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November 7, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 7, 1991 – Busy news day. Starting with the NATO summit in Rome where President Bush voiced concerns over the formation of a joint European Army. The Joint Communique, worked out largely before Secretary General...
USSR Symphony – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor – 1977 Prague Spring Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week; The USSR Symphony conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov and recorded during the Prague Spring Festival 1977. Three works are featured – opening with Symphony Number 1 (Classical) by Prokofiev,...
March 15, 1948 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – March 15, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1948 – A day where news was happening in Europe, and the growing influence of Communism in the East was causing many in Western Europe to become alarmed. President...
January 25, 1980 – CBS Radio News On The Hour + Newsmark: Detroit + Spectrum – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1980 – News for this day was mostly about the upcoming Summer Olympics in Moscow and the snag it hit by way of the Soviet invasion of...
St. Petersburg Philharmonic – Yuri Temirkanov, cond -Boris Berezovsky, piano – Nov. 9, 2016 – Radio France Musique – The legendary St. Petersburg Philharmonic this week. Recorded in Paris during a European tour at Theatre des Champs-Elysées on November 9, 2016. All-Russian program this week. The orchestra is joined by...
President Eisenhower – Press Conference – May 31, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Presidential Press Conferences during the Eisenhower years. Continuing a look at Presidential press conferences from the past few decades, President Eisenhower during his two terms of office. 1955 put America right in the middle...
December 29, 1981 – CBS News On The Hour + Spectrum Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 29, 1981 – Poland in the news. This time with “official word” that order was restored, General Wozek Jaruzelski was still in charge and that the striking miners at the Pilast...
