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Carlo Maria Giulini, guest Conductor – Daniel Barenboim, Piano Chicago Symphony – Nov. 11, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert entry for Anti-Road Rage Wednesday. This week it’s The Chicago Symphony guest conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and featuring pianist Daniel Barenboim in an all Brahms...
Jacqueline Eymar – World Premier of Toccata for Piano by Luc-André Marcel – ORTF Studio Recording – 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A highly regarded but sadly forgotten pianist this weekend, playing a world premier of a piece dedicated to her. The Toccata for Piano, by the Contemporary...
– BBC World Service reports – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the final negotiations ended, and the last letter of appeal delivered, precautions were underway for what was going to be a long and deadly war. On this September 1st in 1939, the British Ambassador...
– BBC World Service – London Column – July 25, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war was going through its final phase in the Pacific, the War in Europe was now over and the herculean task of putting the broken pieces back together had begun. London...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – L.A. Phil.- Paul Kletzki, guest Cond. – Daniel Barenboim, piano – Feb. 5, 1965 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – L.A. Phil.- Paul Kletzki, guest Cond. – Daniel Barenboim, piano – Feb. 5, 1965 –...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert – Lawrence Foster, guest Cond. – Jacqueline Du Prè, cello – Feb. 16, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another long-thought lost concert this week, and another extreme rarity. The legendary Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre in...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: L.A. Phil -Barenboim-DuPre – Saint-Saens – 1968 Something special for the holiday – a portion of a concert from The Hollywood Bowl, featuring The Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by Daniel Barenboim and featuring Jacqueline DuPre, cello in the Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto....
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