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.

7/25

Werner Haas was a leading German pianist who was known for his interpretation of early 20th-century piano literature. We'll hear a mid-century recording of Haas Performing Debussy's Pour le piano.

 

8/1

Renato Fasano was a conductor known for his interpretation of 18th Century Italian music, and as founder of the Collegium Musicum Italicum in 1941. Later renamed I Virtuosi di Roma, we'll hear Fasano conduct the ensemble and soloist Franco Gulli in a performance of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in G, RV 310.

 

8/8

Theodor Albin Findeisen was a double bassist who joined the Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1907, eventually becoming the principal double bassist in 1920, a position he held until his death in 1936. This week, we'll hear him perform Schubert's "Trout Quintet" with members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra.