(10-CD Set) ARTURO TOSCANINI

Παρουσίαση

ARTURO TOSCANINI (1867-1957)
(conductor)

Περιεχόμενα

[CD1]
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (arr. Respighi) [rec. 22 November 1947]
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
2-5. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550 [rec. 25 December 1937]
LUIGI CHERUBINI
6-9. Symphony in D major [rec. 10 March 1952]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD2]
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
1-4. Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
[rec. 25 November 1939]
5-7. Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza: Auer/Heifetz)
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro (Cadenza: Joachim/Heifetz) Jascha Heifetz (violin)
[rec. 11 March 1940]

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD3]
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
1. La Scala di Seta: Overture [rec. 5 March 1949]
2. Il Barbiere de Siviglia: Overture [rec. 28 June 1945]
3. La Cenerentola: Overture [rec. 8 June 1945]
4. Guillaume Tell: Overture [rec. 1 March 1939]
GIUSEPPE VERDI
5. La Traviata: Prelude to Act I [rec. 10 March 1941]
6. La forza del destino: Overture [rec. 28 June 1945]
7. Aida: Prelude to Act I [rec. 30 March 1940]
8. Otello: Ballet Music (Ballabili) Act III [rec. 16 September 1948]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1-7) & the Orchestra della Teatro alla Scala di Milano (8)

[CD4]
RICHARD WAGNER
1. Eine Faust-Ouverture [rec. 11 November 1946]
2. Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I [rec. 17 March & 6 May 1941]
3. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude to Act I [rec. 11 March 1946]
4. Siegfried-Idyll [rec. 11 March 1946]
5. Parsifal Prelude to Act I & Good Friday Music (Karfreitagszauber) Act III [rec. 9 April 1944]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD5]
FRANZ SCHUBERT
1-2. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D 759 "Unfinished" [rec. 12 March & 2 June 1950]
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
3-6. Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish" [rec. 5 April 1941]

FRANZ LISZT
7. Hungarian Rhapsody for Orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor (orch. Liszt/Doppler) [rec. 4 April 1943]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD6]
ROBERT SCHUMANN
1-5. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 "Rhenish" [rec. 12 November 1949]
JOHANNES BRAHMS
6-9. Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 [rec. 8 February 1941]
ANTONIN DVORAK
10. Scherzo capriccioso, op. 66 [rec. 20 April 1940]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD7]
ALEXANDER BORODIN
1-4. Symphony No. 2 in B minor [rec. 26 February 1938]
SERGE PROKOFIEV
5-8. Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 "Classique" [rec. 10 November 1951]
ZOLTAN KODALY
9. Marosszek Dances [rec. 8 February 1941]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD8]
CESAR FRANCK
1 Les Eolides - Symphonic Poem for Orchestra [rec. 12 November 1938]
2. Psyche et Eros - Symphonic Poem for Orchestra [rec. 5 Januar 1952]
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
3-5. Images pour Orchestra II: Iberia [rec. 16 April 1936]
MAURICE RAVEL
6. Daphnis et Chloe : Suite No. 2 [rec. 26 November 1938]
ALBERT ROUSSEL
7. Le festin de l'araignee (The Feast of the Spider, Ballet Suite) [rec. 7 April 1946]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1, 2, 6, 7) & the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (3-5)

[CD9]
RICHARD STRAUSS
1. Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 - Tone Poem for Orchestra [rec. 1 February 1941]
JEAN SIBELIUS
2. En Saga, op. 9 - Tone Poem for Orchestra [rec. 15 March 1952]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

[CD10]
GEORGE GERSHWIN
1. Rhapsody in Blue [Benny Goodman (clarinet), Earl Wild (piano) rec. 1 November 1942]
2. An American in Paris [rec. 14 November 1943]
FERDE GROFE
3-7. Grand Canyon Suite [rec. 10 September 1945]
SAMUEL BARBER
8. Adagio for Strings, op. 11 [rec. 19 March 1942]
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, all recorded live at the Carnegie Hall NYC