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.
Maria Callas was one of the leading sopranos of the mid-20th century. Known for her interpretation of bel canto operas, we'll hear her sing "Una voce poco fa," from Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
While a well-known composer today, Domenico Scarlatti's output was not as popular in the mid-20th century. One pianist who helped popularize his keyboard works was Vladimir Horowitz. We'll hear a 1964 recording of Horowitz performing Scarlatti's Sonata in B minor, K. 197.
Wilhelm Furtwängler was a leading German conductor in the first half of the 20th Century. We'll hear Furtwängler conduct the Vienna Philharmonic in a 1953 recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F, the Pastoral Symphony.
