Classics of the Phonograph

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.

His premiere of Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 2 in 1951.

Hollywood film studios of the 1940s would seem to be a strange breeding ground for a famous string quartet, but it did happen. 

Hear more about the “survival” orchestra.