Classics of the Phonograph

Hear one of the most successful recording artists in history.

In the later 1940s, his music became very popular in the United States.

Hear these pianists play concertos with Toscanini.

They have a special place in the repertory of the famous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler.

Two of the outstanding women violinists of the mid-twentieth century were Erika Morini and Ida Haendel.

The longest running maestro of the mid-twentieth century.

It must be the dream of young performers to make that special recording that makes them world famous, and is the guarantee of a successful career.

A musical refugee from the Nazis.

Considered by many to be the outstanding African American classical composer of his generation.

The topic: Brahms’ First Piano Concerto.