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Annotation

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
La scala di seta: Overture, recorded in 1949
II barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
La Cenerentola: Overture, recorded in 1945
Guillaume Tell: Overture, recorded in 1939

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La traviata: Prelude to Act 1, recorded in 1941
La forza del destino: Overture, recorded in 1945
Aida: Prelude to Act 1, recorded in 1940, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Otello: Ballet Music (Ballabili) Act III, recorded in 1948, Orchestra dello Teatro alia Scala di Milano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony N0.8 in f major, op.93, NBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1939
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.61, Jascha Heifetz (violin), NBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1940

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony no.3 in E-flat major, op.97, NBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1949

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony no.3 in F major, op. 90, NBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1941

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Scherzo capriccioso, op. 66, NBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1940

Annotation last modified on 2021-09-02 10:42 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Gioachino Rossini - Ouverturesi & Verdi
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1La scala di seta: Ouverture
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1949)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1949)
recording of:
La scala di seta: Sinfonia (in 1949)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Maria Foppa
part of:
La scala di seta
Gioachino Rossini6:01
2Il barbiere de Siviglia: Ouverture
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1945)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1945)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia (in 1945)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Der Barbier von Sevilla (german lyrics)
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
part of:
Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics)
part of:
The Barber of Seville (english lyrics)
Gioachino Rossini7:03
3La Cenerentola: Ouverture
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1945)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1945)
recording of:
La Cenerentola: Sinfonia (in 1945)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo
Gioachino Rossini7:31
4Guillaume Tell: Ouverture
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1939)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1939)
recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture) (in 1939)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Gioachino Rossini11:41
5La Traviata: Prélude à l’acte I
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1941)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1941)
recording of:
La traviata: Preludio (in 1941)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
La traviata (english lyrics)
part of:
La traviata
part of:
La traviata (french lyrics)
part of:
La Traviata (aka Violetta, german lyrics)
part of:
Violetta (La traviata) (german lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi3:55
6La force du destin: Ouverture
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1945)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1945)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Sinfonia (in 1945)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La forza del destino
Giuseppe Verdi6:58
7Aïda: Prélude de l’acte I
orchestra:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1940)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1940)
recording of:
Aida: Overture (1872, withdrawn ~10min "potpourri" work) (in 1940)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
reconstructed by:
Pietro Spada (pianist)
Giuseppe Verdi9:02
8Otello: Musique de ballet Acte III
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1948)
conductor:
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (in 1948)
recording of:
Otello: Atto III. Ballabile (Ballet Music) (in 1948)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
part of:
Otello: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi6:00
▶ CD 2: Beethoven - Symphonie no. 8 & Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
▶ CD 3: Schumann - Symphonie no. 3, Brahms - Symphonie no. 3, Dvorak - Scherzo Cappricioso

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ASIN:US: B000OTPNEK [info]