{"product_id":"toscanini-war-bonds-concert-mendelssohn-schubert-barber-verdi-1942-pasc077","title":"TOSCANINI War Bonds Concert: Mendelssohn, Schubert, Barber, Verdi (1942) - PASC077","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOverture to A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 8, 'Unfinished', in B minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBARBER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eEssay for Orchestra No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVERDI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOverture to I Vespri Siciliani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1942\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eDuration 51:09\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC077.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f \u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybig\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eSamuel Barber's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eEssay for Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eNo. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003enotes by Andrew Rose \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBarber's \u003cem\u003eEssay for Orchestra No. 1\u003c\/em\u003e is the natural partner to his most famous work, the \u003cem\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003c\/em\u003e, and both are intrinsically linked to Toscanini. During the summer of 1937, as he began his tenure conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini asked the orchestra's supervisor, Rodziński, for suggestions of American works to perform. The suggestion of something by Barber was raised, but rather than play an existing composition, Toscanini decided to ask for a new piece to review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThus Barber, still a young composer, excitedly got to work on his \u003cem\u003eEssay for Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, which was submitted alongside the \u003cem\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003c\/em\u003e. Then for several months nothing appeared to happen, and the scores were returned to the composer without comment. Discouraged, Barber started to seek alternative performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eDuring the summer of 1938 Barber had been invited to Toscanini's summer home in Italy, but piqued by his apparent rejection, refused to go, instead sending a friend with news of an illness. This ruse was quickly seen through by Toscanini, who stated that Barber had no need to be angry with him - he was planning to perform both works, and had returned the scores as a courtesy having already memorised both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThus the première performance of both works was conducted by Toscanini on 5th November 1938 in an NBC Symphony Orchestra Concert. To the best of my knowledge this release is the only recording of Toscanini conducting the \u003cem\u003eEssay\u003c\/em\u003e to be issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eMusically it is perhaps the ideal partner to the \u003cem\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003c\/em\u003e. Although scored for full orchestra and piano it appears to inhabit the same musical world, certainly at the outset. The piece is essentially in two sections, beginning with a broad, lyrical, brooding \u003cem\u003eAndante sostenuto\u003c\/em\u003e, which is eventually interrupted by the \u003cem\u003eAllegro molto\u003c\/em\u003e of the second section, a quasi-scherzo of new material in triple time which builds up to a climax in which themes from the first part are recalled. Finally the piece dies down, first with near-canonical writing in the trumpets, before ending with the violins restating the original theme, which is left hanging in mid-air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003eOn Toscanini's War Bonds Concerts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003eAn edited discussion from the Yahoo Toscanini group \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBB:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"The Verdi was issued by RCA originally on LM 6041 (Verdi and Toscanini 2 lp set); the Barber was taken into the studio and recorded in a regular session. The 1941-42 War Bond Concerts (the first was on December 6, 1941 and was a Treasury Bond concert though Pearl Harbor was only hours a away!) were without audience. There were five altogether and served in the end to bring about a rapprochement between Toscanini and NBC.  Stokowski had become the orchestra's Principal Conductor in 1941-42.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAK:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Right. But only the \"\u003c\/em\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003cem\u003e\" was given a session recording.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBB:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Re. that particular War Bond concert, the Verdi, as I said, was eventually issued. The Barber was recorded separately. RCA was engaged in doing the complete Mendelssohn MSND  music with Toscanini and the Philadelphia Orchestra; not released as it turned out because of RCA's technical screw ups but still \"in prep\" in 1942; and RCA did not need to release or record the Schubert \u003cem\u003eUnfinished\u003c\/em\u003e interpretation at that time because, frankly, they already had a fully serviceable version in their catalogue with Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony (M-319) plus a black label recording by Walter and the VPO on set G-9.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e *Although this concert has never been commercially released before, the recording of Verdi's \u003cem\u003eOverture to I Vespri Siciliani\u003c\/em\u003e was issued by RCA. We cannot trace any issue of the other recordings - indeed this appears to be the first release of Barber's \u003cem\u003eEssay for Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e as conducted by Toscanini.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMENDELSSOHN \u003c\/b\u003eOverture to A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony No. 8, 'Unfinished', in B minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARBER \u003c\/b\u003eEssay for Orchestra No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERDI \u003c\/b\u003eOverture to I Vespri Siciliani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eArturo Toscanini\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003eBroadcast live with no audience, 24th January 1942, Studio 8H \u003cbr\u003e Pristine Audio XR remastering by Andrew Rose, June 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; 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