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Verdi: La traviata / Toscanini, Albanese, Peerce, Merrill, NBC Symphony Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Opus KURA / 2009-08-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Merrill, Robert; Peerce, Jan
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Taken from a 1946 studio recording originally issued on HMV in LP fomat, this recording does not contain the libretto and the notes are minimal,...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...

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...

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

All Wagner Concert / Toscanini, Melchior, NBC SO

2 CD / Guild / 2005-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung; Spoken Word: NBC Symphony Orchestra Broadcast, February 22, 1941
Performers: Melchior, Lauritz; Traubel, Helen
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

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...

Arturo Toscanini conducts Beethoven - Symphony no 9

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Williams, Harold
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC 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

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

Beethoven: Fidelio / Toscanini, Bampton, Peerce, Lehmann

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-02-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Baumann, Anton; Gallos, Hermann; Helletsgruber, Luise; Janssen, Herbert; Jerger, Alfred; Lehmann, Lotte; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

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

Debut Series - Giuseppe Di Stefano - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-08-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Elégie for Cello and Piano; Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Requiem Mass; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Francesco Cilèa...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Tieri, Emidio; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

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...

Arturo Toscanini conducts Verdi

1 CD / Fono / 2001-06-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Peerce, Jan
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus; NBC Symphony Orchestra

The names of Verdi and Toscanini are indissolubly linked in history. For nearly 70 years Toscanini conducted Verdi's operas in great performances and recordings -...continue...

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

Prima Voce - Farrar in French Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Clement, Edmond; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; Scotti, Antonio
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Toscanini, Arturo

"This is a lovely, if perhaps predictable, addition to the Prima Voce series, complementing their recital of Farrar in Italian opera...In several respects, this French...continue...

Great Mozart Singers, Vol. 1: Opera Arias 1922-1942

1 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Braun, Helena; Cebotari, Maria; Duhan, Hans; Fischer, Res; Gerhart, Maria; Helletsgruber, Luise; Hotter, Hans; Kipnis, Alexander; Kunz, Erich; Margit Bokor; Mayr, Richard; Neidlinger, G...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Toscanini, Arturo; Walter, Bruno; Krips, Josef; Krauss, Clemens

Toscanini Collection Vol 53 - Wagner: Götterdämmerung, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 1992-08-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Melchior, Lauritz; Traubel, Helen
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra