Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 605 Mb | Total time: 108:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.110821-22 | Recorded: 1946
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 605 Mb | Total time: 108:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.110821-22 | Recorded: 1946
The war over, the Milanese set about the immediate rebuilding of the bombed La Scala. By 1946 the work was complete in time for Toscanini to return – by public demand – to his old house to direct the opening concert, a truly legendary occasion now at last officially available on CD in tolerable enough sound to enjoy its many virtues. Chief among them are the old maestro’s inimitable, indeed unique way of inspiriting singers and orchestra to perform Rossini and Verdi as perhaps never before or since.