"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Vlado Perlemuter – In recital at the 1964 Jeunesses Musicales – June 1964 – Radio Canada Transcription Service – A historic recital this week, by way of Radio Canada’s Transcription Service. Legendary Pianist Vlado Perlemuter at the 1964 Jeunesses…
– NBC Radio – Pioneers Of Music – Indianapolis Symphony – Fabien Sevitsky, Cond. – March 19, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No obscurities this week; no overlooked masterpieces or performers. A concert from one of your typical…
– Forever Pavot – Live at Eurockéennes 2015 – July 4, 2015 – RFI-Le Mouv – No sooner does one festival finish then another gets rolling. Tonight it’s a sampling from Eurockéennes, which ended this past weekend in Belfort France;…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Other Lives- in session at The Switch, Los Angeles – April 27, 2012 – La Blogotheque Having just heard bits from the upcoming 3rd album release by…
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Koechlin: Poème for French Horn and Orchestra – ORTF Orchestra – Manuel Rosenthal, Conductor – circa 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound collection. Finishing up the radio session we…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – N.Y. Phil. – Rafael Kubelik, guest Cond. Feb. 6, 1982 – Part 1 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – N.Y.…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As part of the Cold War…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra – Daniel Deffayet, Sax – ORTF Orchestra, Eugenè Bigot, conductor – ORTF – circa 1962. Something familiar with this week. Perhaps not as familiar as…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Raymond Loucheur – Concerto For Percussion And Orchestra – 1963 – ORTF Radio Session Something special tonight. I haven’t really played much in the way of 1960s contemporary French Orchestra sessions…
Part 1: Part 2: Continuing our Classic Summer Festivals with another concert from The Hollywood Bowl. This time it’s The Los Angeles Philharmonic under guest Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt and the great German piano virtuoso Hans Richter-Haaser. The concert was recorded,…