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Salzburg Festival 1980 – Gidon and Elena Kremer Recital – August 17, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic recital. This week it’s from the 1980 Salzburg Festival featuring Gidon and Elena Krember in music of Pärt, Beethoven, Schubert, Franck, Satie and Milhaud. From his Biography at Gidon...
Yehudi Menuhin conducts l’Orchestre national de l’ORTF – September 30, 1964 – Radio France – The legendary violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York on April 22, 1916. This year marks his centenary and several radio organizations throughout the world are running special programs to commemorate the...
Loewenguth String Quartet – Ibert – Quartet (1944) – Rec. October 1963 – ORTF, Paris The Loeuwenguth String Quartet in a radio concert this week. From French radio Transcriptions comes a performance of the 1944 String Quartet by Jacques Ibert, recorded around October of 1963. Jacques Ibert was a prolific...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – S.F. Symphony – DeWaart – Rostropovich – Feb. 20, 1979 – Part 1 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – S.F. Symphony – DeWaart – Rostropovich – Feb. 20, 1979 – Part...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Emil Gilels – 1980 Salzburg Festival – Part 1 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Emil Gilels – 1980 Salzburg Festival – Part 2 Something historic again this week. From...
. . . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – French National Orch., André Cluytens – Clara Haskil, piano – Chopin: Piano Concerto Number 2 – recorded April 1954 – ORTF, Paris. Something very familiar this weekend, but since I take requests and one of my readers...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony In concert – Charles Munch, Cond. – Victoria de Los Angeles, Soprano – April 9, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While we’re still working on more BSO rehearsals, we unearthed a concert you might enjoy. It features...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Summer Symphony with Milton Katims, Conductor – Leo Smit, Piano – 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More rarities.This week it’s The NBC Summer Symphony series featuring conductor Milton Katims and pianist Leo Smit in music by Mozart and Alexei...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Neeme Järvi, Cond – Patricia Kopatchinskaya, violin – April 19, 2013 – RTS Espace 2/Radio France Musique Over to Geneva by way of Paris this week for a concert by the legendary Orchestre de la...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – National Philharmonic Of Russia – Vladimir Krainev Birthday Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – National Philharmonic Of Russia – Vladimir Krainev Birthday Concert – Part 2 Over to Moscow this week for a concert...
