"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Martinon: Sonatine for Solo Violin – Gérard Jarry, vln – ORTF Recital, circa 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A short one this week – a little under 6 minutes. The Sonatine for Solo Violin by the Conductor/Composer Jean Martinon, as...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Desportes: Two Serenades for Three Trombones and Tuba – ORTF – circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Yvonne Desportes is probably not a name very well known outside of French music circles. Born in 1907 and passing away in Paris...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Paris Wind Ensemble – Blanchard: Quartet for Woodwinds – ORTF Studio recording – circa 1955 Roger Blanchard (1919-2011) wasn’t particularly recognized as a composer. His many recordings as founder of the Roger Blancard Vocal Ensemble are probably better known. But in...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: (Bear with us on the Audio Player situation – hopefully it will be straightened out by next week) (UPDATE: It’s fixed) Over to Paris this weekend for a Radio studio recording of the Lalo Cello Concerto, with the legendary Andrè...
Click on the link for Audio Player: Jacques Ibert – Capriccio Covering some familiar territory tonight. Familiar composer, but a less familiar work. Jacques Ibert has enjoyed a popularity undiminished with time. Versatile and well regarded during his lifetime, his popularity has only increased since his death 50 years ago....
Another recording from the 1949 Besancon Festival. This week, a live performance of Florent Schmitt’s La Tragèdie de Salomè featuring the legendary French/Belgian conductor Andrè Cluytens leading the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. Schmitt has slipped a bit in popularity over the years – his works aren’t played all that much in...
