Arturo Toscanini
Acting Born: 1897-03-25 Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
Movies
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Toscanini in His Own Words
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hymn of the Nations
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Is Everybody Listening?
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
I Am an American
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
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