Arturo Toscanini on Mozart, Verdi, Debussy, Rossini, Schubert and more

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Arturo Toscanini conducts Mozart, Haydn, Verdi, Debussy, Schubert and more (playlist)

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1. Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550

I: Molto allegro
II: Andante
III: Menuetto. Allegretto -- Trio
IV: Finale. Allegro assai

New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor.
Recording Live, April 26, 1936.


2. Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G major (Hoboken 1/88)

I: Adagio - Allegro
II: Largo
III: Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
IV: Finale. Allegro con spirito

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
Recrding, 8th March 1938


3. Debussy La Mer (opus L 109)
I: De l'aube à midi sur la mer - Très lent
II: Jeux de vagues - Allegro
III: Dialogue du vent et de la mer - Animé et tumultueux
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor.
Public Concert; London Queen's Hall
June 12, 1935.


4. Rossini Guillaume Tell (William Tell) Ouverture
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor.
Recording, 1st and 29th March, 1939.


5. Verdi Messa da Requiem

1. Introit and Kyrie (chorus, soloists)
2. Dies irae
Dies irae (chorus)
Tuba mirum (chorus, bass)
Liber scriptus (mezzo-soprano, chorus)
Quid sum miser (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor)
Rex tremendae (soloists, chorus)
Recordare (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
Ingemisco (tenor)
Confutatis (bass, chorus)
Lacrimosa (soloists, chorus)
3. Offertory
Domine Jesu Christe (soloists)
Hostias
4. Sanctus (double chorus)
5. Agnus Dei (soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus)
6. Lux aeterna (mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass)
Lux aeterna
7. Libera me (soprano, chorus)
Libera me
Dies irae
Requiem aeternam
Libera me

Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
November 23, 1940.


6. Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele, Prologo


Tancredi Pasero, Mefistofele
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Direttore; Arturo Toscanini
Broadcast; May 12, 1946.


7. Schubert Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D. 125
I. Largo - Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace
IV. Presto vivace

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
Recording Live, 23 March 1940.


8. Wagner Parsifal
(Orchestral Highlights)

Prelude act I, Good Friday music, act III
act II, Klingsor's garden

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
Recorded, 23 March 1940.


9. Verdi Rigoletto, act III

Rigoletto.............Leonard Warren
Il Duca di Mantova....Jan Peerce
Gilda.................Zinka Milanov
Maddalena.............Nan Merriman
Sparafucile...........Nicola Moscona

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
Live Recording; May 25, 1944.