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Eugene Ormandy, guest Conducts The Boston Symphony – February 26, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic Boston Symphony concert this week. This time it’s the legendary Eugene Ormandy guest conducting the orchestra in music of Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms. Almost no other conductor in the...
Ernest Chausson – Poème de l’ammour et de la mer – Jean-Christophe Benoit, Bariton – ORTF Chamber Orchestra, André Girard, cond. – ORTF Radio broadcast – 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A familiar name this week; Ernest Chausson has been widely regarded as one of the key French...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Polish Radio Symphony In Concert – Jacek Kaspszyk, cond. – Agata Szymczewska, violin – Feb. 8, 2013 – Polish Radio/Radio Nacional España Over to Katowice, Poland this week for a concert by the Polish Radio Symphony, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest Conductor – Issac Stern, violin – September 9, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Serge Koussevitsky, guest...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – June 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing, not only our historic Boston Symphony rehearsals this week, but continuing with the last two movements of the Brahms 2nd Symphony. Again, led...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – February 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another classic rehearsal this week. This time it’s The Boston Symphony, under Charles Munch and guest artist Yehudi Menuhin in a rehearsal of the...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Aix-en-Provence Festival 1958 – The Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. From the 1958 Aix-en-Provence Festival, The Belgian National Radio Orchestra led by the legendary Igor Markevitch in music by...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Albert Spalding On The Magic Key Program – August 30, 1936 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Digging up more rarities this weekend. This one might take a little getting used to – the original discs are badly...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – l’Orchestre de la Suisse Italienne – Micheal Nesterowicz, cond. – Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin – November 14, 2013 – Radio France Musique Over to Lugano Switzerland this week for a concert by l’Orchestre de la Suisse Italienne led by Polish conductor-on-the-rise Michael...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – 1959 Vienna Festival – Vienna Symphony, cond. by Ernest Bour – w/Geza Anda and Yehudi Menuhin, soloists – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – 1959 Vienna Festival – Vienna Symphony, cond, by Ernest Bour -w/Geza Anda...
