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The Historical Gershwin

2 CD / Widescreen / 2011-12-06

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto for Piano in F major; Lady, be Good; Goldwyn Follies; Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Porgy & Bess; Oh,...
Performers: Astaire, Fred; Bailey, Mildred; Bargy, Roy; Cole, Nat "King"; Fitzgerald, Ella; Garland, Judy; Gershwin, George; Holiday, Billie; Jolson, Al; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Monroe, Marilyn; Robeson, Paul; Si...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS WITH GERSHWIN AT THE PIANO These two remarkable CDs are the direct testimony of George Gershwin's discographic legend....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...

Toscannini Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 7

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2010-05-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

An LP from a private collection was used for this restoration and transfer of the studio concert broadcast in July 1942. This was the US...continue...
Recording information: 1942....continue...

Toscanini conducts Strauss, Ravel and Barber / NBC Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-11-10

Works: Kurt Atterberg: Symphony no 6 in C, Op 31, "Dollar Symphony"; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Spoken Word: Announcement; Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez: Reisado do pastoreio; Richard Strauss: Don Ju...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

Toscanini's commitment to music by his contemporaries is demonstrated with these recordings, which are taken from broadcasts made in 1940 and 1943....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...

Music for Freedom - Grieg, Sibelius, et al / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2005-03-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast commentary (Gene Hamilton) (April 27, 1940); Broadcast commentary (Fred Collins) (September 9, 1943); Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

All-American - Gershwin, Loeffler, et al / Toscanini, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2004-08-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Charles Martin Loeffler: Memories of My Childhood, tone poem (Life in a Russian Village); Paul Creston: Choric Dances (2) for orchestra, Op. 17; Morton Gould: A Lin...
Performers: Goodman, Benny; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Wild, Earl [Piano]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

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

Arturo Toscanini - The First Recordings 1920-1926

1 CD / Symposium / 1996-05-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo