Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (1904-1984) was an American tenor, one of the leading American singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was closely associated with the Metropolitan Opera and with Arturo Toscanini.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi, Beethoven and operetta, including Toscanini’s NBC performances and Reiner’s Die Fledermaus highlights.
Peerce’s singing combined lyric brightness, firmness and superb discipline, qual...
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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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
VERDI La Traviata
Broadcast live from New York, 1946
Total duration: 1hr 43:18
Jan Peerce
Robert Merrill
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 17th January 1954 (Act 1)
and 24th January 1954 (Acts II and III)
Total duration: 121:55
Robert Shaw Chorale & Soloists
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
