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...
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:44
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Egmont
BEETHOVEN Septet for Woodwind, Horn & Strings
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:55
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:41
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:46
Ania Dorfmann, piano
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Kerstin Thorborg, alto
Jan Peerce, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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GRAENER Die Flöte von Sanssouci
BARBER Adagio for Strings - world première performance
BARBER Essay for Orchestra No. 1 - world première performance
DEBUSSY Ibéria
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Recorded live in 1938
Total duration: 88:25
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9 'Choral'**
Choral Fantasy*
Coriolan Overture
Creatures of Prometheus
Egmont
Fidelio Overture
Leonore Overture No. 1
Leonore Overture No. 2
Leonore Overture No. 3
Septet for Woodwind, Horn & Strings
String Quartet No. 16
Live broadcast recordings, 1939
*Ania Dorfmann, piano
**Jarmila Novotna, soprano
**Kerstin Thorborg, alto
**Jan Peerce, tenor
**Nicola Moscona, bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini