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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...