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...
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
Gertrude Ribla, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frank Valentino, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
WAGNER Lohengrin - Tannhäuser - Die Walküre - Tristan und Isolde - Götterdämmerung excerpts
Live recording · 1941
Total duration: 2hr 9:44
Helen Traubel, soprano
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
DEBUSSY Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (excerpts)
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
DEBUSSY Images: 2. Ibèria
DEBUSSY La Damoiselle Élue
DEBUSSY La Mer
Recorded Sunday 19th April 1936
Total Duration: 1hr 50:43
Bidú Sayão, soprano
Rose Bampton, contralto
Women's Chorus of the Schola Cantorum
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
CHERUBINI Anacréon Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
FRANCK Les Eolides
SMETANA The Moldau
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude, Act 1
Recorded 1949
Total Duration: 1hr 38:16
La Scala Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Unbroadcast live performance, 1945
Total duration: 76:06
Norma Andreotti, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Lorenzo Alvary, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN - Symphonies 1 - 9
Live & studio recordings, 1948-53
Ann McKnight, soprano
Jane Hobson, contralto
Irwin Dillon, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini