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.
A perennial production in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is one of his most recognizable works. We'll hear a 1956 recording by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Nicolai Malko.
For the last Retro Recordings before Christmas, we'll hear Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic perform two carols: Gustav Holst's setting of an anonymous English carol, Lullay My Liking, and Leontovich's Carol of the Bells.
