Two new remastering

[chez_toscanini]

Hi survivors of Toscaninifriends. I hope you are well.  Today I am here to give news about two new Toscanini remastering.

After the attempt by Caniell , also Andrew Rose provides his point of view of the Pasadena concert of May 5th, 1950 https://www.pristineclassical.com/products/pasc750 You can get a preview of the first movement of Beethoven 3, which sounds to me quite similar to the later studio recording. However quite different from Caniell rendering which gives a sound more of the '30s than of the '50s.

A month ago Caniell has issued another recording from the New York Phyl eve of Toscanini. Brahms Symphony 2 performed on February 16th, 1936, coupled with Strauss' Tod und Verklärung performed on 5 April 1936. These remastering have been produced in association with the Toscanini estate. A second CD includes Brahms Tragic Overture and Strauss Don Quixote performed with the NBC on November 22nd, 1953. The first CD should be a novelty, as never those musics were never available. Here the announce http://immortalperformances.org/documents.php?d=49

Ciao

Ezio

[largo_57]

I notice one small mistake on the Pristine issue - the encore "Dixie" is listed as being performed April 17, 1950 in Richmond, Virginia, however, I believe the April 17th concert was in Baltimore, Maryland. The Richmond concert was April 19th.

[chez_toscanini]

The mistake is only the date, but it is a bonus, as said in the notes. "As a bonus, we have managed to secure a recording of the encore Dixie, by Daniel Decatur Emmett, which Toscanini performed in Atlanta, Philadelphia and, as heard here to an astonished and rapturous reception, in Richmond,
Virginia, earlier in the tour. The music librarian to the NBC orchestra at the time, James Dolan, introduces the piece
with a fascinating account of how it came to be included in the Maestro's programme."
Ezio