1st mov: Allegro con brio
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony no 3. Recorded 10.6.38 at Abbey Road Studio 1.
2nd mov: Andante
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony no 3. Recorded 10.6.38 at Abbey Road Studio 1.
3rd mov: Poco allegretto
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony no 3. Recorded 10.6.38 at Abbey Road Studio 1.
1st mov: Allegro con brio
Wilhelm Furtwangler leads the BPO in Beethoven's fifth symphony on May 4, 1954 at the Paris Opera. While not as well known as the wartime performance or the last recorded performance (5.23.54), I believe that this version is the best realisation of Furtwangler's overall conception of the score, despite the BPO being in less than perfect form.
4th mov: Allegro
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony no 3. Recorded 10.6.38 at Abbey Road Studio 1.
Kyrie
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a live radio broadcast of the Missa Solemnis on 12.28.1940 at Carnegie Hall.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Alexander Kipnis, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
The great Hungarian conductor Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) leads the Berlin Philharmonic in Beethoven's fifth symphony. This was recorded in 1913 and is one of the the first complete recordings of any major symphony.
Requiem Aeternam, Kyrie Eleison
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem on 11.23.1940.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Nicola Moscona, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
Gloria (part 1)
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a live radio broadcast of the Missa Solemnis on 12.28.1940 at Carnegie Hall.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Alexander Kipnis, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem on 11.23.1940.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Nicola Moscona, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
Gloria (part 2)
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a live radio broadcast of the Missa Solemnis on 12.28.1940 at Carnegie Hall.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Alexander Kipnis, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
1st mvt: Un poco sostenuto; Allegro (part 1)
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) leads the London Symphony Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony no 1. Recorded 2.16.39 at Abbey Road Studio 1.
Liber Scriptus, Quid Sum Miser
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem on 11.23.1940.
Zinka Milanov, soprano; Bruna Castagna, contralto; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, Nicola Moscona, bass. The Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director.
