Classics of the Phonograph

The topic: Brahms’ First Piano Concerto.

Comparing the chamber music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

The major test of a violin virtuoso's interpretive gifts for close to two centuries.

The leading French conductor in the renaissance of Baroque music. 

Honor the signature achievements of some famous conductors who have passed away in 2016.

Hear some lesser know, but just as festive, Christmas music.

Alexander von Zemlinsky was both an important composer and conductor in the Vienna of 1900.

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

From arts to music, the sea has had its effects on the English people.

Hear a sampling of his work as an orchestral conductor.