This four-CD set, the contents of which are also available as four separate discs, is derived from a now mostly forgotten interruption in Arturo Toscanini's tenure with the NBC Symphony that took place in 1941-1942, owing to various festering disagreements with the orchestra's management. The disputes were subsequently resolved and his estrangement from the NBC Symphony didn't last, but for most of 1941 and the beginning of 1942, after writing a letter of resignation to NBC, the conductor accepted engagements elsewhere, ...
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This four-CD set, the contents of which are also available as four separate discs, is derived from a now mostly forgotten interruption in Arturo Toscanini's tenure with the NBC Symphony that took place in 1941-1942, owing to various festering disagreements with the orchestra's management. The disputes were subsequently resolved and his estrangement from the NBC Symphony didn't last, but for most of 1941 and the beginning of 1942, after writing a letter of resignation to NBC, the conductor accepted engagements elsewhere, including the opportunity to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in a series of concerts that led to the recordings at hand. As it happened, the notion of Toscanini conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra wasn't that far out of left field -- he had done so in 1930 during his tenure with the New York Philharmonic, exchanging podiums with Leopold Stokowski late that year to great critical and audience acclaim for both conductors. As it turns out, the recordings here are all worth hearing,...
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Add this copy of Toscanini Collection, Volumes 67-70: the Philadelphia to cart. $4.45, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by RCA.
Add this copy of Toscanini Collection, Volumes 67-70: the Philadelphia to cart. $22.95, like new condition, Sold by Broad Street Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Branchville, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by RCA.
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