Toscanini in London: The Legendary 1935 Recordings
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
This WHRA set is a splendid one. The sound quality is good while the documentation is fully up to the label’s usually high standards. As for the music-making, well the quality of that is quite... — More…
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Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 3 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Anacreon, ou L'amour fugitif: Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 3-5 June 1995
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante moderato
III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto
IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Piu allegro
Excerpt,
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 3-5 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Act III: Siegfried's Death
Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 3 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Theme: Andante
Variation 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife)
Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
Wagner: Faust Overture, WWV59
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 5 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Excerpt,
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 5 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Act I: Prelude
Act III: Fanfare - Good Friday Music
Geminiani, F: Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in G minor
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 12 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Largo e staccato
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro
Excerpt,
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 12 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Semiramide: Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 14 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto, assai meno presto
IV. Allegro con brio
Debussy: La Mer
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 14 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
No. 1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer
No. 2. Jeux de vagues
No. 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 14 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Andante
III. Menuetto
IV. Presto
Excerpt,
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 14 June 1935
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom
Act III: Nocturne
Act II: Scherzo
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 1 June 1939
- Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom