TOSCANINI: 1936 NY Philharmonic Concert in Improved Sound
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2018
- Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) conducts the NY Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on March 1, 1936 in New York City. Guest soloist is soprano Dusolina Giannini, Edwin McArthur, piano. The analog source material has been digitally transferred with applied Magix audio restoration software to reduce noise. No artificial ambiance or added reverb has been used.
Кино
I can't get enough of this stuff. Thank you for posting these marvelous performances. The vacillating tempi in the "Danse" are a revelation! He truly turns it into a developing story rather than the cute waltz it often becomes today. I appreciate Toscanini's thoughtfulness.
Most of the recordings I got as a youth in the early 50’s of Toscanini were with the NBC SO from Studio 8H on RCA Victor records. Those recordings never got good revues for the sound quality, but I got used to that sound and it never bothered me much. But I remember how the critics would say that Toscanini's recordings with other orchestras in other halls were always so much better for the sound. The truth is that Toscanini never seemed to care much about the quality of the sound of his recordings. He was no Stokowski when it came to recorded sound.
True, recording was torture for AT although he liked the acoustics in Carnegie Hall. He hated the fact that he had to stop every four minutes or so to switch sides for 78 rpm recordings. Later when they recorded continuously using tape he was much happier about the process. These broadcast recordings were different in that he could ignore the usual challenges of recording of that time but the problem with these early broadcasts is that there were copied off the air from an AM channel. Later they used the same line that was used for broadcast resulting in much better sound fidelity.
It would be helpful if you listed the complete program as given.
This doesn't sound like Carnegie Hall to me but rather Studio 8H. The Carnegie performances have much more reverb and the strings much further away than here. But I'm sure it is CH. Dusolina sounds terrible - she must have had a cold.
Toscanini would not perform in Studio 8-H until he conducted the NBCSO beginning in December 1937. I wish I sang as well as Dusolina when I have a cold.