ARTURO TOSCANINI CONDUCTS VERDI (12 CDs)

Available for the first time in the United States, this set from the Sony Classical Masters Series features Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the works of Giuseppe Verdi, including La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, Aida, Otello, Falstaff and Messa da Requiem. Also featured are sopranos Licia Albanese and Herva Nelli, tenors Jan Perce and Richard Tucker and baritone Robert Merrill. The Sony Classical Masters is a new series offering a huge wealth of recordings at a very attractive price. Combining the greatest recordings from the RCA, BMG, and Sony Classical labels in one series for the first time, the series houses the performances of the best-loved repertoire by preeminent artists such as James Galway, John Williams, Julian Bream, Lorin Maazel, Yo Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, Isaac Stern, James Levine and Glenn Gould, to name but a few. With 42 single-disc releases and 28 box sets, this is a truly all-encompassing range and a complete classical collection in itself, and includes many titles which have not been available for some time.

Verdi:
Un ballo in maschera
Aida
Otello
Falstaff
Requiem
Herva Nelli (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass)
Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller)
Quattro Pezzi Sacri: Te Deum
Inno delle nazioni
Prelude to Act III from I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Qui posa il fianco (from I Lombardi)
Va, pensiero (from Nabucco)
I vespri siciliani Overture
Rigoletto: Act 3

Arturo Toscanini