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.
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor active in the first half of the 20th-century. Holding a wide range of musical interests, he championed both contemporary German composers as well as historically-accurate performances of Baroque music. We'll hear Scherchen conduct the London Symphony and London Philharmonic Choir in a performance of the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah.
