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.
Andres Segovia is perhaps the greatest guitarist of the 20th Century. One of the performances that contributed to his fame was his transcription of JS Bach's Chaconne in D minor, a virtuosic piece for solo violin, which we'll hear him perform this week.
Conductor George Szell is best known as the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra for almost a quarter-century. However, he was also a pianist (and composer). We'll hear a 1945 recording of George Szell and the Budapest String Quartet performing Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34.
Last week, we heard George Szell perform, not as conductor, but as pianist with the Budapest Strings, in a 1945 recording of chamber music by Brahms. This week we'll enjoy their recording of Schubert's "Trout Quintet," recorded just a year later in 1946.
