Performer: Arturo Toscanini
Title: Toscanini Plays Light Classics
Country: US
Released: 1963
Style: Romantic
Rating: 4.2
Votes: 419
Other formats: AA AAC AIFF MP4 VOC MMF FLAC
Conductor – Arturo Toscanini. Liner Notes – Vincent Sheean. Orchestra – NBC Symphony Orchestra. Matrix, Runout (Side 1): N2 RP-5501. Matrix, Runout (Side 2): N2 RP-5502. Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra - Toscanini Conducts Light Classics (CD).
Arturo Toscanini -VERDI - La Traviata-Act II, Scene II - Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese, Robert Merrill, George Cehanovksy, Arthur Newman,Paul Dennis The NBC Symphony Orchestra 19:47. Ottorino Respighi - Pini di Roma, Пинии Рима (1924) - 4. The Pines of the Appian Way, Пинии Аппиевой дороги - NBC Symphony Orchestra, con. Arturo Toscanini 05:02. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini - The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 01:32. 71a: VIII. Waltz of the Flowers 06:17.
Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381: II. Andante. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Sharrow, Mischa Mischakov, Frank Miller, Paolo Renzi, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Fran. Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 84, IJH 381: III. Allegro con spirito.
Maestro Arturo Toscanini, a friend of Pablo Casals. NBC Symphony Orchestra - Isoldes Liebestod (1942) on HMV 102 - Improved Version. Toscanini conducts Smetana Ma Vlast: No. 2. Vltava (Moldau). Heifetz plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - Second Movement. Heifetz plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - Third Movement.
He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and this led to his becoming a household name through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire. He was one of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and of the 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the New York Philharmonic.
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini Lohengrin, Act III: Vorspiel. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: VII. Reed-Flutes. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini Feste Romane: II.
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) especially for conductor Arturo Toscanini. The NBC Symphony performed weekly radio concert broadcasts with Toscanini and other conductors and served as house orchestra for the network, beginning November 13, 1937 and continuing until 1954.
NBC Symphony Orchestra.
A1 | Carmen Suite No. 1Composed By – Bizet* |
12:30 |
A2 | La Gioconda: Dance Of The HoursComposed By – Ponchielli* |
9:35 |
B1 | The Sorcerer's ApprenticeComposed By – Dukas* |
10:05 |
B2 | The MoldauComposed By – Smetana* |
11:03 |
C1 | Danse Macabre (Dance Of Death)Composed By – Saint-Saëns* |
7:26 |
C2 | William Tell: OvertureComposed By – Rossini* |
11:56 |
Hungarian DancesComposed By – Brahms*Transcription By – Dvořák* |
(8:54) | |
D1.1 | No. 1 In G Minor | |
D1.2 | No. 17 In F-Sharp Minor | |
D1.3 | No. 20 In E Minor | |
D1.4 | No. 21 In E Minor | |
D2 | Blue Danube WaltzComposed By – Johann Strauss Jr. |
8:27 |
D3 | Stars And Stripes ForeverComposed By – Sousa* |
3:12 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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VCM-7001 | Arturo Toscanini And The NBC Symphony Orchestra | Arturo Toscanini And The NBC Symphony Orchestra - Toscanini Plays Light Classics (2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat) | RCA Victor | VCM-7001 | US | 1963 |
LM 7001/1-2-C | Arturo Toscanini And The NBC Symphony Orchestra | Arturo Toscanini And The NBC Symphony Orchestra - Toscanini Plays Light Classics (2xLP, Comp, Gat) | RCA Red Seal | LM 7001/1-2-C | Germany | 1963 |