Considering the problems with the original masters (which precluded their release in the 1940s) what you've achieved is nothing short of miraculous. Thank you so much for posting!
I had no idea Toscanini conducted this for Debussy HIMSELF. Wow! He draws out the last few bars instead of going faster! In 1942 this was starting to really become Ormandy's Orchestra with its famous (infamous?) "sound". But Toscanini got HIS sound with any orchestra.
Sonically first rate, as usual. Thanks, Paul! The New Yorker's David Denby had this to say about this performance: "The first time I heard this recording, while driving back from Cape Cod, I had to pull over during the ecstatic final bars for fear of driving off the road. It is perhaps the most exciting performance of this great work ever recorded."
Found this while searching: The third movement trumpet/horn fanfares were included in the first printed edition of the score but were later omitted by Debussy in a reprint for reasons that are not entirely clear. Some conductors like Charles Munch and Leopold Stokowski included the fanfares in their recordings. Other conductors, like Pierre Boulez, chose to omit them. In a recording by Dimitri Mitropoulos with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, the fanfare passage is played only by horns, omitting the trumpets, which differs from his New York Philharmonic recording where the trumpets are clearly audible.
Genial en esta versión con el gran toscanini de esta obra de C.debussy el mar espléndido la orquesta ❤.
Stupenda! Sublime!
Considering the problems with the original masters (which precluded their release in the 1940s) what you've achieved is nothing short of miraculous. Thank you so much for posting!
I had no idea Toscanini conducted this for Debussy HIMSELF. Wow! He draws out the last few bars instead of going faster! In 1942 this was starting to really become Ormandy's Orchestra with its famous (infamous?) "sound". But Toscanini got HIS sound with any orchestra.
What an Orchestra !
Great listening, even without the trumpets. Nice job, Paul. Thanks.
Sonically first rate, as usual. Thanks, Paul! The New Yorker's David Denby had this to say about this performance: "The first time I heard this recording, while driving back from Cape Cod, I had to pull over during the ecstatic final bars for fear of driving off the road. It is perhaps the most exciting performance of this great work ever recorded."
Desde el punto de vista del sonido, lo mejor que he escuchado del maestro Toscanini. Gracias por compartir. Bravo 👏
Could you guys give me the section (time) with the Trumpets are removed?
He took out the trumpets in the finale! Still can't get used to that!
Found this while searching:
The third movement trumpet/horn fanfares were included in the first printed edition of the score but were later omitted by Debussy in a reprint for reasons that are not entirely clear.
Some conductors like Charles Munch and Leopold Stokowski included the fanfares in their recordings.
Other conductors, like Pierre Boulez, chose to omit them.
In a recording by Dimitri Mitropoulos with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, the fanfare passage is played only by horns, omitting the trumpets, which differs from his New York Philharmonic recording where the trumpets are clearly audible.