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Giacomo Meyerbeer, Karl Goldmark, Georges Bizet
Toscanini conducts Bizet, Mozart, Copland, etc.
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Dinorah - Overture
2. In The Garden
3. Serenade
4. Prelude
5. Serenade
6. Marche
7. Danse Bohemienne
8. I. Dimanche Matin
9. II. Au Caberet
10. III. Sous Les Tilleuls
11. IV. Dimanche Soir
Track Listings (11) - Disc #2
1. I. Allegro Maestoso
2. II. Andante
3. III. Presto
4. I. Allegro Moderato
5. II. Andante Commodamente
6. III. Scherzo: Allegro Non Troppo/Moderato Assai
7. IV. Finale: Allegro Moderato
8. El Salon Mexico
9. Semper Fidelis
10. El Capitan
11. The Star Spangled Banner

TOSCANINI/NBC SO 2 CD SET

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All Artists: Giacomo Meyerbeer, Karl Goldmark, Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vasily Kalinnikov, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, John [04] Stafford Smith, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Title: Toscanini conducts Bizet, Mozart, Copland, etc.
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Testament UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/13/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Marches, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 749677140427

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TOSCANINI/NBC SO 2 CD SET

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CD Reviews

For the great Toscanini, a so-so collection

madamemusico | Cincinnati, Ohio USA | 05/11/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Revelations: the Dinorah Overture, Rustic Wedding Symphony excerpts, Mozart Divertimento and Copland's El Salon Mexico (which I didn't even know he had performed). Disappointments: The Kalinnikov Symphony, which is too fast and stiff in the first movement and, in the second, Toscanini rescores the viola "drone" effect of the opening of the movement for harp which ruins the desired effect. Downers: the inferior music of Bizet's "Jolie Fille du Perth" suite, and that dreadful, boxy Studio 8-H sound, and the Massenet. Delightful surprises: the Sousa marches, especially "Semper Fidelis" which he conducts like a tarantella, also the unidentified chorus on the Dinorah overture (most probably the Westminster Choir, which Toscanini used in those years for his Beethoven performances).

Overall, then, a nice collection that fills in some gaps, but primarily for "complete" collectors only. As an overall album, it's just OK."