Byron Janis, Orchestre de L'ORTF, Louis de Froment & Paul Paray
The Archive: Byron Janis
Artist: Byron Janis, Orchestre de L'ORTF, Louis de Froment & Paul Paray - Soloist: Byron Janis - Producer: Idéale Audience - Conductor: Louis de Froment - Featured Artist: Byron Janis, Louis de Froment, l’Orchestre national de la RTF & Paul Paray - Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff & Sergei Prokofiev - Orchestra: l’Orchestre national de la RTF
The Archive: Byron Janis
Byron Janis is one of the greatest pianists of this time. He made his mark in 20th century music history as the first American artist to go to the USSR in the early 1960s. In this episode of “The Archive”, we see Janis performing the music of Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninov for French TV. In 1963, Janis plays Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 3 in C Major with the French conductor Paul Paray leading the RTF National Orchestra. The following excerpt, dating from 1968, is the only recording of Janis performing Rachmaninov’s ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’. He was accompanied by the ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Louis de Froment.