Music Lover
The recorded performances I upload to YouTube are for the pleasure and interest of music lovers like myself. During this pandemic, I figure some people might appreciate great music-making more than ever; and it happens that I have more time than ever to devote to a project like this. At the time of upload, as far as I could tell these recordings, despite their great musical or historical value, were not available in a legitimate commercial format. I'm not trying to make money; nor do I wish to deprive legitimate profits to copyright-holders. If anybody believes I've violated their copyright claim, notify me, and I'll take the recording down.
Update October 2023: With life nearly back to normal I have a lot less time to add recordings than during the lockdown, though I may continue the project on occasional lazy days at home. Meanwhile, thank you for listening!
Ginger Rogers's Dream
Sviatoslav Richter and Rita (Monty Python sketch)
Stravinsky's Perséphone: Schade, Wunderlich, Dixon (1960)
Piston, Symphony no. 2: Dean Dixon, American Recording Society
Cowell, Symphony no. 5: Dean Dixon, American Recording Society
Battle of the PBS Stars: Beverly Sills vs Joan Sutherland
Dean Dixon conducts Liszt: Orpheus (Royal Philharmonic)
Dean Dixon conducts Liszt: Mazeppa (Royal Philharmonic)
Dean Dixon conducts Liszt: Hunnenschlacht (Royal Philharmonic)
Dean Dixon conducts Liszt: Les Préludes (Royal Philharmonic)
Vivian Rivkin and Dean Dixon in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (1952)
Dean Dixon conducts An American in Paris (1952)
In memoriam George Balanchine, 22 January 1904 - 30 April 1983 (from his ballet “Emeralds”)
Fred Astaire, "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)," from "The Sky's the Limit" (1943)
Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic, 1971: Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites: world premiere, La Scala, 1957
Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie: first recording, 1924, Fried/Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Karl Muck and the Boston Symphony: 1917 acoustic recordings
Ravel's La Valse: Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1930
Ravel’s Boléro: Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1930
Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony: first complete recording of 1920 version, Goossens/Cincinnati
Bridge conducts Bridge: The Sea (1923)
Smyth conducts Smyth: The Wreckers Overture (1930)
Sviatoslav Richter, 1946: Prokofiev's Piano Sonata no. 8
Vaughan Williams conducts Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, 1925
Klemperer and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1934
Sviatoslav Richter's first known recording, 1946: Franck's Prélude, Chorale et Fugue
Koussevitzky conducts Stravinsky's Petrushka: Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1928
1923, partial recording of Vaughan William's A London Symphony (1920 version)
1925 recording of Vaughan William's A London Symphony (1920 version)