The Great Recordings, 1929-1954
Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Leonard Warren (baritone), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Maxine Stellman (mezzo-soprano), Paul Dennis (bass), Arthur Newman (baritone), Herva Nelli (soprano), Richard Tucker...
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Excerpt,
- Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 31 January 1943
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Nabucco, Act III: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata
Excerpt,
- Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 31 January 1943
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Act III: Preludio
Act III: Qui posa il fianco
Excerpt,
- Jan Peerce (tenor)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 25 July 1943
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Sinfonia
Act II: On fede negar potessi
Verdi: Rigoletto
- Leonard Warren (baritone), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 25 May 1944
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Red Cross Concert, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States
Act III: E l'ami?
Act III: La donna e mobile
Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi
Excerpt,
- Maxine Stellman (mezzo-soprano), Paul Dennis (bass), Arthur Newman (baritone), Jan Peerce (tenor)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 18 and 29 March 1929
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Prelude
Prelude to Act III
La traviata, Act II: Avrem lieta maschere la notte
Verdi: I vespri siciliani, Act I: Overture
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 24 January 1942
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia
Excerpt,
- Herva Nelli (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 17-24 January 1954
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Act I: Prelude
Act II: Prelude
Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo - Ma dall'arido stelo
Act II: Teco io sto
Verdi: Inno delle nazioni (Hymn of the Nations)
- Jan Peerce (tenor)
- Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 8-20 December 1943
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Excerpt,
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 28 June 1945
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
Verdi: Aida: Prelude
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 30 March 1940
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Aida: Prelude
Preludio
Act II: Danza di piccoli schiavi mori
Act II: Gloria all'Egitto
Act II: Gloria all'Egitto ad Iside
Excerpt,
- Herva Nelli (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 26 March 1949
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Preludio
Act II: Danza di piccoli schiavi mori
Act II: Gloria all'Egitto
Act II: Gloria all'Egitto ad Iside
Excerpt,
- Herva Nelli (soprano), Leslie Chabay (tenor), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Arthur Newman (baritone), Nicola Moscona (bass)
- NBC Symphony Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 6-13 December 1947 - 13 March 1948
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Act I: Una vela! - Fuoco di gioia!
Act IV: Niun mi tema
Verdi: Falstaff
- Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone), Cloe Elmo (mezzo-soprano), Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano), Frank Guarrera (baritone), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Herva Nelli (soprano), Antonio Madasi (tenor)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 1-8 April 1950
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Act II: Quand' ero paggio
Act II: Mia signora! C' e mistress Meg
Act II: Il diavolo cavalca
Excerpt,
- Herva Nelli (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Cesare Siepi (bass)
- Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 27 January 1951
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa
Dies irae: Tuba mirum
Offertorio: Hostias et preces tibi
Libera me: Libera me, Domine
Excerpt,
- Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 14 March 1954
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
4 Pezzi sacri: No. 4. Te Deum
