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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Promenade | |||
| 2. The Gnome | |||
| 3. Promenade | |||
| 4. The Old Castle | |||
| 5. Promenade | |||
| 6. Tuileries | |||
| 7. Bydlo | |||
| 8. Promenade | |||
| 9. Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks | |||
| 10. Samuel Goldberg And Schmuyle | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Chorale St. Antoni: Andante | |||
| 2. Variation I: Poco Piu Animato | |||
| 3. Variation II: Piu Vivace | |||
| 4. Variation III: Con Moto | |||
| 5. Variation IV: Andante Con Moto | |||
| 6. Variation V: Vivace | |||
| 7. Variation VI: Vivace | |||
| 8. Variation VII: Grazioso | |||
| 9. Variation VIII: Presto Non Troppo | |||
| 10. Finale: Andante | |||
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On this CD:
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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Tod und Verklärung
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 'St Antoni Chorale'
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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(21) Hungarian Dances
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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The Nutcracker - Suite
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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Finlandia
Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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Má vlast
Composed by Bedrich Smetana
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Calling this volume of the RCA Toscanini series Orchestral Showpieces risks creating the impression that it is a set of barnstorming spectaculars often reserved for encores, which demand superb sound quality if they are to have the required effect. Sound which an archive release like this simply cannot deliver, though these remastered mono NBC Symphony Orchestra recordings from 1950-53 certainly fair very well in the strings and woodwinds, the brass and cymbals having a tendency to harshness in louder passages. Showpieces or not, the recordings are certainly significant. Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition, (orchestrated by Ravel--with revisions by Toscanini) offers a solidly architectural "Great Gate Of Kiev". Richard Strauss's, Death and Transfiguration and Till Elenspiegel have a comparable musical drama to that which Toscanini brought to his Wagner recordings. Brahms's Haydn Variations have real weight and formal power, while the Hungarian Dances have a concentrated melody as well as superior sound. Equally, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite glitters with a lightness of touch, contrasting with Toscanini's ceremonial, majestic reading of Sibelius's Finlandia. The anthology concludes with "The Moldau" from Smetana's Má Vlast, a colourful and aptly fluid interpretation. Without the unifying subject of previous volumes in the same series, Orchestral Showpieces is akin to an extended concert, an opportunity to enjoy a diverse programme of immense musical artistry, lovingly presented by one of the 20th century's great conductors. Beautifully presented, these classic recordings make a most welcome return to the catalogue. --Gary S. Dalkin
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