Toscanini Conducts Wagner
) | Label: RCA RED SEAL Catalog: 887654119322 Format: CD High Fidelity RecordingWorld-famous Italian conductor, Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), conducts here the NBC Symphony Orchestra, of which he was the first music director from 1937-1954. Showcased are historic recordings of works by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), dating from the late 1940s/early 1950s and recorded in the main in Carnegie Hall, New York. Featured soloists are American soprano Helen Traubel and leading Wagner tenor of the time, Danish/American singer, Lauritz Melchior.  Price: $24.98 |