1926, vol. 1: Piston, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Bloch

In the United States in 1926, Calvin Coolidge was president.  In the midst of the great economic boom he advanced policies of deregulation and decentralization at the federal level, and lowered taxes to the point that by the following year, only the top 2% of American incomes were taxed. […] (Click here to continue reading a transcript of this podcast.) Listen to Podcast: Shop for CD Recordings Recommended on This Episode: Piston, Piano Sonata Shostakovich, Piano Sonata no. 1 Shostakovich, Piano Sonata no. 1 Vaughan Williams, Six Studies on English Folksong Vaughan Williams, On Christmas Night Bloch, Four Episodes for Chamber Orchestra Bloch, America: An Epic Rhapsody Bloch, America: An Epic Rhapsody Listen Online to Music Featured on This Episode: AYICM: 1926, vol. 1 Click the link above to listen to the music discussed on this episode on a Classical Archives (www.classicalarchives.com) playlist. A subscription to the Classical Archives streaming service ($7.99 per month) allows unlimited online listening to these AYICM playlists, and to recordings of more than 620,000 other classical works. They offer a free two-week trial period to this service, so you can try before you buy. (The recordings we recommend on the AYICM shows are not always available for online listening; in these cases we include the best available alternate recording whenever possible. Please note that some of the recordings on these playlists are available only to Classical Archives subscribers in the U.S.)