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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Toscanini – The Man Behind The Legend – Show #6 – July 10, 1963 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another installment from the award winning radio series, Toscanini: Man Behind The Legend, produced by NBC…
Seiji Ozawa and The Boston Symphony, with Maurice André, Trumpet – Evening At Symphony – October 14, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More history this week – The Boston Symphony under the direction of their then-Music Director Seiji…
Robert Turner – Opening Night, for Large Orchestra – 1955 – CBC Symphony – Charles Houdret, Cond. (1960) – CBC Transcription Service – Staying in Canada for this week’s comparative rarity. Montreal born Robert Turner (1920-2012), was a prolific composer,…
Carroll Glenn/Eugene List – Bernstein: Sonata for Violin and Piano – State Department Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carroll Glenn and Eugene List, two names synonymous with discovering seldom played music and recognizing up-and-coming talent. The husband…
Dimitri Mitropoulos Piano/Conductor – The New York Philharmonic – Jan. 8, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic this week. A performance by the celebrated New York Philharmonic, guest conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos as well piano soloist in…
Music from the historic Stratford Music Festival in Ontario Canada this week. This recording from the 1968 festival, is presented by the CBC International service and feature the Stratford Chamber Orchestra in several works, including two World Premiers. Starting with…
Hélène Grimaud, Piano – The Philadelphia Orchestra – Yannick Nèzet Sèguin, cond. March 3, 2016 The brilliant French pianist Hélène Grimaud this week, accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a program of only two…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46971″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 14, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Sad news for this October 14th in 1990. The passing of Music Icon Leonard Bernstein at 72, from Cardiac Arrest. The conductor, guiding…
Los Angeles Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta, Conductor – Jascha Heifetz, violin – Opening Night – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – Part 1 Los Angeles Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta, Conductor – Jascha Heifetz, violin – Opening Night – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion –…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Barbara Pentland – String Quartet Nr. 1 – Montreal String Quartet – CBC Radio Performance – 1955. CBC Transcription service. Although she is virtually unknown in…