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...
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS Double Concerto
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 - Minuets
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 1
BRAHMS Liebeslieder Waltzes
Live broadcast recordings, 1948
Total duration: 1hr 59:54
Mischa Mischakoff, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Arthur Balsam, piano
Joseph Kahn, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
BRAHMS Haydn Variations
BRAHMS Gesang der Parzen
Live broadcast recordings, 1948
Total duration: 1hr 59:10
Robert Shaw Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Recorded live in 1945
Total duration: 52:28
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
Recorded live in 1935
Duration 57:47
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
NB: The source material for this recording was badly damaged. Though this restoration aims to preserve as well as is currently possible the sound quality of this historic document, listeners may notice some unevenness at times, coupled with some mild degree of hiss. There are also some short sections of music missing from the recording.
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
SINIGAGLIA Overture to La Baruffe Chiozzote
ATTERBERG Symphony No. 6 'Dollar Symphony' in C, Op. 31
STRAVINSKY Petrushka, Parts I & IV
Broadcast recordings, 1940-47
Duration 72:13
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
LOEFFLER Memories of My Childhood (Life in a Russian Village)
CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2
GOULD Lincoln Legend
GERSHWIN Rhapsody In Blue
Live broadcast recording, 1942
Total duration: 54:03
Arturo Toscanini conductor
Earl Wild, piano
Benny Goodman, clarinet
NBC Symphony Orchestra