Toscanini NBC Broadcast April 19th 1941
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnxGAvOMm4c
An all Tchaikovsky Program to benefit the Junior Welfare
League.
Voyevoda: Overture
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor Op.74 'Pathétique'
Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor Op.23
(Piano: Vladimir Horowitz)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall,
New York City
April 19th 1941
Photo: Vladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini pictured on
their wedding day in 1933. Violinist Nathan Milstein can be seen at far left,
and Carla Toscanini at far right. Wanda Toscanini Horowitz was sole heir to her
husband's fortune, and upon her death in 1998, left the bulk of her estate to
animal charities, humane societies, and adoption centers, including her Upper
East Side Manhattan townhouse to Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorktown Heights, NY.
Toscanini NBC Broadcast October 31st 1943
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xSkne19CJ4
This broadcast ran beyond the scheduled hour and was cut off
the air while the Beethoven was still in progress. On learning of this
Toscanini was furious, leading to an NBC policy elevating him to a position
held only by the President of the United States: that President
Roosevelt and Toscanini were the only persons in the world to be free from
network time and program restrictions.
Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
Haydn : Symphony No.104 in D Major
Beethoven : Symphony No. 8 in F Major
NBC Symphony Orchestra
NBC Studio 8-H, New
York City
October 31st 1943
Photo: Toscanini recording Verdi's 'Inno delle Nazioni' for
the United States Office of War Information in December 1943.
Toscanini Reopens La Scala in 1946 (Plus Extra Material)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duXu3Tloh0A
The gala reopening of La Scala on May 11th 1946 was one of
the most momentous musical events of the 20th Century. It marked the beginning
of a restored belief by Italians in their beloved Italy and it was the emotional high
point of Arturo Toscanini's long career.
Richard Caniell writes: "To see Toscanini in Italy again, to
see him on the stage of La Scala, was to be flooded with inexpressable things
which have no language but exultation, thanksgiving and tears. That night Italy wept, and so did hundreds of thousands all
over Europe, amidst blackened ruins and
searing poverty. The thing that makes us human, that makes our planetary race
worth saving, had triumphed - the music, the art, the sublime spirit of it all
which Toscanini, and those who labored, sang and played at La Scala,
momentarily and unforgettably symbolized."
Astonishingly, though it was broadcast all over Europe and much of the world, no official recording was
made of this concert. Unofficial versions have been in circulation for a long
time in various formats and in varying sound quality, ranging from truly awful
to not bad. The professionally processed 400MB lossless audio file used for
this upload is one of the the best I have heard, yet it still has sonic flaws
and sounds relatively primitive for 1946.
As a special thank you to all the friends of and subscribers
to my channel I have provided some links below to download the original poster
for the concert, the cover of La Domenica del Corriere on May 9th, Life
Magazine's article on May 27th, and an article from La Nacion of Buenos Aries
on July 28th.
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Rossini:
La Gazza Ladra: Overture
Rossini: William Tell: Wedding Chorus; Passo a sei; and the
Soldier's Dance
Rossini: Mose: Preghiera
(Soloists: Tancredi Pasero, Giovanni Malipiero, Renata
Tebaldi, Jolanda Gardino)
Verdi: Nabucco: Overture; Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Verdi:
Vespri Siciliani: Overture
Verdi: Te
Deum
(Soloist: Renata Tebaldi)
Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo & Act III
(Soloists: Mafalda Favero, Giovanni Malipiero, Giuseppe
Nessi, Mariano Stabile, Carlo Forti)
Boito: Mefistofele: Prologue
(Soloist: Tancredi Pasero)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
(Maestro
del Coro: Vittore Veneziani)
May 11th 1946
Included are twenty photos taking up the first 45 minutes of
the video of the damaged Scala, posters depicting "Ritorni Toscanini"
and "Evviva Toscanini" outside of the building following Mussolini's
deposition in 1943, Toscanini's return to Italy on April 29th 1946, the
rehearsals, the auditorium, and the concert itself.
Original La Scala Poster
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/18...
Cover of La Domenica del Corriere
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9607...
Life Magazine Article
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/39...
La Nacion of Buenos Aries Article
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3616...
Toscanini NBC Broadcast November 12th 1949
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_8Z-9SMnw
The complete broadcast of November 12th 1949 with NBC radio
commentary by Ben Grauer.
Cimarosa: Il matrimonio per raggiro: Overture
Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E-flat Major Op.97
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
NBC Symphony Orchestra
NBC Studio 8-H, New
York City
Photo: Toscanini pictured in 1949 in his dressing room at
NBC with violist Milton Katims. With Toscanini's support Katims became a
frequent guest conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra from the 1949-50 season
onwards. Katims' subsequent career included a long and significant association
with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra where he was music director from 1954-76.
Toscanini NBC Broadcast November 10th 1951
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIk-rbelGhU
Prokofiev : Classical Symphony
Berlioz : Queen Mab Scherzo
Beethoven : Symphony No.7
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall,
New York City
November 10th 1951
Photo: Toscanini and family (with a friend) on a liner some
20 years earlier. His salary with the New York Philharmonic was as high as
$110,000 (today about $3 million) for 15 weeks work. As can be seen from the
elegant attire on display, the Toscaninis were not victims of The Great
Depression.