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.”
Takashi Asahina in Germany
Takashi Asahina was a Japanese conductor driven by his love of German music. The late conductor spent a lifetime recording then rerecording all of Bruckner’s symphonies, and spent many years associated with the North German Radio Orchestra in Hamburg. In 1947, Asahina also founded his own orchesta – the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (now known as the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.) Tonight, ...
Furtwängler and the Berlin Phil perform Bruckner
Wilhelm Furtwängler was the Music Director of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1922-1945, then again from 1952-1954. During his time he recorded many German masters, including works by Anton Bruckner.
