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Toscanini in London: The Legendary 1935 Recordings

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

This WHRA set is a splendid one. The sound quality is good while the documentation is fully up to the label’s usually high standards. As for the music-making, well the quality of that is quite... — MusicWeb International, 23rd April 2013 More…
  • Release Date: 12th Nov 2012
  • Catalogue No: WHRA6046
  • Label: West Hill Radio Archive
  • Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

4 CDs

$39.25

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Contents

Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture

Work length10:21
$3.00
$3.85
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 3 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Anacreon, ou L'amour fugitif: Overture

Track length10:21
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Work length38:55
$9.00
$11.60
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 3-5 June 1995
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length11:38
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II. Andante moderato

Track length11:37
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III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto

Track length6:11
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IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Piu allegro

Track length9:29
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Excerpt, Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Work length13:17
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 3-5 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Act III: Siegfried's Death

Track length4:22
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Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March

Track length8:55
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Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Work length28:46
$15.00
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 3 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Theme: Andante

Track length1:29
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Variation 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife)

Track length1:54
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Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)

Track length0:40
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Variation 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)

Track length1:17
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Variation 4: W. M. B. (William Meath Baker)

Track length0:26
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Variation 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold)

Track length1:44
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Variation 6: Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)

Track length1:22
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Variation 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith)

Track length0:59
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Variation 8: W. N. (Winifred Norbury)

Track length1:35
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Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger)

Track length3:18
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Variation 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)

Track length2:37
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Variation 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair)

Track length0:50
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Variation 12: B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson)

Track length2:28
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Variation 13: Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon)

Track length2:46
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Variation 14: Finale: E. D. U. (The Composer)

Track length5:21
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Wagner: Faust Overture, WWV59

Work length12:37
$3.00
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 5 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length26:52
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 5 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Act I: Prelude

Track length15:19
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Act III: Fanfare - Good Friday Music

Track length11:33
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Geminiani, F: Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in G minor

Work length8:20
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 12 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Largo e staccato

Track length1:37
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II. Allegro

Track length2:34
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III. Adagio

Track length2:21
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IV. Allegro

Track length1:48
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Excerpt, Rossini: Semiramide

Work length11:58
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 12 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Semiramide: Overture

Track length11:58
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length34:27
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 14 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length11:52
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II. Allegretto

Track length8:38
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III. Presto, assai meno presto

Track length7:05
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IV. Allegro con brio

Track length6:52
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Debussy: La Mer

Work length22:33
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 14 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

No. 1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer

Track length8:18
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No. 2. Jeux de vagues

Track length6:35
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No. 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

Track length7:40
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Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Work length19:31
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 14 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length5:34
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II. Andante

Track length6:40
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III. Menuetto

Track length3:35
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IV. Presto

Track length3:42
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

Work length9:51
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 14 June 1935
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

Act III: Nocturne

Track length5:38
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Act II: Scherzo

Track length4:13
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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Work length4:46
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  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Recorded: 1 June 1939
  • Recording Venue: Queen's Hall, London, United Kingdom

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