The Nutcracker
George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker" with the New York City Ballet...
Sunday Gramophone - Fourth Of July Special
(A sampling of 1943 Americana tonight)
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A departure from the usual format of 78's, I ran across this copy of a broadcast from NBC
Sunday Gramophone - Franck: Psyche - Concerts Colonne Orchestra - Gabriel Pierne` - 1930
(Gabriel Pierne` - noted composer in his own right)
Back to France this time. A recording made for the French Odeon Company in 1930 - one of the fi
Sunday Gramophone - Stravinsky: Persephone - Nicolai Gedda - Paris Conservatory - Andre Cluytens - 1955
(Igor Stravinsky - Well. . . there was that little fracas in Boston)
Not performed all that much, but no less an important work in the Stravinsky o
Open Thread
The ballet pair of Ma Li and Zhai Xiaowei, she without an arm and he without a leg, is one of the most moving dances ever. More about these amazing