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.
This week we'll continue our series from a newly released album of music recorded by Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973). Pianist Claudio Arrau joins Szigeti in a performance of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23.
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.
