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Robert Schumann: 200th Anniversary Tribute

1 CD / Guild / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo; Walter, Bruno

This compact disc of broadcast performances from the 1940s by the NBC Symphony Orchestra comprising three of Robert Schumann's orchestral works conducted by two of...continue...

Arturo Toscanini conducts Schumann & Ravel

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2010-10-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

These performances come from recordings made in 1949 and were supposedly the first time RCA used tape recorders....continue...

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...