Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Selected Overtures / Toscanini

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Music and Arts Programs of America
Release Date
July 30, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Westminster Choir, Nbc Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Toscanini, Novotna, Thorborg, Peerce, Moscona
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 30, 2013
    • UPC
      017685127526
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CD-1275
    • LABEL
      Music and Arts Programs of America
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    2. II. Andante cantabile con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    3. III. Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    4. IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    5. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    6. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    7. II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    8. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    9. IV. Finale: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    10. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    11. I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    12. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    13. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    14. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    15. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    16. I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    17. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    18. III. Allegro molto e vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    19. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    20. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    21. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    22. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    23. I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    24. II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto mosso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    25. III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    26. IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    27. V. Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm: Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    28. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    29. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    30. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    31. III. Allegro -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    32. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    33. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    34. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    35. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    36. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    37. I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    38. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    39. III. Presto, assai meno presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    40. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    41. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    42. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    43. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    44. I. Allegro vivace e con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    45. II. Allegretto scherzando

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    46. III. Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    47. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    48. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    49. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    50. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience

    51. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    52. II. Molto vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    53. III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    54. IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jarmila Novotná, Kerstin Thorborg, Jan Peerce, Nicola Moscona

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    55. Applause

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Audience


Complete Symphonies and Selected Overtures, from the legendary October-December 1939 NBC cycle. CD 1: Symphony No 1 in C Major, Op. 21 & Symphony No 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Studio 8H, 28 Oct. 1939. CD 2: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op. 36; Symphony No 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 & Leonore Overture No. 3 (Studio 8H, 4 Nov. 1939). CD 3: Symphony No 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale" & Symphony No 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Studio 8H, 11 Nov. 1939). CD 4: Egmont Overture & Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Studio 8H, 18 Nov. 1939); Leonore Overture No. 1 & Symphony No 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (Studio 8H, 25 Nov. 1939). CD 5: Leonore Overture No. 2 (Studio 8H, 25 Nov. 1939}; Symphony No 9 in D Minor, Op. 1(Jarmila Novotna, Kerstin Thorborg, Jan Peerce, Nicola Moscona, Westminster Choir, Carnegie Hall, 2 Dec. 1939). New 2013 digital transfers by Aaron Z. Snyder using the revolutionary harmonic balancing process. Notes: Christopher Dyment. Total time: 6 hrs 12 min. BUZZ: "With Chris Dyment's uncommonly informative notes, this release is essential for anyone who cares about Beethoven or Toscanini" --Mortimer H. Frank in Fanfare [on the previous edition] "a must for every experienced music lover... 5.0 out of 5 stars " --Peter Dietrich, amazon.com customer reviews [on the previous edition] "These are superb transfers... They give a great cycle its best sonic shout to date." --Rob Cowan, Gramophone [on the previous edition] "The NBC Orchestra is in fine form and the great conductor's sometimes controversial genius combines with that of Beethoven to produce dazzling and memorable performances." -- www.new-classics.co.uk [on the previous edition]