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By the autumn of 1934 terms were agreed for Toscanini to
conduct four broadcast concerts during the third London Music
Festival in June 1935, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, founded
in 1930, trained by Adrian Boult, and widely recognized as
Britainís foremost ensemble.
Previous guest conductors included Richard Strauss, Mengelberg,
and Koussevitzky; Toscanini's son-in-law Vladimir Horowitz had
been a soloist with the orchestra and his positive experience had
no doubt contributed to the Maestro’s decision to accept the
invitation.
After the first, long sold-out concert on June 3, the following day’s
critics were unanimous in declaring Toscanini to be pre-eminent
in his art.
There were four programs, each given twice (with slight changes),
and all recorded ‘on spec’ by HMV; eventually all works (except a
Geminiani concerto, issued here for the first time) were released
on LP or CD, but have been unavailable for many years, and are
now released in greatly improved sound.
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Toscanini in London:The Legendary 1935 Recordings
BBC Symphony Orchestra, ������Toscanini
CAT.NO.: WHRA 6046
FORMAT: 4CD
PPD: £ 18.90
LABEL: West Hill Radio Archives
BARCODE: 5425008378770
GENRE: Orchestral
TRACKLISTING:
CHERUBINI: Anacreon – Overture
BRAHMS :Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98
WAGNER: Götterdämmerung Act 3 – Siegfried’s Death and Funeral
March; A Faust Overture; Parsifal – Prelude to Act 1 and Good Friday
Music
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in b [prev. unissued]
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
DEBUSSY: La Mer; ROSSINI: Semiramide – Overture
MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D, KV385 (Haffner)
MENDESSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A SHEET