Toscanini: The Complete Madison Square Garden Concert (May 25, 1944)

Toscanini: The Complete Madison Square Garden Concert (May 25, 1944)

On this CD:

1. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Overture
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra

2. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine journey
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Prelude and Liebstod
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra

4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Ride of the Walkyries
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra

5. New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia Auctions Toscanini's Baton
Composed by Fiorello La Guardia
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra

6. Rigoletto, opera Act three (Complete)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra with Nan Merriman, Zinka Milanov, Nicola Moscona, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren

7. Inno delle nazioni ("Gloria dei cieli altissimi"), for voice, chorus & orchestra
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra with Jan Peerce

8. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band
Composed by John Philip Sousa
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra