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Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC SO in works by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Berlioz

1 CD / Opus Kura / 2012-08-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Hector Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17 Part 2; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The music on this disc comes from recordings made in 1947....continue...

Arturo Toscanini - The Years of Maturity in America 1929-46

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner's 4th and 9th Symphonies / NBC (1940) & Philadelphia (1948) Orchestras

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

In much the same way as he championed Mahler, conductor Bruno Walter was a tireless advocate for Bruckner during his American years. This period in...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Wagner: Faust Overture / Bruno Walter

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Siegfried Idyll; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This recording is the complete concert of April 8, 1939 with Bruno Walter conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Digitally restored in 2010, this is the...continue...
Recording information: 04/08/1939....continue...

Toscanini: Christmas Day 1937 & Farewell Concert 1954

2 CD / Guild / 2011-06-14

Works: Spoken Word: Opening Announcement; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G mi...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This 2-cd set contains the first Christmas Day concert conducted by Toscanini on December 25, 1937 coupled with his farewell concert in Carnegie Hall on...continue...

Ravel, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Dukas / Guido Cantelli, et al

1 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2009-09-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes; Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Stokowski conducts Tchaikovsky - The Storm Op 76, Symphony no 5, etc

1 CD / Guild / 2009-04-14

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Storm, overture for orchestra, Op. 76; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; The Tempest, Op. 18
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The Storm and Symphony No. 5 come from live recordings made on November 29, 1942 and The Tempest was recorded live on March 7, 1943....continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 2 and 4, Egmont Overture / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-11-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Egmont, Op. 84
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Transferred from the HMV LP records, these recordings were taken from performances in 1919, 1951 and 1952. The textural clarity, tight rhythms and maximum dynamic...continue...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 2 - Broadcast Performances 1945-1955 - Mahler, Bach, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26; Concerto for Pia...
Performers: Coppola, Carmine; Dow, Dorothy; Francescatti, Zino; koff, Mischa; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Scarpini, Pietro; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; George Antheil: Symphony, for orchestra no 4 ("1942"), W. 177
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski & His Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 6; Liszt / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Spoken Word: Sounds of Nature, commentary with musical examples; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Hungarian ...
Performers: Bachmann, Edwin; Berv, Arthur; Biase, Neal Di; Biro, Nicholas; Bloom, Robert; Carmen, Elias; Cooley, Carlton; Glantz, Harry; Renzi, Paul; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Sklar, Philip; Steiner, Antoniette; ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The original LP release of Stokowski's recording of Beethoven's Symphony no. 6 was hailed by the critics: "The performance is worthy of the engineer's efforts,...continue...

Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Wagner, etc / Cantelli, NBC SO, New York PO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Götterdämmerung; Albert Roussel: Sinfonietta for strings, Op. 52; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24...
Performers: Bolognini, Remo; Guilet, Daniel
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Guido Cantelli was 36 years old when he was killed in a plane crash in 1956. His death brought to an end one of the...continue...

Prokofiev, Brahms, MacDowell, Taylor / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-04-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Joseph Deems Taylor: Ramuntcho
Performers: Nash, Frances
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

As historical recordings go, this is certainly self-recommending! A true magician at the podium, Stokowski produced electrifying results in these performances, conducting Toscanini's amazing group...continue...

Saint-Saëns, Elgar / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-04-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

While we're on the subject of comparing pressings...as Shuichiro Kawai writes, "Hearing that Toscanini's HMV LPs sound better than those of RCA, I have collected...continue...

Haydn: Symphony no 92; R. Strauss: Don Quixote / Toscanini, Feuermann, NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-03-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Performers: Cooley, Carlton; Feuermann, Emanuel
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

As the producer notes, the present transfer comes not from commercial releases but from transcription discs or private dubs. The Haydn, from a broadcast of...continue...

Rossini, Vivaldi / Arturo Toscanini

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-02-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Sonata a quattro no 3 in C major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins and Cello in D minor, Op. 3 n...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Dimitri Mitropoulos - Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, et al / Rubinstein, Graudan, et al

10 CD / Membran / 2008-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Graudan, Joanna; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Stern, Isaac; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Toscanini conducts Mozart and Vaughan-Williams

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2007-12-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for O...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The significance of this recording, apart from the exceptional, clean masterings by Opus Kura is the relatively rare nature of Vaughan-Williams. This 1945 performance is...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...

Toscanini conducts Beethoven - Symphonies no 3 & 5 / NBC SO

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with its incessant Morse-code "V" motif, became a symbol of the Allied struggle for victory in World War II. Upon Mussolini's overthrow,...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...

Erich Kleiber conducts Tchaikovsky & Schubert Symphonies

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2007-01-06

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

It is curious that the recording career of some of the best artists of our century should not reflect their real worth: the recordings featuring...continue...

Arturo Toscanini - Complete Concert of March 21, 1954

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-12-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Opening Announcements & Applause; Applause & Announcements; Applause & Closing Announcements; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique ...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Back in 1937 the London Times described the tone drawn by Toscanini from his orchestra, even in abrupt fortissimo, as "full, saturated and quite free...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6; Wagner / Toscanini, NBC SO

2 CD / Italian Discographic Society / 2006-11-07

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This CD collects the first time the unique stereo recordings of Arturo Toscanini we still have. The 21st March of 1954 the NBC recorded the...continue...

Schubert: Symphony no 2, etc / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Testament / 2006-07-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major ("Grand Duo"), D. 812 (Op. posth. 140)
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Tosacanini remains the supreme legend in classical music. Nearly every musician who ever played with him considered the experience to have been the pinnacle of...continue...

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; et al / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-07-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini, whose rivals even agreed no peer existed to his expertise and exacting execution, is captured here reviving the intentions of Mendelssohn and Schuman with...continue...

Guido Cantelli conducts Richard Wagner / NBC SO, NYPO, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-07-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Faust Overture; Parsifal; Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra

The NBC Recordings - Beethoven, Schubert, etc / E. Kleiber

3 CD / Andromeda / 2005-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont, Op. 84; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

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

Haydn: Orchestral Music and Concertos

4 CD / Andante / 2005-02-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H. 7a/1; Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 11; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 n...
Performers: Charmy, Roland; Feuermann, Emanuel; Goldberg, Szymon; Landowska, Wanda; Morel, Myrtil; Navarra, André; Oubradous, Fernand
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Bigot, Eugene; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Toscanini, Arturo; Walter, Bruno; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Munch, Charles; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This 4 CD Haydn anthology showcases the art of Haydn interpretation prior to World War II. The artists included in the set represent some of...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

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 7, etc / Toscanini

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Borodin: Symphony no 2 / Erich Kleiber, Carlos Kleiber

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-04

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Classic Library - Brahms: Symphonies no 1 & 2

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-10-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This CD features Toscanini's final word on these two pillars of the symphonic repertoire, brimming with virility and vitality....continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts

4 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Giorgio ...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Hollander, Max; koff, Mischa; Miller, Frank
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performance in Testament's 3 boxed sets of Cantelli's 1949-50 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings is...continue...

Toscanini conducts Beethoven

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Concert and Rehearsal - Mozart / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2004-06-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (NBC Sunday Concert November 3, 1946); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 15 in B flat ...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Rossini, R. Strauss, Beethoven / Arturo Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2004-05-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Cooley, Carlton; Feuermann, Emanuel
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Manfred, Romeo and Juliet / Toscanini

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-03-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Romeo & Juliet
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: Preludes; Haydn, Beethoven: Symphonies / Toscanini

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2004-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: 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 Broadcast Legacy - War Bond Concert

2 CD / Guild / 2003-12-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Giuseppe Martucci: Work(s); Novelletta, for orchestra, Op. 6/1; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikov...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Schubert: Symphony no 8; Strauss, et al / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2003-11-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (NBC; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia Concertant for Violin, Cello, Obo...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini Conducts Berlioz: Harold in Italy, etc / Primrose

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust...
Performers: Primrose, William
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Fanfare
For anyone interested in Berlioz or Toscanini, this is a release to cherish
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Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts 1949-1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H...
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performances in Testament's two boxed sets of Guido Cantelli's 1949-1950 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts December 1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 horns & strings in F major "A Musical Joke", K 522; William Schuman: Undertow, ballet (choreographic episodes); Darius Milha...
Performers: Bauchmann, Edmund; Cooke, George; koff, Mischa; Marlowe, Sylvia; Miller, Frank
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Immersed in the most contemporary music of his time, Guido Cantelli was a virtuoso conductor who used viruosity not as an end in itself, but...continue...

Toscanini Conducts Music from Russia

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-01-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Mikhail Glinka: Capriccio brillante on the Jot...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Bruno Walter, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Erich Kleiber at NBC - Four Complete Concerts from 1947/48

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-11-01

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra