Sundays at 9:00 pm
Host Henry Fogel guides listeners through classical music history… through his personal record collection
Collectors’ Corner is about discovering and rediscovering music that rocked the world in days gone by. From a treasury of records amassed from decades of jaunts to shops across the globe, host Henry Fogel crafts a riveting and moving historical narrative. Fogel picks a wide range of recordings which he considers, “true classics of the industry…either unusual repertoire that I feel deserve a wider public, or performances unique in their interpretive profile, sense of commitment, and intensity.”
Music by Ivor Gurney
September 7, 2026, 9:00 pm
A program of songs, piano music, and orchestral music by the British composer (1890-1937)
The Cavatina Duo (Denis Azabagic, guitar; Eugenia Molinar, flute)
September 14, 2026, 9:00 pm
Historic performance of Mahler’s 8th Symphony
April 12, 2026
Conductor Jascha Horenstein was an early adapter of Gustav Mahler, championing his works at a time when the composer wasn’t much in favor with contemporary audiences. He conducuted the first ever studio recording of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony in 1952 and went on to record many pieces of the late Romantic composer. Tonight’s program features a stunning remaster of one of ...
Music by the American Composer Margaret Brouwer
April 5, 2026
A selection of works from across the repertoire of American composer Margaret Brouwer: a contemporary musician known for her lyricism and vivid imagery, without shying away from the atonal discoveries of last century.
The PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
March 29, 2026
Exploring music by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pavel Chesnikov. Vladimir Gorbik conducts the male choir of the PaTRAM Institute, dedicated to the preservation of Russian Orthodox choral music.
Great Female pianists from the past – Program 2
March 22, 2026
A program exploring various stellar female pianists across the 20th century, including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.
Great Female Pianists From The Past – Program 1
March 15, 2026
A program exploring various female pianists across the 20th century, including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.
Stokowski Live – program 3 of 3
March 8, 2026
The finale of a three week series exploring recordings by the legendary 20th century conductor Leopold Stokowski.
Stokowski Live – program 2 of 3
March 1, 2026
The second of a three week series exploring recordings by the legendary 20th century conductor Leopold Stokowski.
Stokowski Live – program 1 of 3
February 22, 2026
The first of a three week series exploring recordings by the legendary 20th century conductor Leopold Stokowski.
Budapest Quartet – Early Recordings
February 15, 2026
The Budapest Quartet was created in 1917 in Hungary, survived multiple decades as an ensemble, cementing themselves in history as one of the first great string quartets to be heard on vinyl. Enjoy recordings from their early career, featuring the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Smetana, and Tchaikovsky.
Radu Lupu Live
February 8, 2026
Radu Lupu was regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, but woefully under-represented in commercial discography as he preferred not to be recorded. Enjoy the late performer’s complete recital from Hunter College, Feb 16, 1973, which includes music of Bartók, Brahms, and Schubert.
Meyerbeer’s Glorious Le prophète
February 1, 2026
Excerpts from a live performance of Meyerbeer’s grand opera, once enormously popular.
Adrian Boult
January 25, 2026
A compendium of conductor Adrian Boult in live performances over the years.
Two Classical Requiems
January 18, 2026
A historic recording of Mozart’s Requiem is presented alongside a little known Requiem from the same era. Written 7 years after Mozart’s death, Józef Kozłowski’s Requiem was commissioned by the abdicated King Stanisław of Poland and completed in 1798.
Carl Nielsen’s Great Comic Opera
January 11, 2026
While Nielsen is primarily known in the United States as a symphonic composer, he is also responsible for creating one of the greatest Danish operas of all time. Maskarade, composed between 1904 and 1906, is a comic opera detailing the tangle of love, misunderstandings, and drama that occurs during a masked ball. The opera is based on a 1724 play by Ludvig ...
Furtwängler conducts Brahms – program 2 of 2
January 4, 2026
German opera and symphonic conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler is known for his many recordings of Romantic era music. For the next two weeks, Henry Fogel focuses on his recordings of one of the greatest Romantic composers: Johannes Brahms.
Furtwängler conducts Brahms – program 1 of 2
December 28, 2025
German opera and symphonic conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler is known for his many recordings of Romantic era music. For the next two weeks, Henry Fogel focuses on his recordings of one of the greatest Romantic composers: Johannes Brahms.
The Art of William Kapell
December 21, 2025
Described by The New York Times as “one of the last century’s great geniuses of the keyboard”, the career of American classical pianist Oscar William Kapell was cut tragically short when he perished in a plane crash at the age of 31. Henry Fogel introduces selections from the pianist smaller, yet fascinating collection of recordings.
The Vocal Music of Sergei Rachmaninoff
December 14, 2025
While Rachmaninoff wrote the most works for piano, his choral music displays a deep understanding of vocal arrangement and reverence for the Russian Orthodox church. The All Night Vigil is a choral work with settings of texts typically read or sung at an orthodox All Night Ceremony. It was said to be one of Rachmaninoff’s own favorites, alongside his choral ...
Yuja Wang – The Berlin and Vienna recitals
December 7, 2025
Recitals from the Berlin Philharmonie (2018) and the Vienna Konzerthaus (2022) by the great Chinese pianist Yuja Wang.
Eugene Goossens (Cincinnati Symphony)
November 30, 2025
Eugene Goossens was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for 15 years, between 1931 and 1946. During this time he was incredibly active within the composing community, commissioning major works from many contemporary composers that have become classical music staples. One of these works was Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man. Henry Fogel discusses the significance of this conductor ...
