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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 7/5/1967
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This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of "Dawn and Siegfried's Journey" from Gotterdammerung by Richard Wagner, and Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" by Antonin Dvorak.
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 7/19/1967
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This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of The Moldau by Bedrich Smetana, "Prologue" from Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito, and includes an interview with Mrs. Ernest Newman.
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 7/26/1967
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This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Octet for Strings, op. 20 by Felix Mendelssohn, and includes an interview with Daniel Guillet.