Guild: GHCD 2369--GHCD 2370. Previously issued in private eds. for Walter Toscanini. Compact discs. Program notes by Robert Matthew-Walker (6 p. : ill.) inserted in container. "These are rare recordings from second generation transcriptions which have been remastered to a high standard; however some patches of noise, dropout, and distortion remain."--Container. NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor. Recorded from a radio broadcast, Dec. 25, 1937 (CD 1) and a concert held at Carnegie Hall, Apr. 4, 1954 (CD 2).
Contents:
Disc 1. Debut concert, 25 Dec. 1937, Studio 8H, Radio City, NY. Introductory announcement -- Concerto grosso, D minor, op. 3 no. 11, P250 / Antonio Vivaldi -- Symphony no. 40 in G minor, KV. 550 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68 / Johannes Brahms. Disc 2. Farewell concert, 4 Apr. 1954, Carnegie Hall, NY. Lohengrin : prelude 1 ; Siegfried : forest murmurs ; Götteredämmerung [sic.] : dawn, and, Siegfried's Rhine journey ; Tannhäuser : overture, and, bacchanale (Paris version) ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : prelude 1 / Richard Wagner.
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