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.
Gerhard Hüsch was a German baritone active during the first half of the 20th Century. Known for his interpretation of German art song, or lieder, he collaborated for a number of years with Finnish pianist Margaret Kilpinen, wife of composer Yrjö Kilpinen, and would become a proponent of Kilpinen's music throughout his career. This week we'll hear Hüsch and Margaret Kilpinen performing Beethoven's song cycle, An die ferne Geliebte.
David Oistrakh is considered one of the greatest Russian violinists from the Soviet Era. This week, we'll hear him perform the Violin Concerto in D minor by Armenian Soviet composer, Aram Khachaturian.
Sergei Rachmaninoff recorded extensively throughout his career, performing both his large-scale works and his piano miniatures. We'll hear him perform two of the latter this week, a Humoresque in G major, and an Etude in B minor.
