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.
Emil Gilels (1916-1985) was a Russian Soviet pianist, considered one of the greatest concert pianists of all time. While he was known especially for his interpretation of German classical music, this week we'll hear him perform music by one of his countrymen: Tchaikovsky's lesson-known second piano concerto.
Pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva and conductor Kirill Kondrashin were considered leading musical talents in the USSR until the mid-1970s (Kondrashin would defect in 1978). This week, we'll hear Nikolayeva perform Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy with the USSR State Symphony, directed by Kondrashin.
