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Arturo Toscanini - The Years of Maturity in America 1929-46

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 2 and 4, Egmont Overture / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-11-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Egmont, Op. 84
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Transferred from the HMV LP records, these recordings were taken from performances in 1919, 1951 and 1952. The textural clarity, tight rhythms and maximum dynamic...continue...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 1 - Berg, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B flat ma...
Performers: Casadesus, Jean; Petri, Egon; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Highlights / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Morceaux (18) for piano, Op. 72; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ruins of At...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 6; Liszt / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Spoken Word: Sounds of Nature, commentary with musical examples; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Hungarian ...
Performers: Bachmann, Edwin; Berv, Arthur; Biase, Neal Di; Biro, Nicholas; Bloom, Robert; Carmen, Elias; Cooley, Carlton; Glantz, Harry; Renzi, Paul; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Sklar, Philip; Steiner, Antoniette; ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The original LP release of Stokowski's recording of Beethoven's Symphony no. 6 was hailed by the critics: "The performance is worthy of the engineer's efforts,...continue...

Dimitri Mitropoulos - Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, et al / Rubinstein, Graudan, et al

10 CD / Membran / 2008-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Graudan, Joanna; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Stern, Isaac; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Arturo Toscanini's 1939 Beethoven Cycle / NBC SO

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Leonore Overture no 3 ...
Performers: Moscona, Nicola; Novotná, Jarmila; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Classicalnotes.net states: "In general, the early NBC records are the best. To the exquisite architectural balances and subtle tempo modulations of the [NY Phil &...continue...

Toscanini conducts Beethoven - Symphonies no 3 & 5 / NBC SO

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with its incessant Morse-code "V" motif, became a symbol of the Allied struggle for victory in World War II. Upon Mussolini's overthrow,...continue...

Beethoven: Violin Concerto, etc / Toscanini, Heifetz, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2005-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

The NBC Recordings - Beethoven, Schubert, etc / E. Kleiber

3 CD / Andromeda / 2005-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont, Op. 84; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Music for Freedom - Grieg, Sibelius, et al / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2005-03-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast commentary (Gene Hamilton) (April 27, 1940); Broadcast commentary (Fred Collins) (September 9, 1943); Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, Quartet Op 135 / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135
Performers: Bovy, Vina; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 7, etc / Toscanini

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini conducts Beethoven and Mozart

2 CD / Guild / 2004-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "Razumovsky"; Concerto for Piano no 4 ...
Performers: Serkin, Rudolf
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Violin Concerto / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2004-10-01

Works: Spoken Word: NBC Broadcast Commentary, 28 December 1940; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Heifetz, Jascha; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Toscanini conducts Beethoven

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Rossini, R. Strauss, Beethoven / Arturo Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2004-05-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Cooley, Carlton; Feuermann, Emanuel
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio / Toscanini, Bampton, Peerce, Lehmann

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-02-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Baumann, Anton; Gallos, Hermann; Helletsgruber, Luise; Janssen, Herbert; Jerger, Alfred; Lehmann, Lotte; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: Preludes; Haydn, Beethoven: Symphonies / Toscanini

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2004-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Complete Collections - Beethoven: 9 Symphonies / Toscanini

5 CD / RCA Records / 2003-12-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Merriman, Nan; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Toscanini Conducts Two Choral Masterpieces by Beethoven

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Dorfmann, Ania; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts December 1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 horns & strings in F major "A Musical Joke", K 522; William Schuman: Undertow, ballet (choreographic episodes); Darius Milha...
Performers: Bauchmann, Edmund; Cooke, George; koff, Mischa; Marlowe, Sylvia; Miller, Frank
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Immersed in the most contemporary music of his time, Guido Cantelli was a virtuoso conductor who used viruosity not as an end in itself, but...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts 1949-1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H...
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performances in Testament's two boxed sets of Guido Cantelli's 1949-1950 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings...continue...

Erich Kleiber at NBC - Four Complete Concerts from 1947/48

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-11-01

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Toscanini, Milanov, Bjoerling

1 CD / Italian Discographic Society / 2002-04-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

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A very fine line separates Toscanini's triumphant 1939 performance from this 1940 reading.

On the other hand, John Steane in his chapter...continue...

Rubinstein Collection Vol 14 - Beethoven / Toscanini

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2001-08-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 4 & 5, Egmont / Kleiber, et al

1 CD / Urania / 2001-02-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Beethoven, Khachaturian: Piano Concertos, etc / Kapell

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2000-11-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude for piano in D minor, Op. 34/24; Preludes (2...
Performers: Kapell, William
Conductors: Golschmann, Vladimir; Koussevitzky, Sergey
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra

American pianist William Kapell was famed for a virtuoso technique that rivaled that of Horowitz, Rubinstein and Rachmaninov. In 1942, Efrem Kurtz invited Kapell to...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Toscanini, NBC SO, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 1999-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Moscona, Nicola; Novotna, Jarmila; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini Collection Vol 5 - Beethoven: Symphony no 9

1 CD / RCA Records / 1991-01-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Merriman, Nan; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Strings - Jascha Heifetz - Mozart, Beethoven: Concertos

1 CD / Fono /

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...