"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
We need you: Become a Patron! – Netherlands Radio Symphony – Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond. December 4, 2005 – VPRO – Over to Hilversum this week for a 2005 concert by the Netherlands Radio Symphony, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto…
– NBC Radio – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. Dec. 19, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our Boston Symphony in Rehearsal this week, Charles Munch once again leads the BSO through a rehearsal of Tchaikovsky’s…
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.…
– The New York Philharmonic – Vaclav Neumann, guest conductor – Brigitte Engerer, piano – April 7, 1984 – An historic concert this week, featuring the New York Philharmonic with guest Conductor Vaclav Neumann and Pianist Brigitte Engerer in music…
Paul Paray with Arnold Steinhardt, violin and The Detroit Symphony – Nov. 12, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Violinist Arnold Steinhardt, with Paul Paray, leading the Detroit Symphony this week in music of Bach, Mendelssohn and Mahler. The concert…
If you don’t mind: Become a Patron! Over to Spain this week for a concert by Orquesta Sinfonica de Eskadi, conducted by Andrey Boreyko and featuring the inimitable Hèlène Grimaud, piano. Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence and began…
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…
Part 1: Part 2: Continuing Summer Festival season in Europe with a concert from the 2016 Aix-en-Provence Festival. This festival has been one of the most popular and legendary, having been around for several decades and offering some of the…
– Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, cond. – Sveriges Radio – June 3, 2010 – Part 1 – – Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, cond. – Sveriges Radio – June 3, 2010 – Part 2 – I was reminded by…
– Los Angeles Philharmonic – Sixten Ehrling, guest Cond. – Itzhak Perlman, violin – February 17, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Another classic and long-lost concert this week from the vault. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by…