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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

Toscanini: Christmas Day 1937 & Farewell Concert 1954

2 CD / Guild / 2011-06-14

Works: Spoken Word: Opening Announcement; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G mi...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This 2-cd set contains the first Christmas Day concert conducted by Toscanini on December 25, 1937 coupled with his farewell concert in Carnegie Hall on...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

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc / Reiner, Chicago SO, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486; Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Spoken Word: Announcement; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovs...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

These live recordings spanning the years 1943-1957 remind us why Reiner's reputation, while never as dazzling as his peers, evoked their admiration and envy of...continue...

Toscanini conducts Mozart and Vaughan-Williams

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2007-12-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for O...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The significance of this recording, apart from the exceptional, clean masterings by Opus Kura is the relatively rare nature of Vaughan-Williams. This 1945 performance is...continue...

Meyerbeer, Goldmark, Bizet, et al / Toscanini, NBC SO

2 CD / Testament / 2007-02-13

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Karl Goldmark: Rustic Wedding, symphonic poem in E flat major, Op. 26; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, orchestral suite; Jules Massene...
Performers: Cooley, Carlton; koff, Mischa
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

"Mono sound, surprisingly clear and luminous, is what we have on an unmissable two-CD Testament set of live NBC recordings conducted by Toscanini... these are...continue...

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc / Fritz Reiner, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2005-08-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 17 in D major, K 334; Divertimento for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings no 11 in D major, K 251
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

In asnera that might well be termed the 'golden age' of conducting, Fritz Reiner was surely one of the most technically assured of orchestral leaders....continue...

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

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...

Concert and Rehearsal - Mozart / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2004-06-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (NBC Sunday Concert November 3, 1946); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 15 in B flat ...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

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...

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...

Mozart: Last Three Symphonies / Beecham, Furtwängler, et al

3 CD / Andante / 2002-06-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Weingartner, Felix; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Walter, Bruno; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"It is a thrill to hear what else can be found in these eternal scores." - San Francisco Chronicle...continue...