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Beethoven, Toscanini, NBC
Symphonies 1 & 3
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Marcia funebre, Adagio assai
3. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Scherzo, Allegro vivace
4. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Finale, Allegro molto
5. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Andante cantabile con moto
7. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Menuetto, Allegro molto e vivace
8. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Finale, Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

CD Details

All Artists: Beethoven, Toscanini, NBC
Title: Symphonies 1 & 3
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 1/18/1991
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266025220

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CD Reviews

A Great "First" and a Fine but Less Than Perfect "Third"

09/18/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Toscanini's interpretation of the Beethoven First was taken down in recording sessions in Carnegie Hall on 21 December 1951, using current "state of the art" magnetic taping equipment at 30 ips: the sound is faultless. Truly a high fidelity recording, it sounds virtually as satisfying as a fine modern stereo edition played back in mono. The interpretation is somewhat more spacious than the otherwise charming and bumptious 1937 BBC Symphony account (best heard in the purist Biddulph transfer.) I prefer this '51 reading to any of the other live or recorded Toscanini editions of the score, with a nod of approval also to the 1939 live account. The Eroica, from recording sessions of November and December of '49, is of a lower order of inspiration and commitment. One of the more strict readings by the Maestro (though still more expressive than his 1945 account on Music & Arts) this Third was done piecemeal for 45-rpm release: perhaps the starts and stops for the segments of the recording affected Maestro's concentration; at any rate, the outlines of a good performance are present, but not the inner life and fire. The audio quality is marginally inferior (and much hissier) than the 1951 edition of the First.Lovers of the Eroica MUST obtain the RCA / BMG CD release, in spectacularly realistic sound, of the incomparable 1939 broadcast (Volume 23 of the Toscanini Collection.)"