Retro Recordings

Saturday @ Noon

Listen to Discover Classical on Saturdays at noon for Retro Recordings as Aaron Mood presents historic performances of your favorite music. You'll hear definitive recordings from the last century, such as Leopold Stokowski leading the NBC Symphony, Renata Tebaldi singing Puccini and Mascagni conducting Mascagni.

7/11

Hans Swarowsky was a Hungarian conductor who, at the invitation of Herbert von Karajan, led the Vienna State Opera Orchestra from 1959 to 1975. This week, we'll hear them collaborate in a performance of the "Orchestral Fantasy" from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.

 

7/18

Sviatoslav Richter was one of the greatest Russian pianists of the 20th century. We'll hear Richter perform Beethoven's third piano concerto in a mid-century recording, with the USSR State Symphony.