9 March 2019

RT 032 Rossini, Mozart, Brahms BBC SO Toscanini 1938




ROSSINI
La Scala di Seta, Overture

MOZART
Symphony No.41 in C, K. 551

BRAHMS
Liebeslieder-Waltzer Op. 52 (*)

(Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, pf)

BBC Singers (Chorusmaster Leslie Woodgate) (*)

BBC Symphony Orchestra
ARTURO TOSCANINI

Live - Queen's Hall, London
June 3, 1938

(In the second part was performed Schubert's "Great", but someone thought it well not to record it.)


WARNING: some little gaps in Mozart & Brahms

These are the last toscanini recordings with the BBC Symphony in my possession,
with a final surprise: the "Jupiter" Symphony.

A pinnacle of Toscanini's Mozart
together with the "Haffner" Symphony (NYPO & BBC)
and the complete Magic Flute (WP 1937):
one of the best "Jupiter" ever recorded.

Unfortunately the flaws make the listening a bit frustrating, but as in the case of Don Quixote with Feuermann is better so that give up altogether. BTW I recently learned that a better source is preserved: I hope that sooner or later it will be published.

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4 comments:

Guido said...

https://mega.nz/#!yXglnYiC!HzypSaqBpyqte8zQb2ChpWviNX0k2TUQLiHhpAfdFnU

Grover Gardner said...

Okay, this is worth squinting at some pictures to thank you. :-)

Louis said...

Thanks, Guido, for sharing this. I have just finished listening to the Jupiter. Despite the primitive sound and the 'glitches' you mention, it is an amazing performance (energetic and flexible but not hard-driven) and not quite what I expected after listening to his NBC So performances- fine as the 1940 one is (I have it on Immortal Performances).
Best, Louis

Guido said...

@Grover Glad you enjoyed this post,
and your comments are always welcome!


@Louis You're right and it's really a pity, some of Toscanini's very best performances (Tod un Verklärung WP, Don Quixote BBC, Missa Solemnis NY, This Jupiter) are the ones with the worst sound.