Norwegian Radio Session – 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I ran this piece several years ago, via my old site. It has since disappeared, but I…