Toscanini, Arturo > Testament

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...

Brahms: The Four Symphonies, etc / Toscanini, Philharmonia

3 CD / Testament / 2007-02-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Anonymous: God Save the Queen (National Anthem, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland); Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Available again after a long absence from the catalogue, these brilliant examples of the art of Arturo Toscanini are available again once more. These recordings...continue...

Toscannini - Unpublished HMV Recordings from 1935 and 1938

1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Schubert: Symphony no 2, etc / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Testament / 2006-07-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major ("Grand Duo"), D. 812 (Op. posth. 140)
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Tosacanini remains the supreme legend in classical music. Nearly every musician who ever played with him considered the experience to have been the pinnacle of...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...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Testament / 2006-07-11

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Parsifal
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

"Although I cannot ascertain if Testament's restorations were effected from the best extant sources, they've never sounded cleaner or better defined... Lastly, the original, extended...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Toscanini, Milanov, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2004-10-12

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Rosvaenge, Helge; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The performance heard on these discs is particularly remarkable, not only for historical reasons, but also because it seems to be the earliest extant viable...continue...