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Australian/American composer and pianist Percy Grainger was an eccentric genius, and a true original. We’ll hear his music and Grainger himself at the piano for a performance of Edvard Grieg's concerto.

We'll enjoy wonderful Russian music this week, with gems like an exotic tone poem by Alexander Borodin, a whirling waltz fantasy by Mikhail Glinka, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s valedictory masterpiece

This week begins a new series called Castaway Classics, where host Frank Byrne shares special recordings he'd want to take if marooned on a desert island. In this first episode, we’ll hear distinctive performances of music by Bach and Mussorgsky. Don’t forget the sunscreen!

In the second show of our series exploring music inspired by Shakespeare, we hear remarkable selections by Beethoven, German, and Foerster. The music ranges from melodramatic to charming, all inspired by the immortal Bard.

Ludwig van Beethoven defined piano playing in his own century and beyond. We’ll hear his most demanding sonata — The “Hammerklavier” — in a remarkable historic recording that’s both compelling and thought provoking.

This week, host Frank Byrne features more "Surprise Symphonies" with youthful works by Samuel Barber and Sir Arnold Bax. One symphony established the composer’s reputation – the other was almost never premiered.

In the third and final installment of shows profiling Hungarian/American conductor Antal Doráti, we’ll explore his mastery as an interpreter of music through Haydn’s last symphony and Tchaikovsky’s affectionate homage to Mozart.

Hungarian/American conductor Antal Dorátiwas a superb musician and a dedicated orchestral trainer who left every orchestra better than he found it. In this week's show we have music from two of his countrymen, Zoltan Kodaly and Franz Liszt, in masterful interpretations by Doráti.

In the second of three shows profiling Hungarian/American conductor Antal Doráti, we’ll hear music from the ballet and a symphony that has rightly been called “the apotheosis of the dance.”

Grieg wrote more than just his famous piano concerto and music for Peer Gynt. Hear his only string quartet and a baroque-inspired piano work that had a second life on this week's From the Archives.