Sir George Henschel (1850-1934) was a German-born British baritone, conductor, pianist and composer. He became the first conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was an important figure in late nineteenth-century musical life.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in the Columbia Beethoven Centennial Symphony Series, preserving conducting from one of the elder statesmen of the early recording era.

Henschel’s career connects singing, conducting and the Brahms generation with the dawn of electrical recording. Few recorded artists in the catalogue stand so close to that older musical world.

His page is justified by historical depth. Henschel is a musical time tunnel with a baton at the far end.