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.

8/29

Leonard Bernstein conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere of Charles Ives' Symphony No. 2 in 1950. Despite it being the premier of his work, Ives did not attend, possibly because Bernstein made significant changes to the symphony, both to its orchestration and overall length, especially in the fourth movement. The work was well received, however, and this week we'll hear the New York Philharmonic's 1960 recording, with Bernstein conducting.

 

9/5

Joseph Achron was an early 20th century Russian composer and violinist who emigrated to the United States in 1925. His compositional output was an attempt to create a "Jewish idiom" in classical music. This week, we'll hear a 1946 recording of Achron's "Hebrew Melody" by violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Emanuel Bay.