Mendelssohn, Felix > NBC Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; et al / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-07-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini, whose rivals even agreed no peer existed to his expertise and exacting execution, is captured here reviving the intentions of Mendelssohn and Schuman with...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts

4 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Giorgio ...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Hollander, Max; koff, Mischa; Miller, Frank
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performance in Testament's 3 boxed sets of Cantelli's 1949-50 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings is...continue...