Memorial Tribute to Toscanini

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Label: Guild - Historical

Cat No: GHCD236465

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 3rd May 2011

Artists

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Arturo Toscanini

Artists

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Arturo Toscanini

About

This double album is one of the most interesting releases of the great Arturo Toscanini.

The first CD is devoted to pre-Beethoven 18th-century and early 19th-century music by J S Bach, Vivaldi and Rossini - composers but rarely encountered in Toscanini's repertoire and discography, played by 'his' NBC Symphony Orchestra, performances that will come as a welcome surprise to many music-lovers and Toscanini admirers.

The second CD is even rarer: excerpts from fascinating rehearsals by the great man in outstanding examples from his core repertoire - Mozart (Overture to The Magic Flute), Beethoven (the Ninth Symphony) and Verdi (La Traviata). The rehearsal excerpts are introduced by Marcia Davenport (daughter of the great Alma Gluck, who sang with the maestro). All in all, this is a unique and immensely valuable release.

Contents:
CD 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major - BWV 1047
Bernard Baker (trumpet), John Wummer (flute), Robert Bloom (oboe), Mischa Misschakoff (violin)
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Johann Sebastian Bach / Respighi
- Passacaglia & Fuge in C minor for Organ - BWV 582
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Gioacchino Rossini
- Sonata a quattro (String Symphony) No.3 in C major
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

Antonio Vivaldi
- Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op.3 No.11 RV.565 (L’estro armonico)
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

CD 2
01. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
02. Rehearsal - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute - Overture (5 November 1947)
03. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
04. Rehearsal - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.9 - Finale (27 March 1952)
05. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
06. Rehearsal - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.9 - Finale (27 March 1952)
07. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
08. Rehearsal - Guiseppe Verdi: La Traviata - Act I & Act II (28 November 1946)
09. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
10. Rehearsal - Guiseppe Verdi: La Traviata - Act I & Act II (28 November 1946)
11. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
12. Rehearsal - Guiseppe Verdi: La Traviata - Act I & Act II (28 November 1946)
13. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
14. Rehearsal - Guiseppe Verdi: La Traviata - Act I & Act II (28 November 1946)
15. Commentary: Marcia Davenport
16. Rehearsal - Guiseppe Verdi: La Traviata - Act I & Act II (28 November 1946)
NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

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