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29 April 2016

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Beethoven. Symphony 3 - RCA Victor 1939

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55  - "Eroica"   
I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Marcia Funebre, adagio assai  ~  III: Scherzo -Allegro vivace  ~  IV: Finale -Allegro molto

2 files zip 16/44 FLAC             2 files zip 24/48 FLAC 
NBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Arturo Toscanini

HMV  DBS.8904-DB.8910  Auto   (DBS.5946-DB.5951)   Album no.366.   RCA matrices {2A.043527-39}   1941/2 set
Recorded live: 28 October 1939 - Studio 8-H, New York
Matrices '1', except s.8 (1R) and  s.13 ('IV') - RCA transfers (ends of mvts. 2 & 4)  

14 March 2016

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / New York Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 7 / Wagner - RCA Victor 1936

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony no.7 in A Major, op.92
I: Poco sostenuto - Vivace  ~  II: Allegretto  ~  III: Presto - assai meno presto  ~  IV: Allegro con Brio   
16/44 zip FLAC           24/48 zip FLAC 

Richard Wagner:  "Gotterdammerung" - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey    /    "Lohengrin" - Prelude, Act III
2 files 16/44 zip FLAC           2 files 24/48 zip FLAC 
The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York  conducted by  Arturo Toscanini   
HMV  DB.2986-2990   Album no.266.  RCA matrices {2A.101200-9}.    Recorded: 9-10 April 1936 - Carnegie Hall.   1938 set
HMV  DB.2860/1    RCA matrices {2A.94657-60}.     Recorded: 8 February / 9 April 1936 - Carnegie Hall.   1941 pressings
Beethoven side1 ('take1') transferred 2.5dB higher: less good sound with some side-end deterioration.     "Lohengrin" is remarkably good sound.

13 August 2015

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Beethoven. Symphony 5 / Egmont Overture / Leonore 3 - NBC/RCA 1939

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony no.5 in C minor, op.67  
I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Andante con moto  ~  III: Allegro  ~  IV: Allegro
16/44 zip FLAC              24/48 zip FLAC          inc. analytical notes
Ludwig van Beethoven:  "Egmont" - Overture, op.84    /   "Leonore" - Overture no.3, op.72a    
2 files 16/44 zip FLAC           2 files 24/48 zip FLAC  
NBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Arturo Toscanini  
HMV  DB.8691-4  Auto  (DB.3822-5). Album no.511    RCA Matrices: 2A 032806-14  Recorded: 27 February / 1 March 1939 - Studio 8-H.
HMV  DB.5703 / DB.5704-5    RCA matrices: 2A 043605/6 ...  RCA transfer: 2A 043558-61 (VI,V,VI,V)
Live performances:   18 November 1939 / 4 November 1939 - Studio 8-H, New York   July/Sept 2014 files - Egmont/Leonore 3 not US issued..  HMV label scans >>>