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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

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: 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...

Jussi Bjoerling - Rarities

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2000-06-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile;...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; Dickson, Donald; Moore, Grace; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Iturbi, Jose; Weissmann, Frieder; Ormandy, Eugene; Ehrling, Sixten; Barlow, Howard; Voorhees, Donald; Gustafsson, Ille

Verdi: Requiem, Quattro Pezzi Sacri / Reiner, Mehta, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1995-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Elias, Rosalind; Minton, Yvonne; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Singverein