Arturo Toscanini Plays Brahms (The New York Philharmonic) (2008)
Arturo Toscanini Plays Brahms (The New York Philharmonic) (2008)
MP3 | HQ 320 kbps | 2CD | Source: Web | 137 mb
Classical | Guild Historical
MP3 | HQ 320 kbps | 2CD | Source: Web | 137 mb
Classical | Guild Historical
Tracklist:
CD1
Johannes Brahms
01 Announcer
02 Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Recorded: 7 April 1935
03 Serenade No. 2 in A flat Major, Op. 16
CD2
01 Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80
Recorded: 15 March 1936
02 Announcer
03 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
04 Brahms: Four Part Songs
Robert Casadesus - piano
Recorded: 30 January 1936
From the notes:"It is often said, not without justification, that Toscanini's performances stand out from those of his contemporaries for what might be called their (for the time) 'modern' approach, which is to say that the excesses of Romantic subjective interpretation were, generally speaking, not for him. What distinguished his readings principally is his extraordinary command of structure, realised through the appositeness of his chosen tempi, very rarely varied, and only then to make a definite musical point, almost as a punctuation in the overall schematic plan, allied to orchestral playing of considerable concentration and commitment. Toscanini never needed to indulge in jejune 'point-making' as an interpretative habit - nor did he countenance it in other conductors." written by Robert Matthew-Walker