'Allegro': Revisiting An Experimental Score

Fresh Air | By Lloyd Schwartz

Published February 17, 2009 at 6:03 AM HST

Classical music critic Lloyd Scwartz reviews the first full recording of Allegro, the 1947 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical.

Lloyd Schwartz

Lloyd Schwartz is the classical music critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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