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Arturo Toscanini
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Every rehearsal is like a concert, and every concert like a debut.
— Cited from Howard Taubman, The Maestro, The Atlantic, 1943
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor (1867–1957)
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The conductor who turned precision into legend. Toscanini's eidetic memory and unforgiving ear made him the most influential figure on the podium for half a century — and NBC's broadcasts carried that intensity into American living rooms.
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Born March 25, 1867, in Italy, Arturo Toscanini rose through the operatic world to lead La Scala in Milan, then crossed the Atlantic to direct the New York Philharmonic. His perfectionism and command of orchestral detail set a new standard for conducting. In 1937 he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1954. Radio and television broadcasts transformed him into a household name, especially in the United States, where his recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire reached millions. He died January 16, 1957, having reshaped what the w…
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Arturo Toscanini
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La Scala is the lover who made me despair the most
— Rai Cultura: Arturo Toscanini, artista dei Due Mondi
Arturo Toscanini
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They ask me what my secret is. My secret is very simple: it consists in having the music performed, note by note, as the author wrote it.
— Cited from Andrea Della Corte, Arturo Toscanini (Edizioni Studio Tesi, 1981), p. 171.
Arturo Toscanini
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[While witnessing Cantelli conduct for the first time] That's me!
— Cited from Michele Ballarini, Guido Cantelli, come una meteora (Bologna: Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna Magazine, 2019), p. 14.
Arturo Toscanini
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[After hearing Marian Anderson perform] What I heard today one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years.
— Cited from Kosti Vehanen, Marian Anderson: A Portrait (New York/London: Mc Graw-Hill Book Company), p. 130.
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- Symphonies nos. 1, 4 6 & 7 (remastered 2021)2021
- Symphony no. 9, op. 125 “Choral”2020
- The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 12019
- Piano Concertos 1, 3 & 4: The Complete Live NBC Broadcast Recordings, 1944/19462019
- The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 42019
- The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 62019
- TOSCANINI conducts Richard Strauss (1938-46)2019
- TOSCANINI Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York Complete Recordings ∙ Volume 1 (1929-36)2019
- The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 22019
- The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 32019
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