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These live Beethoven performances can be subtitled “A Tale of Two Toscaninis”. At first hearing, this 1942 New York Philharmonic broadcast transcription of the Triple
Naxos releases yet another excerpt from Toscanini’s 1939 Beethoven cycle. Unfortunately, this time the available sources sound murky and noisy. As a result, the NBC
This complete Toscanini/NBC Orchestra concert may be the high point of the conductor’s 1939 broadcast Beethoven cycle. The present transfer stems from excellent “inside” source
Many of the Naxos Toscanini Concert Edition releases draw upon excellent-sounding “inside” sources. This all-Debussy broadcast from April 13, 1940, however, appears to stem from
What an incredible Christmas Eve concert! On December 24th, 1946, at New York’s Rockefeller Center, Toscanini conducted Beethoven and Wagner with savage energy. In the
Toscanini’s live “Pathétique” Symphony from April 1941 seems to have all the requisites that distinguish a great performance of this work. The unsentimental yet dramatic
Orchestral excerpts from Wagner’s music dramas occupied a central position in Toscanini’s concert repertoire. The conductor’s hard-core fans, to be sure, might disparage the inclusion
Those who know these recordings by way of BMG’s Toscanini Edition will perceive more presence, ambient detail, and dynamic contrast from these new BMG remasterings.
Arturo Toscanini’s strong affinities with the Austrian-German classics and Italian opera sometimes overshadow his extraordinary achievements in French music. By all accounts, the Maestro’s approach
Although Toscanini conducted Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben on several occasions with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras, he only led it once during his
