Arturo Toscanini Conducts (1929-1952) | Guild - Historical GHCD238485

Arturo Toscanini Conducts (1929-1952)

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Label: Guild - Historical

Cat No: GHCD238485

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 30th January 2012

Contents

Artists

Nathan Milstein (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
La Scala Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York

Conductor

Arturo Toscanini

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Elgar, Edward

Enigma Variations, op.36

Mendelssohn, Felix

Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 (fragment)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Rossini, Gioachino

La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
» Overture

Schubert, Franz

Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Wagner, Richard

Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3)

Artists

Nathan Milstein (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
La Scala Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York

Conductor

Arturo Toscanini

About

This is a wholly exceptional release in the Toscanini recorded legacy, for it contains no fewer than eight performances recorded at various times from 1929 to 1952 in New York, Philadelphia, London, Vienna and La Scala, Milan, with none of the performances being given with 'his' own orchestra, the NBC Symphony.

We have rare recordings of the Maestro conducting two British orchestras, the BBC Symphony in Elgar and the Philharmonia Orchestra in Brahms (plus the British national anthem!), alongside the rare Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Schubert's Great C major Symphony, the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York in Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic in Wagner and the La Scala Orchestra in Rossini - all in all, a wonderful collection of exceptional performances from almost a quarter of a century in the great Maestro's career.

In addition, there is a bonus track of a fragment of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto from 1936 with the 22-year-old Nathan Milstein as soloist (only the first movement is missing).

Rarissima indeed!

Contents:
CD 1
Franz Schubert
- Symphony No.9 in C major, D.944
Philadelphia Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini
 
Edward Elgar
- Enigma Variations Op.36
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

CD 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.35 'Haffner' in D major, K.385
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Arturo Toscanini

Gioacchino Rossini
- Overture 'La gazza ladra' (The Thieving Magpie)
La Scala Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Richard Wagner
- Funeral Music
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini
 
- British National Anthem
Philharmonia Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Johannes Brahms
- Variations on a theme of Haydn Op.56a (St Anthony)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Bonus:
Felix Mendelssohn
- Violin Concerto (only surviving fragment)
Nathan Milstein (violin), Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Arturo Toscanini

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