Originally part of RCA Red Seal's Toscanini Video Collection, Toscanini - The Maestro features interviews with members of the NBC Symphony, Robert Merrill, Jarmila Novotna, Herva Nelli, Licia Albanese and others, plus photographs, documents, original recordings and a selection of rarely shown home movies. Also includes a complete performance of Verdi's Hymn of the Nations featuring Jan Peerce.
   Also included is a CD with 48 minutes of music containing:  1-2. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C Minor-I: Allegro con brio * Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 in C-III Menuetto  3. VERDI: Nabucco: pensiero  4. BRAHMSL Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, in C Minor-III: Un poco allegretto e graziozo  5. VERDI: La forza del destino - Overture  6. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, in D - II: Adagio non troppo  7. ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Overture  8. WAGNER: Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries 
  Disc 1: DVD  - 97:46 min. Disc 2: CD - 48:09 min. |