{"product_id":"toscanini-conducts-his-contemporaries-sibelius-enescu-elgar-vaughan-williams-194045-pasc087","title":"TOSCANINI Conducts his Contemporaries: Sibelius, Enescu, Elgar, Vaughan Williams (1940\/45) - PASC087","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eENESCU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eRomanian Rhapsody\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eELGAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eIntroduction and Allegro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVAUGHAN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded live in 1940 and 1945\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 72:11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eArturo Toscanini \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fOne of Sibelius’s darkest symphonies ... Toscanini gives a feeling of gloom overwhelming the optimism578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eNow, here is—for all the praise I’ve given other\nToscanini releases—one of the most interesting and indispensable of\nthose that Pristine Classical has issued. For one thing, none of these\nperformances, to my knowledge, has been available on CD before; and for\nanother, they are excellent and interesting readings of unfamiliar\nToscanini fare that adds to his legend rather than detracting from it. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eMy standards in Sibelius’s symphonies are\ngenerally Thomas Beecham and Karajan, and so it was with considerable\ninterest that I compared this reading of the Fourth to Beecham’s, a\ncommercial recording made around the same time by a conductor who\nToscanini loathed. The differences, as well as the similarities, are\nstriking. Both conductors take this, one of Sibelius’s darkest\nsymphonies, at essentially the same tempos; but Beecham generally\npresents a reaching for optimism through the gloom, while Toscanini\ngives a feeling of gloom overwhelming the optimism. This is Toscanini’s\nonly recorded performance of this work; it was formerly released by\nMusic \u0026amp; Arts (755), but this transfer has greater clarity and fuller\nstring tone. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe remaining three works are essentially encore\npieces, but played with an energy in the first and seriousness of\npurpose in the latter two that make them quite attractive. The Enescu is\nbased on an old gypsy melody, well known in the Rom community, and\nToscanini tears into it for all it’s worth. The Elgar, like Toscanini’s\nmore celebrated reading of the same composer’s “Enigma” Variations, is\nless stylistically British, perhaps, than many others, yet his\ntransparent textures and ethereal legato in the Introduction do convey a\npastoral calm echoed in Mischa Mischakoff’s solo violin, and the\nAllegro has a boisterous rustic character well suited to the music.\nAlso, the way in which Toscanini builds drama is nothing short of\namazing. Listeners who recall how he elevated Grofé’s tacky \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eGrand Canyon Suite,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nparticularly in “Painted Desert” and “Cloudburst,” will certainly\nrecognize the same interpretive genius in this slight but much better\nwork. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eVaughan Williams’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eFantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nis a very rare example (formerly on Memories -4182) of Toscanini\nplaying music that seems on the surface to be entirely outside his ken, a\nsolidly British work with no implied universality, yet he somehow\nmanages to find exactly that. Perhaps predictably, he makes Tallis’s\ntheme sound more tragic and less genteel, yet that adds to its stature.\nHere, particularly, his uncanny sense of balance stacks the strings in a\nway that endows the music simultaneously with richness and clarity.\nListeners who prefer a more leisurely pace will, I’m sure, be\ndisappointed, but those of us who feel the incredible life force of\nToscanini’s music-making can overlook a lack of British pastoral feeling\nin lieu of the riches he presents us. The string quartet within the\norchestra, beginning at about the seven-minute mark, is especially well\nplayed and stunning in its total integration into both the musical\ncontext and the fabric of the surrounding (all-string) orchestra. For\nme, at least, this disc is indispensable; and, at 72 minutes, a\nsurprisingly good bargain from Pristine Classical. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eLynn René Bayley \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"dateBlockDiv\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 31:4 (Mar\/Apr 2008) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC087.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eAll four recordings represented here were originally made on broadcast acetate discs, later dubbed to quarter-inch open reel tape. Although there is some variation in quality between the recordings, all were in excellent condition, though in some cases applause had been cut rather short, and overall sound quality is exceptional for this period. I have retained announcements wherever present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI resisted the temptation to remove more hiss than was necessary, leaving a wonderfully rich, open sound with plenty of top-end extension, most especially in the latter two recordings. Of the four, the Enescu is slightly more restricted in frequency range, something more than made up by the fiery gusto of a truly magnificent 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