For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

“It would be almost impossible to play these selections without great pleasure,” remarked Isaac Stern on the making of this album. 2020 marks the centenary of the celebrated violinist’s birth.

Arturo Toscanini had broken into his vacation to conduct the première himself. At rehearsal with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, he seemed to be having the time of his life. Don Gillis’ new Symphony for ...