Arturo Toscanini (10CD)

ARTURO TOSCANINI (1867–1957)

(conductor)

CD 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)

1 Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (arr. Respighi) 11:43

rec. 22 November 1947

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550

2 I. Allegro molto 7:17

3 II. Andante 7:32

4 III. Minuetto: Allegro 3:51

5 IV. Finale: Allegro assai 4:00

rec. 25 December 1937

LUIGI CHERUBINI (1760–1842)

Symphony in D major

6 I. Lento 10:07

7 II. Larghetto cantabile 6:52

8 III. Scherzo: Allegro assai 4:36

9 IV. Finale: Allegro vivace 4:21

rec. 10 March 1952

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 60:24

CD 2

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93

1 I. Adagio vivace e con brio 8:56

2 II. Allegretto scherzando 3:33

3 III. Tempo di Menuetto 4:33

4 IV. Allegro vivace 7:02

rec. 25 November 1939

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61

5 I. Allegro ma non troppo 21:09

(Cadenza: Auer/Heifetz)

6 II. Larghetto 8:45

7 III. Rondo: Allegro 8:23

(Cadenza: Joachim/Heifetz)

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

rec. 11 March 1940

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 62:24

CD 3

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792–1868)

1 La Scala di Seta: Overture 6:00

rec. 5 March 1949

2 Il Barbiere de Siviglia: Overture 7:02

rec. 28 June 1945

3 La Cenerentola: Overture 7:30

rec. 8 June 1945

4 Guillaume Tell: Overture 11:40

rec. 1 March 1939

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)

5 La Traviata: Prelude to Act I 3:54

rec. 10 March 1941

6 La forza del destino: Overture 6:57

rec. 28 June 1945

7 Aida: Prelude to Act I 9:00

rec. 30 March 1940

8 Otello: Ballet Music (Ballabili) Act III 6:01

rec. 16 September 1948

Arturo Toscanini conducting

the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1–7) & the Orchestra della Teatro alla Scala di Milano (8)

Total Time: 58:07

CD 4

RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)

1 Eine Faust-Ouvertüre 10:48

rec. 11 November 1946

2 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I 7:53

rec. 17 March & 6 May 1941

3 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I 8:58

rec. 11 March 1946

4 Siegfried-Idyll 16:04

rec. 11 March 1946

5 Parsifal Prelude to Act I & Good Friday Music (Karfreitagszauber) Act III 24:10

rec. 9 April 1944

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 67:54

CD 5

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D 759 “Unfinished”

1 I. Allegro moderato 9:33

2 II. Andante con moto 11:28

rec. 12 March & 2 June 1950

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809–1847)

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”

3 I. Andante con moto 11:47

4 II. Vivace non troppo 4:04

5 III. Adagio 8:44

6 IV. Allegro vivacissimo 8:17

rec. 5 April 1941

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)

7 Hungarian Rhapsody for Orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor (orch. Liszt/Doppler) 10:10

rec. 4 April 1943

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time:

CD 6

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 “Rhenish”

1 I. Lebhaft 9:33

2 II. Scherzo: Sehr mäßig 5:31

3 III. Nicht schnell 4:33

4 IV. Feierlich 5:12

5 V. Lebhaft 5:41

rec. 12 November 1949

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)

Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90

6 I. Allegro con brio 11:30

7 II. Andante 7:43

8 III. Poco Allegretto 5:46

9 IV. Allgero con brio 8:01

rec. 8 February 1941

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)

10 Scherzo capriccioso, op. 66 12:32

rec. 20 April 1940

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 76:05

CD 7

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833–1887)

Symphony No. 2 in B minor

1 I. Allegro 7:31

2 II. Scherzo: Prestissimo. Allegretto. Tempo I 5:28

3 III. Andante 8:43

4 IV. Finale: Allegro 7:15

rec. 26 February 1938

SERGE PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classique”

5 I. Allegro 3 :39

6 II. Larghetto 3:35

7 III. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro) 1:28

8 IV. Finale: Molto vivace 4:14

rec. 10 November 1951

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882–1967)

9 Marosszék Dances 11:47

rec. 8 February 1941

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 53:44

CD 8

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)

1 Les Éolides 10:44

Symphonic Poem for Orchestra

rec. 12 November 1938

2 Psyché et Eros 8:26

Symphonic Poem for Orchestra

rec. 5 Januar 1952

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Images pour Orchestra II: Ibéria

3 I. Par les rues et par les chemins 6 :52

4 II. Les parfums de la nuit 7 :02

5 III. Le matin d'un jour de fête 4 :38

rec. 16 April 1936

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

6 Daphnis et Chloé : Suite No. 2 16 :46

rec. 26 November 1938

ALBERT ROUSSEL (1869–1937)

7 Le festin de l’araignée (The Feast of the Spider, Ballet Suite) 14:22

rec. 7 April 1946

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1, 2, 6, 7) & the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (3–5)

Total Time: 68:52

CD 9

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)

1 Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 41:25

Tone Poem for Orchestra

rec. 1 February 1941

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)

2 En Saga, op. 9 18:01

Tone Poem for Orchestra

rec. 15 March 1952

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Total Time: 59:27

MAESTRO FURIOSO VOL. 3

CD 10

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937)

1 Rhapsody in Blue 16:04

Benny Goodman (clarinet), Earl Wild (piano)

rec. 1 November 1942

2 An American in Paris 15:58

rec. 14 November 1943

FERDE GROFÉ (1892–1972)

Grand Canyon Suite

3 I. Sunrise 5:07

4 II. Painted Desert 6:11

5 III. On the Trail 7:18

6 IV. Sunset 4:31

7 V. Cloudburst 8:24

rec. 10 September 1945

SAMUEL BARBER (1910–1981)

8 Adagio for Strings, op. 11 7:11

rec. 19 March 1942

Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra

all recorded live at the Carnegie Hall NYC

Total Time: 70:46