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Pierre Boulez conducts Debussy’s La mer; New York Philharmonic, 1992.

Jul 28, 2021 | Ramblings, Videos

This bracing account of La mer is from the New York Phil’s 150th-anniversary Gala Concert, which also included Zubin Mehta conducting Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel and Kurt Masur Dvořák’s ‘New World’...

Robert Farnon’s Westminster Waltz (1956); the composer conducts His Orchestra. STOP PRESS (July 29): Jumping Bean now added (Vernon Handley & BBC Concert Orchestra).

Jul 28, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Robert Farnon (1917, Toronto-2005,...

Pärnu Music Festival 2021 / July 11-18 [live webcasts]

Jul 28, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Videos

Paavo Järvi Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga William Henry Beable’s Russian Gazetteer and Guide (“Being an account of … the principal towns and cities of Russia, Finland and Siberia”, compiled by 1914 hence pre-dating Estonian independence) described Pärnu as “a...

Leroy Anderson’s Belle of the Ball; Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops (recorded 1962).

Jul 27, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Leroy Anderson...

Sarabande & Cortège – Two Studies for, and from, Busoni’s opera Doktor Faust; Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Feb 1971).

Jul 27, 2021 | Ramblings, Videos

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Some music can eat into one’s soul; Busoni’s Doktor Faust ‘Sarabande’ gnaws at mine. Put it in a concert with as devastating an account of Mahler 10 as Osmo’s recent recording and I would have to be carried out....

Morton Gould’s ‘Pavanne’ (from American Symphonette No.2); Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (October 1, 2016).

Jul 26, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Morton Gould (1913-96) The trumpeter is Hunter Eberly. Regarding Edward’s Nielsen 2 comment (below), here is Morton Gould’s Chicago recording of it, with film of a stylus cutting through the vinyl (happy...