Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

Series produced by The WFMT Radio Network

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The series includes a broad range of orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo-instrumental music.

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This series is available free of charge to all affiliate stations for two broadcasts through March 31, 2023.

For more information about this free long running series, please contact:
Estlin Usher at eusher@wfmt.com (p) 773-279-2112

After the huge success of The Callas Legacy and The Art of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Henry Fogel returned with Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel. Mr. Fogel had the following thoughts: “The series will present a wide range of recordings that I feel are true classics of the industry. Recordings to be included will feature either unusual repertoire that I feel deserves a wider public, or performances unique in their interpretive profile, sense of commitment, and intensity. Many of these recordings will be long out-of-print, or hard to locate in the United States.”

The series includes a broad range of orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo-instrumental music.

Host Henry Fogel has held many important and influential posts in the classical music world, including being appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in August, 1985, resigning from his position as President in 2003. In addition to his work as host, Henry Fogel’s radio experience includes a stint as former Vice President and Program Director of radio station WONO in Syracuse, New York, where he conceived the first radio fundraising marathon for an orchestra, a format which has become popular throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Fogel has acted as producer and broadcast host for over 100 radiothons for some 26 different orchestras. The radiothon concept has raised in total over $60 million for orchestras on this continent since Mr. Fogel started the concept in 1968.

A native of New York City, and a passionate Chinese cook, Henry Fogel received his education at Syracuse University, and studied for three years under Virginia Lee, author of the New York Times Chinese Cookbook. He and his wife Frances have a son, Karl, and a daughter, Holly, and four grandchildren.
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Please login to PRX.org to preview program audio.This series is available free of charge to all affiliate stations for two broadcasts through March 31, 2023. For more information about this free long running series, please contact: Estlin Usher at eusher@wfmt.com (p) 773-279-2112 After the huge success of The Callas Legacy and The Art of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Henry Fogel returned with Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel. Mr. Fogel had the following thoughts: “The series will present a wide range of recordings that I feel are true classics of the industry. Recordings to be included will feature either unusual repertoire that I feel deserves a wider public, or performances unique in their interpretive profile, sense of commitment, and intensity. Many of these recordings will be long... Show full description


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Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra featuring pieces by Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Fauré, Paul Dukas and more. Program 3 of 3.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
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Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra featuring pieces by Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, Sibelius and more. Program 2 of 3.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra featuring pieces by Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Debussy, and more. Program 1 of 3.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:00
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Compositions by Eugène Ysaÿe shown through various performances.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Mahler's 2nd Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2, and Peanuts Gallery all composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:00
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Compositions by Moritz Moszkowski and performed by various artists.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Soprano, Leyla Gencer singing in preserved recordings from the 1950's and 1960's.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Malcolm Sargent conducts music composed by Vaughan Williams in live performances.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
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Four performances showcasing the talents of violinist Jascha Heifetz.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:00
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Guido Cantelli conducts Brahms, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Ravel.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Ignaz Friedman plays music by Chopin, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and more.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Performances recorded of Leo Sirota, featuring compositions by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, and Rubinstein.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
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A variety of compositions known as Light Classics featuring composers such as Brahms, Shostakovich, Rossini, and many more.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:30
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Music composed by Jonathan Leshnoff, including, his Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Violin Concerto, and Guitar Concerto.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Music composed by Edward Elgar and conducted by Elgar himself, Arturo Toscanini, and John Barbirolli in four historic recordings. Program 2 of 2.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Historic live performance recordings of music by Edward Elgar. Program 1 of 2.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:00
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral" and Brahms' Symphony No. 2, both conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00