内容紹介
ジンカ・ミラノフ(S)、B.カスターニャ(Ms)、ビョルリンク(T)、N.モスコーナ(B)、 録音:1940.11/23
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The
1951 NBC broadcast Verdi Requiem approved by Toscanini for commercial release in the RCA/BMG Toscanini Collection (Vol. 63) is superseded by this broadcast from November 23, 1940, on both sonic and artistic grounds. Music & Arts' clear, well-focused sound (transferred, one suspects, from "inside" source material) captures the warmth and bottom often missing from the Maestro's harsher-sounding commercial discs. All of the vocal contributions, notwithstanding minor but glaring lapses from the soloists, surpass their later counterparts, especially the supple and well-rehearsed Westminster Choir. Moreover, Toscanini's broader tempi and greater flexibility allow text and music to coalesce in a manner few conductors have achieved, including Toscanini himself in subsequent performances. The present concert opened with a lovely performance of the
Te Deum, a work the Maestro actually coached under the composer's approving eye. Excellent notes by Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs round out this important release.
--Jed Distler