Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (2023)
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Arturo Toscanini, (born March 25, 1867, Parma, Italy—died Jan. 16, 1957, New York City, N.Y., U.S.), Italian conductor, considered one of the great virtuoso conductors of the first half of the 20th century.

Toscanini studied at the conservatories of Parma and Milan, intending to become a cellist. At the age of 19, when playing at the opera house at Rio de Janeiro, he was called upon to fill in for the conductor and performed Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida from memory. He came into prominence as a conductor in Italy and elsewhere and was appointed musical director of La Scala, Milan, in 1898, and of the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, in 1908. He conducted the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra from 1928 to 1936 and appeared with orchestras all over the world, except those of Italy and Germany during the Fascist regimes. From 1937 to 1954 he directed the NBC Symphony, an orchestra sponsored by the U.S. radio network.

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Arturo Toscanini – Cherubini, Haydn & Others: Orchestral Works (Toscanini Live at The Hague, Netherlands, 3/23/1938) [Remastered 2022] (2022)
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He was born in a tailor’s family. At the age of nine, he was admitted to the Royal School of Music in Parma. Studying in cello, piano and composition classes, he received a scholarship at the age of eleven, and at thirteen began performing as a professional cellist. In 1885, at the age of 18, he graduated with honors from the Conservatory in Parma in the cello class with L. Carini; even as a student, he led a small orchestra organized by him from fellow students . After graduating from the Conservatory, he was accepted into the traveling Italian opera troupe as a cello concertmaster, assistant choirmaster and correpetitor. In 1886, the troupe went to Rio de Janeiro for the winter season; during these tours, on June 25, 1886, due to arguments between the company’s permanent conductor, managers and the public, Toscanini had to stand at the conductor’s desk during the performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. He recited the opera by heart. Thus began his conducting career, to which he devoted about 70 years.
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Arturo Toscanini – Haydn: Symphonies Nos, 31, 98 & 99 Serenade (2022)
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Arturo Toscanini (/ɑːrˈtʊəroʊ ˌtɒskəˈniːni/; Italian: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
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