Arturo Toscanini !

[thierry h]

Un magazine fort célèbre propose en cadeau bonux un formidable CD : Symphonie n°9 de Dvorak, symphonie n°4 de Mendelssohn, Ouverture d'Obéron de Weber et les Murmures de la forêt de Wagner ( je cueille parfois des mûres en forêt mais jamais des murmures... bizarre ! ) par le NBC et Toscanini ! C'est du connu pour les amateurs et spécialistes mais je ne saurais trop conseiller l'achat de ce CD ( la lecture du magazine peut se faire éventuellement ) pour ceux qui voudraient découvrir le grand chef !

On ne va pas ouvrir une discussion juste pour faire de la pub...
Aussi, je propose aux admirateurs du grand Arturo d'en profiter et de nous faire partager leur enthousiasme avec des interprétations célèbres mais aussi de derrière les fagots ! Et puis Arturo a peut être raté des trucs... Evidemment les farouches détracteurs peuvent venir discuter ... mais pas trop fort !!!...

Attention ! N'oubliez pas de répondre au sondage !

[mah70]

Raté des trucs? Ça se saurait....

[co2monamour]

Raté des trucs? Ça se saurait....

Evidemment, écrire qu'A. Toscanini a raté des trucs serait grave débilos. Sauf que... contrairement à mah, dont j'ai cru comprendre que l'enfance a baigné dans les interprétations du Maestrissimo, je ne me suis jamais fait à la sonorité, disons assez particulière, de ses exécutions avec l'orchestre de la NBC, tout en excluant un assez gros paquet d'entre elles de ce jugement. Liste pas du tout exhaustive desdites exclusions :
- l'ouverture d'Iphigénie en Aulide et 2ème acte d'Orphée de Gluck,
- tous les enregistrements de Mendelssohn,
- Mort et transfiguration,
- 1ère de Brahms dans l'enregistrement de 1941,
- 2ème symphonie de Schumann,
- Symphonie "Eroica" et ouverture de Leonore 3 de 1939...

De fait, le Toscanini que je préfère est le plus souvent celui... qui ne dirige pas l'orchestre de la NBC (au passage, cet orchestre sonne beaucoup moins "agressif" avec d'autres chefs comme D. Mitropoulos, B. Walter ou même C. Munch). Je place ainsi au sommet tout ce qu'il nous a laissé avec les orchestres philharmonique de New York, de la BBC, de Philadelphie et les Brahms avec le Philharmonia.

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

[thierry h]

Pour ceux qui aiment Toscanini et les piafs !

[hideux67]

Evidemment, écrire qu'A. Toscanini a raté des trucs serait grave débilos. Sauf que... contrairement à mah, dont j'ai cru comprendre que l'enfance a baigné dans les interprétations du Maestrissimo, je ne me suis jamais fait à la sonorité, disons assez particulière, de ses exécutions avec l'orchestre de la NBC, tout en excluant un assez gros paquet d'entre elles de ce jugement. Liste pas du tout exhaustive desdites exclusions :
- l'ouverture d'Iphigénie en Aulide et 2ème acte d'Orphée de Gluck,
- tous les enregistrements de Mendelssohn,
- Mort et transfiguration,
- 1ère de Brahms dans l'enregistrement de 1941,
- 2ème symphonie de Schumann,
- Symphonie "Eroica" et ouverture de Leonore 3 de 1939...

De fait, le Toscanini que je préfère est le plus souvent celui... qui ne dirige pas l'orchestre de la NBC (au passage, cet orchestre sonne beaucoup moins "agressif" avec d'autres chefs comme D. Mitropoulos, B. Walter ou même C. Munch). Je place ainsi au sommet tout ce qu'il nous a laissé avec les orchestres philharmonique de New York, de la BBC, de Philadelphie et les Brahms avec le Philharmonia.

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

Je retirerais de la liste de Co2 la 1ère de Brahms de 1941 qui est sa meilleure version enregistrée de l'oeuvre, du moins avec le NBC, bien que ce type d'interprétation ne puisse pas plaire à beaucoup de monde.

Pour le reste, concernant le son Toscanini/NBC, il semblerait que selon certains collectionneurs anglophones et francophones, les premières éditions des enregistrements RCA (publiées du vivant de Toscanini) sont plus fidèles au "Toscanini sound" que les rééditions qui leur ont succédé (en 33T et cd : son de plus en plus agressif et ce jusqu'à la fameuse intégrale de ses enregistrements de la Toscanini Collection chez RCA, puis revirement à 180° dans les rééditions ultérieures du type "Immortal" : un son plus "aimable", "faked stereo" selon certains spécialistes).

Concernant les spécialistes du repiquage sévissant chez M&A, Pristine et Naxos, il y a unanimité pour dire que les différents remasterings réalisés au cours des décennies par les gens de RCA sont tout de même forts médiocres (et peu fidèles) par rapport au potentiel des "bandes mères" .

Si vous écoutez les enregistrements stéréos (Rossini, Tchaikovsky et Wagner) laissés par Toscanini en 1954 (ces deux derniers concerts radiophoniques) et publiés par M&A, Arkadia, Original et autres, il n'y a rien de ce côté agressif que l'on retrouve dans les enregistrements RCA, on y retrouve un sonorité "lumineuse" qui me fait penser en "écoute aveugle" à la sonorité d'Abbado aujourd'hui.

Il est à noter que ces enregistrements stéréo de 1954 se caractérisent par des défaillances inhabituelles du Maestro imputées à son grand âge pour certains, au stress, à l'abattement, à l'inquiétude pour l'avenir de ses musiciens pour d'autres, vu que Toscanini savait depuis 1953 (au moins) que l'orchestre serait dissous à la fin de la saison 1953/1954, bien avant qu'il ait son fameux trou de mémoire du 4 avril 1954 et l'annonce de son retrait.

Les enregistrements à Philadelphie sont tout de même assez médiocres d'un point de vue sonore, bandes ou enregistrements assez "loupés"

[co2monamour]

Bonsoir hideux67, je me suis mal fait comprendre : la liste pas du tout exhaustive que j'ai faite est celle des exceptions à la règle : Toscanini-NBC, c'est trop agressif pour que je n'écoute que ça. Autrement dit, nous sommes d'accord, la 1ère de Brahms de 1941 est son meilleur enregistrement de l'oeuvre, même si je place le concert avec le Philharmonia sensiblement au même niveau. De même, les autres enregistrements cités, entre beaucoup d'autres, sont parmi les plus belles versions qu'on puisse souhaiter.

A l'inverse, les symphonies de Brahms d'après-guerre ou la "Surprise" de Haydn chez RCA par exemple, c'est un peu trop "astringent" pour mes vieilles oreilles de furtwänglerien.

Quant à la qualité des éditions et rééditions successives par rapport à celle des bandes mères, je ne me prononce pas. Cependant, je ne peux pas ne pas remarquer qu'à la même époque et dans ce même studio 8H ou ce même Carnegie Hall, le NBC sous la direction de B. Walter ou de D. Mitropoulos ne sonne pas du tout aussi agressivement qu'avec A. Toscanini.

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

[thierry h]

Concernant les spécialistes du repiquage sévissant chez M&A, Pristine et Naxos, il y a unanimité pour dire que les différents remasterings réalisés au cours des décennies par les gens de RCA sont tout de même forts médiocres (et peu fidèles) par rapport au potentiel des "bandes mères" .

Voila le genre de truc qui me colle un bourdon terrible ! ( il semblerait qu'on puisse dire la même chose des rééditions successives d'Ancerl chez Supraphon... )
Effectivement les enregistrements à Philadelphie sont... comment dire... ingrats !

[hideux67]

Quant à la qualité des éditions et rééditions successives par rapport à celle des bandes mères, je ne me prononce pas. Cependant, je ne peux pas ne pas remarquer qu'à la même époque et dans ce même studio 8H ou ce même Carnegie Hall, le NBC sous la direction de B. Walter ou de D. Mitropoulos ne sonne pas du tout aussi agressivement qu'avec A. Toscanini.

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

Tout à fait d'accord avec vous, mais les enregistrements cités ne sont pas édités par RCA mais par des labels qui lorsqu'ils publient des enregistrements de Toscanini (à partir de sources sonores "écoutables") ne les rendent pas aussi astringents, agressifs, papier de verre etc.....

Parfois je me demande si RCA avait décidé durant des décennies que la philosophie sonore d'un enregistrement Toscanini = punch + sécheresse + agressivité+... alors que les bandes mères sont plus "agréables"

[hideux67]

Voila le genre de truc qui me colle un bourdon terrible ! ( il semblerait qu'on puisse dire la même chose des rééditions successives d'Ancerl chez Supraphon... )
Effectivement les enregistrements à Philadelphie sont... comment dire... ingrats !

Ancerl , au hasard : sa 2e de Brahms, Oedipe Rex sonnent mieux en 33T qu'en cd.

idem pour Talich : 8e et 9e symphonies de Dvorak

Par contre les DG des années 70 ou tous les CBS sonnent nettement mieux en cd

[co2monamour]

Hideux67 a dit :
"Tout à fait d'accord avec vous, mais les enregistrements cités ne sont pas édités par RCA mais par des labels qui lorsqu'ils publient des enregistrements de Toscanini (à partir de sources sonores "écoutables") ne les rendent pas aussi astringents, agressifs, papier de verre etc.....

Parfois je me demande si RCA avait décidé durant des décennies que la philosophie sonore d'un enregistrement Toscanini = punch + sécheresse + agressivité+... alors que les bandes mères sont plus "agréables "

Mouais, certes, certes, mais j'ai un contre exemple, à savoir un disque RCA de la 2ème symphonie de Sibelius par l'orchestre de la NBC sous la direction de L. Stokowsky. Je ne sais pas s'il a été réédité en CD, mais je peux vous certifier que sur ce disque, qui date exactement du mandat d'Arturo, l'orchestre de la NBC est méconnaissable : sonorités "grasses" (au sens mélioratif du terme, façon piano d'E. Guillels, si vous voyez ce que je veux dire), basses nourries, violons chaleureux, cuivres veloutés,... bref, stokowskyen, quoi.
Et ça m'étonnerait beaucoup que la prise de son de ce disque ait été assurée par des personnels différents de ceux qui s'occupaient de celles d'Arturo. Il est vrai, cependant, que Stokowsky avait la réputation d'être très attentif à la qualité des prises de son, mais quand même...

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

[thierry h]

Une petite 5ème pour bien finir la journée !

[hideux67]

Parfois je me demande si RCA avait décidé durant des décennies que la philosophie sonore d'un enregistrement Toscanini = punch + sécheresse + agressivité+... alors que les bandes mères sont plus "agréables "

Mouais, certes, certes, mais j'ai un contre exemple, à savoir un disque RCA de la 2ème symphonie de Sibelius par l'orchestre de la NBC sous la direction de L. Stokowsky. Je ne sais pas s'il a été réédité en CD, mais je peux vous certifier que sur ce disque, qui date exactement du mandat d'Arturo, l'orchestre de la NBC est méconnaissable : sonorités "grasses" (au sens mélioratif du terme, façon piano d'E. Guillels, si vous voyez ce que je veux dire), basses nourries, violons chaleureux, cuivres veloutés,... bref, stokowskyen, quoi.
Et ça m'étonnerait beaucoup que la prise de son de ce disque ait été assurée par des personnels différents de ceux qui s'occupaient de celles d'Arturo. Il est vrai, cependant, que Stokowsky avait la réputation d'être très attentif à la qualité des prises de son, mais quand même...

Musicalement,
l'obsédé-des-incunables

Nous sommes donc d'accord. De leur vivant Toscanini et Stokowski étaient attentifs à ce qu'ils entendaient de leurs enregistrements sur disque.

Si l'on fait la synthèse de ce qui se lit sur le web:

1) Le "Toscanini sound" en concert est reconnu comme remarquable par de nombreux témoins y compris avec son orchestre de la NBC. Bref, il sait faire sonner un orchestre. Hors les rééditions des disques RCA nous laisse une image sonore style "papier de verre". D'où la question pourquoi cela ne colle-t-il pas la prise de son ou son transfert vers le disque et ce que l'auditeur entend en concert ?

2) Les prises de son des "bandes mères" de Toscanini sont nettement plus agréables et plus fidèles que ce que l'on entend au disque et sont donc plus fidèles à ce que les auditeurs entendaient dans la salle (même avec le NBC). Les disques (78 T) édités du vivant de Toscanini étaient beaucoup plus "agréables" à écouter. Mais ce sont les rééditions et les nouveaux "remasterings", après le décès de Toscanini qui ont imposé cette image "astringente", alors que les enregistrements stéréos (d'origine radiophonique) de 1954 du Maestro sont "lumineux" bien loin de ces disques où le son est sec et agressif. C'est plutôt le transfert (bande-mère vers disque) qui est déficient plutôt que la prise de son en elle-même. Tiens le Stokowski semble justement dater de 1954.

Pourquoi Toscanini enregistré par Walter Legge (les Brahms avec le Philharmonia) a plus de "sex appeal" que ce que l'on entend chez RCA ?

[sud273]

reste nombre de concerts radios, dans un son de toute façon médiocre, à écouter, avec autre chose que les éternels fonds de tiroir du répertoire italo-germanique...

[hideux67]

Voici une chronologie des concerts et enregistrements d'AT et le NBC SO :

Arturo Toscanini
The NBC Symphony Orchestra Chronology


December 25 1937
Vivaldi: Concerto Op.3 No. 11
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

January 1, 1938
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Beethoven: Quartet No. 16 in F, op. 135 - Lento & Scherzo
Strauss: Death And Transfiguration

January 8, 1938
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Debussy: La Mer

January 15, 1938
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Busoni: Rondo Arlecchinesco
With Jan Peerce
Tommasini: Carnival Of Venice

January 22, 1938
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Brahms: Serenade No. 2
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude Act 1

January 29. 1938
Rossini: Scala Di Seta Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

February 5 1938
Scarlatti-Tommasini: Good Humored Ladies Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Rossini: Semiramide Overture

February 6 , 1938 (Benefit Italian Welfare League)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
With Bovy, Thorborg, Peerce, Pinza,
Schola Cantorum

February 12. 1938
Weber: Euryanthe Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice

February 19. 1938
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No. 12
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Roussel: Spider's Feast
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Martucci: Danza (Tarantella)

February 26. 1938
Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Smetana: Moldau

March 4. 1938 (Shortwave Broadcast)
Verdi: Requiem
With Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Charles Kullman. Nicola
Moscona
Schola Cantorum

March 5. 1938
All Wagner
A Faust Overture
Lohengrin - Preludes To Acts I And III
Tannhauser Overture
Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Parsifal: Prelude To Act I
Rhine Journey
Ride Of Valkyries

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)
March 7, 1938
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
March 8, 1938
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Beethoven: Quartet No. 16 - Lento & Vivace
Broadcasts Resumed

October 15 1938
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Brahms: Symphony No . 3
Martucci: Notturno & Noveletta
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture

October 22, 1938
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Strauss: Don Quixote
With Feuermann, Carlton Cooley
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Oct 29 1938
Bach: Brandenburug Concerto No. 2
Haydn: Symphony No. 31 "Horn Call"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

November 5 1938
Graener: Flute Of San Souci
Barber: Adagio & Essay For Orchestra
Debussy: Iberia
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

November 12. 1938
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Wagner: Parsifal. Good Friday Spell
Franck: Les Eolides
Meyerbeer: Dinorah Overture
With Chorus Of Metropolitan Opera

November 19 1938
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No . 5
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude Act 3
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet - Love Music
Rossini: William Tell - Passo A Sei & Dance Of The Soldiers

November 26, 1938
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Martucci: Symphony No. 1
Liszt: Orpheus
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe No. 2

December 3, 1938
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral Music
Wagner: Rienzi Overture

Touring Dates

December 13. 1938 (Newark. New Jersey, Not Broadcast)
Weber: Oberon Overture
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

December 27. 1938 (Baltimore. Maryland, Not Broadcast)
Weber: Oberon Overture
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude To Act I

January 7, 1939
Mozart: Symphony No. 35
Brahms: Variations On A Handel Theme (Orchestrated by Rubbra)
Loeffler: Memories Of My Childhood
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

Tour Date

January 10, 1939 (Boston. Not Broadcast)
Scarlatti: Good Humored Ladies Suite
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No . 3
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Siegfried Funeral Music

Broadcasts
Jan 14 1939
Bazzini: Saul Overture
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Cesar Franck: Psyche - Slumber & Eros
Richard Strauss: Salome's Dance

Jan 21 1939
Berlioz: Harold In Italy
With Primrose
Catalani: Wally - Prelude To Act IV
Catalani: Lorelei - Dance
Ravel: Bolero

January 28, 1939
Gluck: Iphigenia In Aulis Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
DeFalla: El Amor Brujo
With Burzio
Rossini: William Tell Overture

January 31, 1939 (Chicago, Not Broadcast)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

February 1, 1939 (Pittsburgh, Not Broadcast)
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1
Broadcast

February 4, 1939
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Tour Date

February 7, 1939 (Providence, Not Broadcast)
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

Broadcasts

February 11, 1939
All Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Liebeslieder Waltzes
With Leinsdorf, Kahn - Voices Under Preston
Academic Festival Overture

February 18, 1939
All Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Swan Of Tuonela
En Saga
Finlandia

February 25, 1939
All Wagner
Flying Dutchman Overture
Tannhauser - Prelude To Act 3
Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Rhine Journey
Ride Of Valkyries

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)

February 27, 1938
March 7, 1939
Mozart: Symphony No. 40

February 27, 1939
March 1, 1939
March 29, 1939
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

March 1, 1939
March 29, 1939
Rossini: William Tell Overture

Tour Date
March 14, 1939 (Washington, DC Not Broadcast)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Wagner: Rhine Journey
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)

April 17, 1939
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (Arr. Toscanini)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

Broadcasts Resumed

October 14, 1939
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Strauss: Don Juan
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante,Op.84
With Mischa Mischakoff, Frank Miller, Bloom, Polisi
Bach-Respighi: Passacaglia & Fugue

October 21, 1939
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Brahms: Double Concerto
With Mischa Mischakoff, Frank Miller
Strong: Die Nacht
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

October 28, 1939
All Beethoven
Fidelio Overture
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 3

November 4, 1939
All Beethoven
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 4
Leonore Overture No. 3

November 11, 1939
All Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 5

November 18, 1939
All Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Septet
Symphony No. 7

November 25,1939
All Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 1
Prometheus - Adagio & Allegretto
Symphony No. 8
Quartet No. 16 Lento & Vivace
Leonore Overture No. 2

December 2, 1939
All Beethoven -
Choral Fantasy
With Dorfman, Westminster Choir
Symphony No. 9
With Novotna, Thorborg, Peerce, Moscona,
Westminster Choir

December 29, 1939 (Charity Concert For Chatham Square Music School)
Special orchestra with Heifetz, Milstein, Busch,
Primrose, Feuermann, Wallenstein And Others
Mozart: A Musical Joke
Gillet: Loin De Bal

Tour Date

February 21, 1940 (Newark, New Jersey - Not Broadcast)
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
Rossini: William Tell - Two Dances
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (Arr. Toscanini)

Recording Session (Studio 8-H)
March 11, 1940
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
With Heifetz

Broadcasts
March 16, 1940
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Roy Harris: Symphony No. 3
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (Arr. Toscanini)
Rossini: William Tell Overture

March 23, 1940
Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude To Act 1
Good Friday Spell
Introduction To Act 3
Klingsor's Magic Garden
Finale

March 30, 1940
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Taming Of The Shrew Overture
Martucci: Symphony No. 2
Verdi: Aida Overture
Respighi: Roman Festivals

April 6, 1940
All Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
Nutcracker Suite
Romeo & Juliet Overture

April 13, 1940
All Debussy
March Ecossaise
Danse
Damoiselle Elue
With Novotna
Nuages & Fetes
Iberia
La Mer

April 20, 1940
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

April 27, 1940
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Franck: Les Eolides
Ravel: La Valse

May 6, 1940
All Brahms
Serenade - Allegro Molto
Piano Concerto No. 2
With Horowitz
Symphony No. 1

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

May 9. 1940
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Broadcast (From Washington, D.C.)

May 14, 1940
Star Spangled Banner
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Barber: Adagio For Strings
Fernandez: Reisado Do Pastorsio, Batuque
Strauss: Don Juan
Ravel: La Valse

The South American Tour
(Most Of These Were Probably Not Broadcast.)

June 13, 1940 (Rio De Janeiro)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Mignone: Congada
Smetana: Moldau
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude And Good Friday Spell
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

June 14, 1940 (Rio De Janeiro)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Ravel: La Valse
Gomez: Il Guarany Overture

June 15, 1940 (Sao Paulo)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Mignone: Congada
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
Strauss: Death & Transfiguration
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (Arr. Toscanini)

June 19, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. L
Franck: Les Eolides
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell .
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

June 20, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Debussy: La Mer

June 22, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Aquirre: Two Dances
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

June 23, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture

June 25, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Debussy: Iberia
Wagner: Lohengrin - Preludes To Act 1&3
Strauss: Death & Transfiguration

June 27, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Weber: Oberon Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Barber: Adagio For Strings
Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture
Ravel: La Valse

June 29, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 7
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries

July 1, 1940 (Buenos Aires)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne& Scherzo
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

July 3, 1940 (Montevideo)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Nocturne & Scherzo
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Paganini: Moto Perpetuo
Smetana: Moldau
Debussy: La Mer

July 4, 1940 (Montevideo)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome .
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

July 8. 1940 (Sao Paulo)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Fernandez: Batuque
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Rossini: William Tell - Two Dances
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture
Gomez: Il Guarany Overture

July 9, 1940 (Rio De Janeiro)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Fernandez: Batuque
Respighi: Fountain Of Rome
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Debussy: La Mer

July 10, 1940 (Rio De Janeiro, Part Of This Program Was Broadcast
Shortwave.)
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Nocturne & Scherzo
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

Broadcasts

November 23, 1940
Verdi: Te Deum
Verdi: Requiem
With Milanov, Castagna, Bjoerling, Moscona, Westminster Choir

December 7, 1940
All Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Pohjola's Daughter
Swan Of Tuonela
Lemminkainen's Homecoming
Finlandia

December 14, 1940
Franck: Symphony In D Minor
Vieuxtemps: Ballade and Polonaise
Franchetti: Cristoforo Colombo: Nocturne (William Horne, tenor)
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

December 21, 1940
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Glinka: Kamarinskaya
Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Tableaux 1 & 4
Rubinstein:Valse Caprice

December 28, 1940
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
With Milanov, Castagna, Bjoerling, Kipnis, Westminster Choir

February 1, 1941
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

February 8, 1941
Gluck: Iphigenia In Aulis Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Liszt: Cradle To The Grave
Kodaly: Marosszek Dances
Martucci: Danza,Tarantella

February 15, 1941
L. Mozart: Toy Symphony
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K.364
With Mishakoff, Carlton Cooley
Schubert: Gastein Symphony (Arr. By Joachim)
J. Strauss: Voices Of Spring
J. Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

February 22, 1941
All Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 1
Tristan - Prelude To Act 1
Tannhauser - Dich, Teure Halle
With Helen Traubel
Walkure - Act1,Scene iii
With Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior
Gotterdammerung - Daybreak, Duet,& Rhine Journey
With Traubel, Melchior
Gotterdammerung - Siegfried's Funeral Music
Gotterdammerung - Immolation Scene
With Traubel

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

February 24, 1941
Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Immolation Scene
With Traubel
Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Siegfried's Funeral Music
Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 1

March 10, 1941
Verdi: Traviata, Preludes To Acts 1 &3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

March 17, 1941
Wagner: Gotterdamerung. Dawn And Siegfried's Rhine Journey

Broadcasts
March 29, 1941
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Martucci: Canzoni Dei Ricordi
With Bruna Castagna
Tommasini: Carnival Of Venice

April 5, 1941
Rossini: Signor Bruschino Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scotch"
Berlioz: Le Francs Juges Overture
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet, Love Scene & Queen Mab Scherzo
Berlioz: Rakoczy March

April 12, 1941
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Sinigaglia: Piedmont Suite, Over Fields And Woods & Rustic Dance
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture

April 19, 1941
All Tchaikovsky
Voyoveda Overture
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
Piano Concerto No. 1
With Horowitz

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

May 6, 1941
Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Arr. Toscanini)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
With Horowitz
(Also In Session Of May 14,1941)
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude To Act 1
(Also In Sessions Of February 24.1941)

May 14. 1941
Wagner: Dawn And Siegfried's Rhine Journey .
Berlioz: Rakoczy March (Rejected)

Broadcast

December 6, 1941
Beethoven: Septet
Wagner: Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
Star Spangled Banner

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

December 11,1941
Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz

Broadcasts

December 13, 1941
Barber: Adagio For Strings
Smetana: Moldau
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

January 24, 1942
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Barber: Essay For Orchestra
Verdi: Vespri Siciliani Overture

March 14, 1942
Star Spangled Banner
Thomas: Mignon Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Copland: El Salon Mexico
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
March 19, 1942
Barber: Adagio For Strings
Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
Thomas: Mignon Overture
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Star Spangled Banner
(Two Versions Recorded - One Released On LM- 7032)

Broadcasts

April 4, 1942
Bach: Air From Orchestral Suite No. 3
Haydn: Symphony No. 101
Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Star Spangled Banner

July 19, 1942
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Star Spangled Banner

November 1,1942
Loeffler: Memories Of My Childhood
Creston: Choric Dance No. 2
Gould: Lincoln Legend
Gershwin:Rhapsody In Blue
With Benny Goodman, Earl Wild

November 8, 1942
Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino Overture
Kabalevsky: Symphony No. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

December 20, 1942
All Brahms
Haydn Variations
Symphony No. 3

December 27, 1942
All Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes
With Luboschutz, Nemenoff,
Voices Under Preston
Serenade No. 2
Hungarian Dance No. 1

January 3, 1943
All Brahms
Tragic Overture
Symphony No. 2

January 10, 1943
All Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Academic Festival Overture
Hungarian Dance No. 1

January 17, 1943
All Brahms
Serenade No. 1 - Allegro Molto
Symphony No. 1

January 24, 1943
Brahms: A German Requiem
With Della Chiesa, Janssen, Westminster Choir

January 31, 1943
All Verdi
La Forza Del Destino Overture
Nabucco - Va Pensiero
With Westminster Choir, Williamson
I Lombardi - Trio
With Della Chiesa, Peerce, Moscona
Traviata - Prelude To Act 3
Otello - Dances
Hymn Of The Nations
With Peerce, Westminster Choir, Williamson

February 7, 1943
Gilbert: Comedy Overture On Negro Themes
Kennan: Night Soliloquy
Griffes: White Peacock
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

March 24. 1943 (possibly spurious broadcast???)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Not Broadcast)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (Not Broadcast)
Wagner: Lohengrin, Preludes To Acts 1 & 3
Wagner: Tristan, Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Meistersinger. Prelude To Act 1

April 4. 1943
Herold: Zampa Overture
Rossini: William Tell - Passo A Sei
Boccherini: Minuet In A
Hofstetter (formerly attributed to Haydn): Serenade
Cherubini: Scherzo
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov, Introduction To Act 3 & Polonaise
Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever

April 11, 1943
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 - Air (Not Broadcast)
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Debussy: La Mer

April 25, 1943 (Concert For Purchasers Of War Bond)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Not Broadcast)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
With Horowitz
Star Spangled Banner

June 20, 1943
Donizetti: Don Pasquale Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 94
Handel: Minuet From Concerto Grosso No. 5
Bolzoni: Minuet In B
Debussy: Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

July 18, 1943
Suppe: Poet & Peasant Overture
Massenet: Scenes Alsaciennes
Bolzoni: Medieval Castle
Strauss: Voices Of Spring
Nicolai: The Merry Wives Of Windsor Overture

July 25, 1943
All Verdi
Luisa Miller - Overture
Luisa Miller - Quando Le Sere al Placido
With Peerce
Don Carlos - O Don Fatale
With Merriman
Masked Ball - Eri Tu
With Valentino
La Forza Del Destino - Pace, Pace, Mio Dio
With Ribla
Rigoletto - Act 3
With Ribla, Merriman, Peerce, Valentino

September 9, 1943
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 [First Movement Only]
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Garibaldi War Hymn
Star Spangled Banner

September 19, 1943
All Bizet
Fair Maid Of Perth Suite
L'Arlesienne Suite
Carmen Suite

October 31, 1943
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

November 7, 1943
Degeyter (Arr. Toscanini): L'internationale
Liadov: Kikimora
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Kalinninov: Symphony No. 1

November 14, 1943
Cimarosa: Matrimonio Segreto Overture
Debussy: Iberia
Mignone: Fantasia Brasiliera
Bernardo Segall, piano
Gershwin: An American In Paris

November 21, 1943
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Atterberg: Symphony No. 6
Ravel: La Valse

November 28, 1943
All Wagner
Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 3
Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Tristan - Prelude & Liebestod
Die Walkure - Ride Of The Valkyries

December 5, 1943
All Mozart
Nozze Di Figaro Overture
Piano Concerto No. 27
With Horszowski
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

Recording Session (Studio 8-H)

December 8,1943

December 20,1943 - Office Of War Information Film
Verdi: Hymn Of Nations
With Peerce, Westminster Choir, Williamson
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino Overture

Broadcasts
March 5, 1944
All Beethoven
Prometheus - Overture
Prometheus - Adagio & Allegretto
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

March 12, 1944
Mussorgsky: Prelude To Khovanshchina
Tchaikovsky: Tempest Overture
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1

March 19, 1944
Weber: Oberon Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 92
Respighi: Pines Of Rome

March 26, 1944
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Taming Of The Shrew Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Smetana: The Moldau (? not broadcast, according to Canniel)

April 2, 1944
Mignone: Four Brazilian Churches
Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F
With Levant

April 9, 1944
Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
With Heifetz

April 18, 1944
Star Spangled Banner (Not Broadcast)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Not Broadcast)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

May 25, 1944 (Broadcast From Madison Square Garden)
NBC Symphony And The New York Philharmonic Orchestras.
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Wagner: Tristan: Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries
Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 3
With Zinka Milanov, Nan Merriman, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Nicola
Moscona
All City High School Chorus, Wilhousky
Verdi: Hymn Of The Nations
With Peerce, All City High School Chorus, Wilhousky
Sousa: Stars And Stripes Forever

June 25, 1944
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Mancinelli: Venetian Scenes
Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture

July 2, 1944
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Franck: Les Eolides
Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Act II Minuet, Act III Intermezzo
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 17, 20 & 21

Aug. 27, 1944
Herold: Zampa Overture
Boccherini: Minuet In A
Haydn: Serenade From Quartet In F. Op.3. No. 5
Sibelius: Swan Of Tuonela
Wagner: Siegfried, Forest Murmurs
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Waltz
Sousa: Semper Fidelis
Sousa: El Capitan

September 3, 1944
Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
DeFalla: El Amor Brujo, Fire Dance And Dance Of Terror
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Suite: In The Garden & Serenade
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa

October 22, 1944
All Beethoven .
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 8

October 29, 1944
All Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 1
Prometheus - Adagio & Allegretto
Piano Concerto No. 3
Artur Rubinstein, piano

October 31, 1944 New York City (Not Broadcast)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Verdi: Nabucco - Va Pensiero
Verdi: Rigoletto - Quartet
Gertrude Ribla, Nan Merriman, Jan Peerce, Frank Valentino
Verdi: Vespri Siciliani Overture
Verdi: Traviata: Prelude To Act 3
Verdi: Ballo In Maschera: Eri Tu
Frank Valentino
Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours

Broadcasts

November 5, 1944
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

November 12, 1944
All Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Quartet No. 16: Lento & Vivace
Piano Concerto No. 1
Ania Dorfmann, piano

November 19, 1944
All Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Leonore Overture No. 2

November 26, 1944
All Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Quartet No. 13, Op.130: Cavatina
Quartet No. 9, Op.59: Fugue
Piano Concerto No. 4
With Serkin

December 3, 1944
All Beethoven
Septet: 1st, 4th ,6th Movements
Symphony No. 2

December 10, 1944
Beethoven: Fidelio, Act 1
With Bampton, Steber, Peerce, Janssen, Moscona

December 17, 1944
Beethoven: Fidelio, Act 2
With Bampton, Steber, Peerce, Janssen, Moscona

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)

December 18, 1944
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 (Not Released)

December 19, 1944
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (Not Released)

Broadcasts

January 21, 1945
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

January 28, 1945
All Dvorak
Scherzo Capriccioso
Cello Concerto
With Kurtz

February 4, 1945
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

February 11, 1945
All Debussy
Iberia
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
La Mer

February 19, 1945 (Carnegie Hall , Not Broadcast)
Benefit Concert
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
With Horowitz
Ravel: La Valse
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Broadcasts
March 18, 1945
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Mendelssohn: Octet - Scherzo
Gershwin: An American In Paris

March 25, 1945
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Kabalevsky: Symphony No. 2

April 1, 1945
Gluck: Orfeo - Act 2
With Merriman, Philips
Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Final Chorus
With NBC Mixed Chorus , Peter Wilhousky

May.8, 1945 (Special V-E Day Broadcast)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)

May.18, 1945
Gershwin: An American In Paris
Sousa (Arr. Toscanini): Stars & Stripes Forever
Sousa: El Capitan

May.25,1945
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Weber: Freischutz - Overture

June 1, 1945
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Mendelssohn: Octet - Scherzo
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

June 8, 1945
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Rossini: Cenerentola 0verture
Rossini: William Tell' Passo A Sei
Rossini: Signor Bruschino Overture
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture

June 14, 1945
Rossini: Siege Of Corinth Overture

June 22, 1945
Mozart: Symphony No. 41

June 28, 1945
Verdi: Forza Overture
Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Rossini: Cenerentola 0verture
Rossini: William Tell' Passo A Sei
Rossini: Signor Bruschino Overture
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture

July 19, 1945
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (Not Released)

Aug. 9, 1945
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
With Dorfmann

Broadcasts Resumed

September 1, 1945
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Special V-J Day Broadcast)
? Star Spangled Banner (attributed to 9/2 in most lists, but Canniel
says 9/1)

September 2, 1945
Star Spangled Banner
Foroni: Overture In C Minor
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
Berlioz: Rakoczy March

SS Banner was played according to Library of Congress Record:
Shelf no. RGA 1443 [A]
Title NBC Symphony
Date Broadcast : 09/02/1945
Time 5:00 p.m.
Medium Radio broadcast
Broadcast Series Yes Source NBC
Performer(s) Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of Sept.
2, 1945; 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Summary NBC Symphony performs The Star spangled banner, and works by
Ferroni, Berlioz, and Grofe.
Genre(s) Western art music
Name(s) Ferroni, Vincenzo Emidio Carmine, 1858-1934. (composer)
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. (composer)
Grofe, Ferde, 1892-1972. (composer)
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957. (conductor)
Group(s) NBC Symphony Orchestra
Physical Item RGA 1443 [A]. 1 digital sound cassette, mono, digital
(polyester). Recording Laboratory 1993. Duration: 006000.
Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.

September 9, 1945
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Smetana: Moldau
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

September 11, 1945
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

September 25, 1945 Benefit Concert (Carnegie Hall , Not Broadcast)
All Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Leonore Overture No. 2
Symphony No. 9
With Andreotti, Merriman, Peerce, Alvary,
Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw

Broadcasts Resumed

October 28, 1945
All Brahms
Tragic Overture
Symphony No. 4

November 4, 1945
Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet: Romeo Alone, Fete, Love Scene, Queen Mab
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa

November 11, 1945
Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 9

November 18, 1945
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Wolf-Ferrari: Le Donne Curiose Overture
Elgar: Enigma Variations

November 25, 1945
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Fairy Tale Overture
Rieti: Sinfonia Tripartita
Creston: Frontiers
Siegmeister: Western Suite

December 2, 1945
Bellini: Norma - Introduction And Druids' Chorus
With Moscona , Westminster Choir
Verdi: Te Deum
Boito: Mefistofele - Prologue
With Moscona

This concert was actually conducted by Mitropoulos:
December 9, 1945
Mozart: Magic Flute - Overture
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 2

January 6, 1946
All Wagner
Tannhauser - Prelude To Act 3
Siegfried Idyll
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

January 13, 1946
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Overture
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Liadov: Kikimora
Mancinelli: Fuga Degli Amanti
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Strauss: Voices Of Spring

January 20, 1946
Wolf-Ferrari: Secret Of Suzanne Overture
Busoni: Rondo Arlecchinesco
With Andrew McKinley, tenor
Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor
With Glauco D'Attili

January 27, 1946
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Verdi: Quartet In E Minor - Prestissimo, Scherzo-Fuga
Verdi: Otello: Dances
Verdi: Forza Del Destino Overture

February 3 and 10, 1946

Puccini: La Boheme
With Albanese, Mcknight, Peerce,Valentino, Moscona, Cehanovsky

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
March 11, 1946
All Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Ride Of Valkyries
Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

Broadcasts

March 17, 1946
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

March 24, 1946
Scarlatti-Tommasini: Good Humored Ladies Suite
Franck: Symphony In D Minor

March 31, 1946
Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3

April 7, 1946
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Roussel: Spider's Feast
Roger-Ducasse: Sarabande
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

April 8, 1946
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet
Bach: Orchestral Suite - Air
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Broadcasts

October 27, 1946
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Berlioz: Harold In Italy
With Primrose

November 3, 1946
All Mozart
Magic Flute Overture
Divertimento In B Flat, K.287
Symphony No. 35
Recording Sessions (Studio 3a)

November 4,1946

November 6,1946
Mozart: Symphony No. 35
Gluck: Orfeo - Dance Of The Spirits
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 (Portions Recorded In Other Sessions.)
Broadcast

November 10, 1946
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

Recording Session

November 11, 1946
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Wagner: A Faust Overture

Broadcasts Resumed

November 17, 1946
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Humperdinck: Die Konigskinder: Prelude To Act 3
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Strauss: Death And Transfiguration

November 24, 1946
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
With Dame Myra Hess
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

December 1, 1946

December 8, 1946
Verdi: La Traviata
With Albanese Peerce Merrill

Toscanini
The NBC Symphony Orchestra (1947)
Broadcasts

February 9, 1947
Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet
With Swarthout, Garris, Moscona

February 16, 1947
Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet (Completion)
Berlioz: Damnation Of Faust - Scene 7
With Harrell
Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

February 17, 1947
Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet - Romeo Alone, Fete, Love Scene
Broadcast

February 23, 1947
Sinigaglia: La Baruffe Chiozotte Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

February 25, 1947
Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Broadcast

March 2, 1947
Franck: Redemption
Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-Bleu
Debussy: La Mer

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
March 4, 1947
Debussy: La Mer (Not Released)

Broadcasts
March 9, 1947
All Brahms
Tragic Overture
Serenade No. 1 - Minuet 1 & 2
Symphony No. 2

March 16, 1947
All Beethoven
Consecration Of The House Overture
Prometheus - Adagio & Allegretto
Symphony No. 6

March 23, 1947
Cherubini: Symphony In D
Catalani: La Wally - Prelude To Act 4
Catalani: Loreley - Dance Of The Nymphs
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome

March 30, 1947
All Mendelssohn
Octet For Strings
Symphony No. 5

April 6, 1947
All Wagner
Parsifal: Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Walkure: Act 1 Scene 3
With Bampton, Svanholm
Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

May 12, 1947
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet - Queen Mab Scherzo (Both Not Released)
Recording Session (Studio 3a)

June 12, 1947
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 (1st Movement, Others Recorded In 1946)
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet: Queen Mab Scherzo (Not Released)
Tour Date

September 6, 1947 (Ridgefield High School In Connecticut, Not
Broadcast)
Rossini: L'Italiana In Algiers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne & Scherzo
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Strauss: Voices Of Spring & Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Sousa: Stars And Stripes Forever
Broadcasts Resumed

September 21, 1947
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Smetana: Moldau
Gillis: Symphony No. 5 1/2

October 25, 1947
All Beethoven
Consecration Of The House Overture
Quartet No. 16 - Lento & Vivace
Symphony No. 7

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

October 27, 1947
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (Not Released)

Broadcast

November 1, 1947
All Mendelssohn
Fair Melusine Overture
Quintet: Adagio & Lento
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture, Intermezzo, Nocturne,
Scherzo, You Spotted Snakes, Wedding March, Finale
With Phillips, Warner - Chorus Under Wilhousky

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

November 4, 1947
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Excerpts (Above)
With Phillips, Warner - Chorus Under Wilhousky
Note: "You Spotted Snakes" Was Rejected

November 8, 1947
All Mozart
Marriage Of Figaro Overture
Bassoon Concerto, K.191
With Leonard Sharrow
Divertimento In B Flat, K.287
Magic Flute - Overture

November 15, 1947
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Recording Session (Studio 8-H)
Mozart: Divertimento No. 15 K.287
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto K.191
With Sharrow
Broadcast

November 22, 1947
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In B Flat
With Mischa Mischakoff
Handel: Concerto Grosso In B Minor, Op.6, No. 12
Bach-Respighi: Passacaglia In C Minor

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 24, 1947
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Broadcast

November 29, 1947
Wolf-Ferrari: Le Donne Curiose Overture
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Debussy: La Mer

Recording Session (Studio 8-H) December 2, 1947
Debussy: La Mer (Not Released)

Broadcasts

December 6, 1947, December 13. 1947
Verdi: Otello
With Herva Nelli, Nan Merriman, Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo

Recording Session (Studio 8-H)

December 16, 1947
Beethoven: Consecration Of The House Overture
Berlioz: Faust: Dance Of The Sylphs (Not Released)

Toscanini
The NBC Symphony Orchestra (1948)
Broadcasts

February 14, 1948
Strauss: Don Juan
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet: Queen Mab Scherzo
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

February 21, 1948
All Brahms
Haydn Variations
Symphony No. 3

February 28, 1948
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

March 6, 1948
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante Op.84
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

March 13, 1948
Donizetti: Don Pasquale Overture
Mancinelli: Flight Of The Lovers
Busoni: Berceuse Elegiaque
Martucci: Noveletta
Verdi: Otello - Dances
Tommasini: Carnival Of Venice
Rossini: Semiramide Overture

March 20, 1948
All Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 3
Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Forest Murmurs
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Walkure - Ride Of The Valkyries

March 27, 1948
All Debussy
Iberia
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
Fetes
La Mer

April 3, 1948 (Telecast)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
With Mcknight. Hobson, Dillon, Scott

April 26, 1948 (Benefit Concert Given At Carnegie Hall. Not Broadcast)
All Verdi
Te Deum
Requiem
Herva Nelli, Nan Merriman, William Mcgrath, Norman Scott
Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw, director

October 23, 1948
All Brahms
Serenade No. 1 - Allegro Molto
Piano Concerto No. 2
With Horowitz

October 30, 1948
All Brahms
Tragic Overture
Symphony No. 1

November 6, 1948
All Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Serenade No. 1: Minuets 1 & 2
Symphony No. 2

November 13, 1948
All Brahms
Double Concerto
With Mischa Mischakoff, Frank Miller
Liebeslieder Waltzes
With Kahn, Balsam
Hungarian Dance No. 1

November 20, 1948
All Brahms
Haydn Variations
Symphony No. 3

November 27, 1948
All Brahms
Gezang Der Parzen
Chorus Under Shaw
Symphony No. 4

December 4, 1948
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture

December 11, 1948
Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusine Overture
Liadov: Kikimora
Strauss: Don Quixote
with Frank Miller, Carlton Cooley

February 12, 1949
All Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
Queen Mab Scherzo
Harold In Italy
with Carlton Cooley

February 19, 1949
All Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Symphony No. 3

February 26, 1949
Kabalevsky: Symphony No. 2
Sibelius: En Saga
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

March 5, 1949
Rossini: Scala Di Seta Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Franck: Les Eolides
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

March 12, 1949
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4

March 19, 1949
All Beethoven
Consecration Of The House Overture
Prometheus - Adagio & Allegretto
Symphony No. 6

March 26,1949, April 2, 1949
Verdi: Aida
With Nelli, Gustafson, Tucker, Valdengo, Scott
Note: Portions Redone For The Record Release
On June 3rd And 5th, 1954

April 20, 1949 (Benefit Concert Given At Carnegie Hall. Not Broadcast)
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (on CD)
Wagner: Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Wagner: Walkure - Act 1. Scene 3 (on CD)
With Bampton, Svanholm
Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries

Tour Date

October 7, 1949 (Ridgefield, Connecticut Not Broadcast)
Thomas: Mignon Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Waldteufel: Skaters' Waltz
Broadcasts Resumed

October 29, 1949
Berlioz: Romeo And Juliet:
Romeo Alone, Feast, Queen Mab Scherzo
Debussy: La Mer

November 5, 1949
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 7, 1949
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
(Other Sessions On October 5. 1951.)

Broadcasts

November 12, 1949
Cimarosa:Il Matrimonio Per Raggiro Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet

November 19, 1949
Boccherini: Quartet In D
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 21, 1949
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2

Broadcast
November 26, 1949
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 28, 1949
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

Broadcast

December 3, 1949
Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) December 5, 1949
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

Broadcasts

December 10, 1949
Giordano: Siberia - Prelude To Act 2
Giordano: Il Re - Dance Of The Moor
Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Prelude To Act 3
Busoni: Berceuse Elegiaque
Busoni: Rondo Arlecchinesco
Respighi: Feste Romane

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) December 12, 1949
Respighi: Feste Romane

Broadcast December 17, 1949
All Wagner
Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music
Ride Of The Valkyries

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) December 22, 1949
All Wagner
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Spell

Broadcasts

February 18, 1950
All Cherubini
Medea Overture
Requiem In C

February 25, 1950
All Brahms
Haydn Variations
Symphony No. 4

March 4, 1950
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

March 11, 1950
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Smetana: Moldau

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)
March 12, 1950
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
March 13, 1950
Schubert: Symphony No. 8

Broadcast
March 18, 1950
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

Recording Session (Studio 8-H) March 19, 1950
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
*Smetana: Moldau

Broadcasts Resumed

March 25, 1950
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Debussy: Iberia
Strauss: Don Juan

April 1, 1950 & April 8, 1950
Verdi: Falstaff
With Nelli, Stich-Randall, Merriman, Elmo, Valdengo,
Guarrera, Scott - Shaw Chorale

The United States Tour (No Broadcasts)

April 14, 1950 (New York)
Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: La Mer

April 17, 1950 (Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland)
Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: La Mer

April 19, 1950 (The Mosque, Richmond, Virginia)
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe Suite No. 2
Encore: Dixie

April 22. 1950 (Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia)
Rossin1: La Scala Di Seta Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Haydn Variations?)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Encore: Dixie (Played Twice)

April 25, 1950 (Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Iberia
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

April 27, 1950 (City Auditorium, Houston, Texas)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet

April 29, 1950 (Gregory Auditorium, Austin, Texas)
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Rossini: William Tell Overture

May 1, 1950 (State Fair Auditorium, Dallas, Texas)
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe Suite No. 2

May 3, 1950 (The Auditorium, Pasadena, California)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Iberia
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1
Encore: Stars And Stripes Forever

May 5, 1950 (The Auditorium, Pasadena, California)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Overture

May 7, 1950 (War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Califorinia)
Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: La Mer
Encore: Wagner: Forest Murmurs

May 9, 1950 (The Auditorium, Portland, Oregon)
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe Suite No. 2
Encore: Wagner: ' Forest Murmurs

May 10, 1950 (Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Overture
Encore: Kabalevsky. Colas Breugnon Overture

May 13, 1950 (City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (No. 2?)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Encore: Wagner: Meistersinger, Prelude To Act 1

May 15, 1950 (Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri)
Rossini: La Scala Di Seta Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: La Mer

May 17. 1950 (Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois)
Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: La Mer

May 19, 1950 (Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan)
Rossini: Cenerentola Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Overture

May 21, 1950 (Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Rossini: William Tell Overture

May 23, 1950 (Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe Suite No. 2

May 25, 1950 (Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.)
Rossini: La Scala Di Seta Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (No. 1 Was Originally Listed)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Note: In "The Toscanini Repertory" By C. Marsh, The Program For
This Concert Consisted Of The Following:
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Iberia
Smetana: Moldau
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

May 27, 1950 (Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Rossini: La Scala Di Seta Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Debussy: La Mer
Encores: Stars And Stripes Forever
Encores: Dixie
Note: The Original Program For This Last Concert Consisted Of
The Following: Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Iberia
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa
Wagner: Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

Recording Sessions (Studio 8-H)

June 1, 1950
Debussy: La Mer
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre

June 2, 1950
Debussy: Iberia
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (1st Movement Only)

Toscanini
The NBC Symphony Orchestra (1951)
Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

January 10, 1951
Strauss: Don Juan

Broadcasts (All Broadcasts Were Moved To Carnegie Hall)

January 27, 1951
All Verdi
Te Deum
Requiem (Nelli, Barbieri, DiStefano Siepi)

February 3, 1951
All Beethoven
Prometheus Overture
Symphony No. 4
Leonore Overture No. 3

February 10, 1951
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2

February 17, 1951
Debussy: Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

September 28, 1951
Rossini: Semiramide Overture
*Weber: Invitation To The Dance

October 5.1951
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
(Also In Sessions Of November 7,1949)
Donizetti: Don Pasquale Overture

October 15, 1951
*Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

October 22, 1951
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude To Act 1 & 3

October 29, 1951
Wagner: Siegfried, Forest Murmurs
Weber: Euryanthe Overture

Broadcast / Telecast November 3, 1951
Weber: Euryanthe Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)
November 6, 1951
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
November 9, 1951
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Broadcasts
November 10, 1951
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

November 17, 1951
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
Rossini: Semiramide Overture

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 19, 1951
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

Broadcast

November 24, 1951
Beethoven: Septet
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 3
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

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Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

November 26, 1951
Beethoven: Septet
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To 3
December 3, 1951
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
December 10, 1951
Elgar: Enigma Variations
December 17, 1951
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
December 21, 1951
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
=================================== ============

Broadcast

December 22, 1951
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture (Not Broadcast) '
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (Not Broadcast)
Respighi: Fountains Of Rome
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Broadcast / Telecast

December 29, 1951
All Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 1
Forest Murmurs
Tristan - Prelude And Liebestod
Siegfried's Death And Funeral Music
Ride Of The Valkyries

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

January 3, 1952
Wagner: Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music
Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture

Broadcast
January 5, 1952
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
Franck: Psyche & Eros
Rossini: William Tell - Dance: Passo A Sei
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) January 7, 1952
Franck: Psyche & Eros
Wagner: Tristan - Prelude And Liebestod

Broadcast

January 12, 1952
All Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2
Symphony No. 6

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)
January 14, 1952
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
February 4. 1952
Brahms: Haydn Variations
February 11, 1952
Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Broadcast
March 8, 1952
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Cherubini: Symphony In D
Strauss: Death And Transfiguration

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) March 10, 1952
Strauss: Death And Transfiguration
Cherubini: Symphony In D

Broadcasts / Telecasts
March 15, 1952
Franck: Redemption
Sibelius: En Saga
Debussy: Nuages & Fetes
Rossini: William Tell Overture

March 22, 1952
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Respighi: Pines Of Rome

Broadcast
March 29, 1952
All Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 ( Not Broadcast)
Symphony No. 9
With Farrell, Merriman, Peerce, Scott

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall) March 31,1952, April 1, 1952
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
With Farrell, Merriman, Peerce, Scott

Broadcast

July 26, 1952
Thomas: Mignon Overture
Liadov: Kikimora
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours
Sibelius: Finlandia

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
July 29, 1952
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Liadov: Kikimora
Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours
Thomas: Mignon Overture

Broadcast

Aug. 2, 1952
Herold: Zampa Overture
Catalani: La Wally - Prelude To Act 4
Catalani: Lorelei - Dance Of The Water Nymphs
Bizet: Carmen Suite
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Overture
Weber: Oberon Overture

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) Aug. 5, 1952
Bizet: Carmen Suite
Catalani: La Wally & Lorelei
Catalani: Lorelei (Only)
Herold: Zampa Overture
Sibelius: Finlandia
Weber: Oberon Overture

Broadcast

November 1, 1952
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 4. 1952
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Broadcast November 8. 1952
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Wagner: Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino Overture

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall) November 10, 1952
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino Overture

Broadcasts

November 15, 1952
Rossini: Sonata For Strings No. 3
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3

November 22, 1952
All Gluck
Iphigenia In Aulis Overture
Orfeo - Act 2
With Merriman, Gibson, Shaw Chorale

January 10, 1953
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

January 17, 1953
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 1
With Horszowski
Rossini: William Tell Overture

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

January 19, 1953
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Rossini: William Tell Overture

Broadcasts

January 24, 1953
Haydn: Symphony No. 94
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Recording Session
January 26, 1953
Haydn: Symphony No. 94
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Broadcast

January 31, 1953
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Rossini: William Tell - Passo A Sei
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

February 2, 1953
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

Broadcast

February 7, 1953
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)

February 9, 1953
Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Broadcast

February 14, 1953
All Debussy
Iberia
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
La Mer

Recording Session

February 17, 1953
Brahms: Hungarian Dances - Nos. 1, 17, 20, 21
Debussy: Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun. (Rejected - Unpublished)

Broadcasts

March 7, 1953
All Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 3
Siegfried Idyll
Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music
Tristan - Prelude And Liebestod
Ride Of The Valkyries

March 14, 1953
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Smetana: Moldau
Respighi: Pines Of Rome

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
March 17, 1953
Respighi: Pines Of Rome
Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Broadcasts
March 21, 1953
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture

March 28, 1953
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
With Marshall, Merrinan, Conley, Hines

Recording Session (Carnegie Hall)
March 30, 31, 1953, April 2, 1953

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
With Marshall, Merriman, Conley, Hines

Broadcasts Resumed

November 22, 1953
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Strauss: Don Quixote
With Frank Miller, Carlton Cooley

November 29, 1953
Wagner: Tannhauser Prelude To Act III
Berlioz: Harold In Italy
Carlton Cooley, viola

December 6, 1953
All Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Symphony No. 3

December 13, 1953
Mussorgsky: Khovantchina Prelude
Franck: Les Eolides
Weber: Invitation To The Dance
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5

January 17, 1954
And January 24, 1954
Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera
With Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Herva Nelli, Claramae Turner,
Haskins, Cehanovsky, Moscona, Scott, Rossi

February 28, 1954
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
Strauss: Don Juan
Weber: Oberon Overture

March 7, 1954
All Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2
Symphony No. 6

March 14, 1954
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 , No .11
Verdi: Te Deum
With Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw Director)
Boito: Mefistofele - Prologue
With Moscona, Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw Director)

March 21, 1954 (stereo recording exists)
Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

April 4, 1954 (stereo recording exists)
All Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude To Act 1
Forest Murmurs
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Tannhauser - Overture & Bacchanale
Meistersinger - Prelude To Act 1

Recording Sessions (Carnegie Hall)

June 3, 1954
Remakes Of Portions Of Un Ballo In Maschera
With Jan Peerce, Herva Nelli

June 5, 1954
Remakes Of Portions Of Aida
With Herva Nelli
(This Was The Last Time Toscanini Conducted.)

[thierry h]

Pas sûr que le 29 juin 40 à Buenos Aires il a dirigé la 7ème symphonie de Vaughan Williams...

Merci pour ces infos ! ( c'est le post le plus long du forum non ?!! )

[sud273]

c'est instructif, on situe bien ce qu'on a manqué, pour moi tous les Martucci par exemple. Je signale aussi que lors du concert de création du 1er essay de Barber, la partition contient vers la fin de l'introduction une dizaine de mesures de transition qui n'existent plus dans les versions ultérieures et qui sont donc tombées avant l'impression. Il s'agit d'un des exemples de transformations les plus spectaculaires (avec l'original de la 2ème symphonie par Koussevitzky).

[thierry h]

Les Essay de Barber sont formidables... Existe t-il un CD proposant le premier par Toscanini ?

[sud273]

je crains que non, il existe un CD d'enregistrements historiques avec l'adagio par Tosca, mais le 1er essay est le premier enregistrement studio d'Ormandy (très bon d'ailleurs). Celà dit les enregistrements radio circulent.

[mah70]

Il semble qu'il existe un CD sous label Disco Archivia, mais si le son est aussi pourri que le 33 tours pirate que j'ai entendu, je vous souhaite bien du plaisir...

[thierry h]

Allons y pour l'Adagio !