Conducts La Boheme
On this CD:
1. La bohème, opera
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
with Licia Albanese, Salvatore Baccaloni, George Cehanovsky, Nicola Moscona, Jan Peerce, Francesco Valentino
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
La Bohème, straight from the horse's mouth to your CD player. Arturo Toscanini led the world premiere of this indestructible opera in 1896, and his fiftieth anniversary broadcast performance crackles with nervous energy, rollicking brio in the ensembles, and the Maestro's uniquely controlled rubatos. And it's wonderful to hear him croaking along with Licia Albanese in Mimi's Act 1 aria while turning that act's concluding love duet into a vocal ménage à trois! The dry acoustics of NBC's Studio 8-H are surprisingly vibrant and lifelike, and the principals make up in commitment and attentiveness to words for what they lack in pure vocal sheen. Your basic stereo Bohème is still Pavarotti/Freni/Karajan, but Toscanini's authenticity shines across the decades. --Jed Distler
Conducts La Boheme, Music, Giacomo Puccini, Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini, Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Francesco Valentino, Anne McKnight, NBC Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic
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