Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) was an Italian conductor, one of the central figures in the history of orchestral and operatic performance. Born in Parma, he trained as a cellist and began his career in the theatre before an unexpected conducting debut in Rio de Janeiro in 1886 set him on a new path.
He became closely associated with La Scala, Milan, where he helped shape modern standards of operatic discipline, ensemble precision and fi...
WAGNER Tannhäuser: Prelude to Act III (Original version)
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Rhine Journey
WAGNER Die Meistersinger: Prelude, Act 1
Recorded live in 1946
Total duration: 53:19
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
CHERUBINI Overture to Anacréon
SMETANA The Moldau
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'
Recorded live in 1945
Total duration 53:24
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Recorded live in 1946
Total duration: 60:50
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
WAGNER A Faust Overture
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 1
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 3
WAGNER Tannhäuser - Overture
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
WAGNER Parsifal - Prelude
WAGNER-TOSCANINI Götterdämmerung - Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey
WAGNER Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries
WAGNER-TOSCANINI Parsifal - An Orchestral Synthesis
Live broadcast recordings, 1938 & 1940
Total duration: 2hr 27:22
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Fidelio Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:00
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:48
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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