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Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Toscanini's scintillating reading of this music is legendary. The sound is old and cramped, but after a few moments under Toscanini's spell, you forget its limitations." - Herbert Russcol, (
La Mer)
Guide to Low-Priced Classical Records, 1968
"One had thought it impossible that every detail should emerge quite so clearly, without to some extent impairing the sweep and surge and swell of this marvelous music." - Edward Sackville-West, (
La Mer)
The Record Guide
"Toscanini's scintillating reading of this music is legendary. The sound is old and cramped, but after a few moments under Toscanini's spell, you forget its limitations." - Herbert Russcol, (
La Mer)
Guide to Low-Priced Classical Records, 1968
"One had thought it impossible that every detail should emerge quite so clearly, without to some extent impairing the sweep and surge and swell of this marvelous music." - Edward Sackville-West, (
La Mer)
The Record Guide
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Works on This Recording
1.
La mer by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1905; France
Date of Recording: 06/01/1950
2.
Images for Orchestra: no 2, Ibéria by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1908; France
Date of Recording: 06/02/1950
3.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1892-1894; France
Date of Recording: 02/1953
Notes: Composition written: France (1892 - 1894).
4.
Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra: no 1, Nuages by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1897-1899; France
Date of Recording: 03/15/1952
5.
Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra: no 2, Fêtes by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: French Impressionist
Date of Recording: 03/27/1948
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