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Puccini: Toscanini’s La Bohème–That’s Authenticity!

Jed Distler

Artistic Quality:

  • 9

Sound Quality:

  • 5
Fans of Toscanini’s 1946 recording of Puccini’s La Bohème will […]
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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: Karajan (Decca), Beecham (EMI)

GIACOMO PUCCINI - La Bohème

    Soloists: Licia Albanese (soprano)
    Jan Peerce (tenor)
    Francesco Valentino (baritone)
    Anne McKnight (soprano)
    Nicola Moscona (bass)
    George Cehanovsky (baritone)
    Salvatore Baccaloni (bass)

  • Conductor: Toscanini, Arturo
  • Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Record Label: RCA - 60288 2
  • Medium: CD

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