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Verdi: La Traviata (complete rehearsal) / Toscanini, NBCSO

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-02-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Dennis, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newman, Arthur; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Stellman, Maxine
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This is an unaltered reprint/repressing of the 2003 release. Because the dress rehearsals did not constitute a real performance, given before a paying audience, Toscanini...continue...

Verdi: Requiem, Te Deum / Toscanini, Nelli, Merriman, McGrath, Scott, NBC SO, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-11-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Requiem Mass; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: McGrath, William; Merriman, Nan; Nelli, Herva; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This 1948 version is almost completely without mishap. Indeed, there is ample reason to consider it the finest of the Maestro's achievements with this monumental...continue...

Verdi: Requiem / Toscanini, Nelli, Barbieri, di Stefano, Siepi, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-09-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Nelli, Herva; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: ; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Seven hundred hours of editing went into the original lp release of this recording, caused by the fact that only NBC's radio recording was left...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nan Merriman

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Manuel de Fa...
Performers: Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Susskind, Walter; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Nan Merriman was born in 1920 in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Los Angeles where she took lessons from Lotte Lehmann. She was singing on...continue...

Verdi: Otello

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-04-01

Works: Spoken Word: Opening Announcement; Otello Spoken Synopsis; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Chabay, Leslie; Merriman, Nan; Nelli, Herva; Newman, Arthur; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Valdengo Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in masc...
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Capecchi, Renato; Chabay, Leslie; Elmo, Cloe; Nelli, Herva; Steber, Eleanor; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Questa, Angelo; Toscanini, Arturo; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Valdengo already had a promising career in his homeland, but he truly became famous during his seven years with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning in...continue...

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...

Memorial Concerts - Boito, Verdi / Arturo Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2005-07-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Nerone; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Nelli, Herva; Nessi, Giuseppe; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Simionato, Giulietta; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Historical - Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Toscanini, Nelli

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Cehanovsky, George; Haskins, Virginia; Merrill, Robert; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Peerce, Jan; Rossi, John Carmen; Scott, Norman; Turner, Claramae
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Verdi: Falstaff / Toscanini, Karajan, et al

4 CD / Andante / 2005-01-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Biasini, Piero; Borgioili, Dino; Cravcenko, Angelica; Lazzari, Virgilio; Nessi, Giuseppe; Oltrabella, Augusta; Somigli, Franca; Stabile, Mariano; Tedeschi, Alfredo; Vasari, Mita
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Toscanini's close friendship and collaboration with Verdi makes his conception of 'Falstaff' in more seasons and probably conducted more performances of it than any other...continue...

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

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...

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

Verdi: Otello / Toscanini, Merriman, Vinay, Valdengo, Nelli

3 CD / Guild / 2004-09-01

Works: Spoken Word: NBC Broadcast Commentary on Otello; Interview with Ramon Vinay; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Chabay, Leslie; Merriman, Nan; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Newman, Arthur; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus

Verdi: Falstaff - Rehearsals / Toscanini, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Guarrera, Frank; Merriman, Nan; Nelli, Herva; Scott, Norman; Stich-Randall, Teresa; Toscanini, Arturo; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, etc / Toscanini, NBC SO

3 CD / Guild / 2004-04-01

Works: Recorded Sound: NBC Sunday Concert Broadcast commentary; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Garris, John; Harrell, Mark; Moscona, Nicola; Swarthout, Gladys
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus; 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

Beethoven: Symphony no 7, Missa Solemnis; Mozart /Toscanini

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Anacréon ou L'amour fugitif, opera-ballet in 2 acts; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 9...
Performers: Beard, Paul; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Pataky, Koloman von; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Even though the record stores' bins are full of recordings by Toscanini, there are still some undiscovered treasures for which fans have been patiently awaiting...continue...

Renata Tebaldi - The Birth of a Legend

1 CD / Fono / 2002-05-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Requiem Mass; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Elmo, Cloe; Gardino, Jolanda; Malipiero, Giovanni; Panerai, Rolando; Pasero, Tancredi; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Böhm, Karl; Cantelli, Guido; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Association 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

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

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

Debut Series - Toscanini - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-01-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Suite for Orchestra no 4 "Scènes pittoresques"; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony ...
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Nelli, Herva; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Requiem, Te deum, Preludes & Overtures / Toscanini

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2000-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

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