Classics of the Phonograph

Talking opera overture vs. intermezzos.

Some believe the Italian conductor Guido Cantelli looked like Frank Sinatra. 

The revival of a once forgotten composer.

The famous pianist was also a renowned teacher.

Learn more about one of America's oldest orchestras.

Celebrate the British conductor who passed away in June.

Hear works from Mischa Elman and Jacques Thibaud.

Hear some of the work of more recent conductors of this orchestra, which has become world famous in recent decades.

The famous conductor had to leave Vienna just before the Nazi takeover in 1938.

From the 1890s on, he was the most famous performing artist.