Toscanini conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

1. Mass for soloists, chorus, & orchestra in D major ("Missa Solemnis"), Op. 123
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra with Alexander Kipnis , Jussi Bjorling , Bruna Castagna , Zinka Milanov
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini

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Average customer rating: OK Good but not Great A Mystical Experience

Toscanini conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis Manufacturer: Grammofono 2000 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Toscanini, Arturo | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Milanov, Zinka | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003UHQ Release Date: 1996-05-14

Tracks:

1. Kyrie
2. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Gloria
3. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Credo
4. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Sanctus
5. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Agnus Dei

Customer Reviews:

OK.......2000-12-04

This was a fine, though uninspired performance. For Toscanini fans it is a must but for the rest of us it isn't really worth having. This was at one point (maybe by Dutton Labs?), teamed up with the Schubert 8th on another CD (almost identical cover),though the audio quality here is somewhat superior.

Good but not Great.......2000-12-04

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The performances here are not without emotion. There's a tight, nervous intensity in the Schubert (though balmy and itchy in comparison to Carl Schuricht's metaphysical pyrotechnics!).

The Beethoven, though, is bloated and flat and this is one score which needs a lean, athletic approach and one where I'd thought Toscanini would have excelled. Unfortunately the music never quite gets off the ground.

A Mystical Experience.......1999-12-05

This 1940 performance of the "Missa Solemnis" found Toscanini in a particularly expansive mood, phrasing with great breadth in tempos which, for him, were surprisingly slow. Within this context, the NBC Symphony plays with warmth and depth, the Westminster Choir sings superbly, and the vocal quartet of Milanov, Castagna, Bjorling and Kipnis sound as if they had been singing this music together for years. The overall effect casts a hypnotic spell on the listener that does not let up throughout the entire performance. And, in addition, the recorded sound is warm and natural, not the usual "boxy" sonics heard in most of Toscanini's RCA recordings. This is one performance for the millennium!

Average customer rating:

Toscanini conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis Manufacturer: Grammofono 2000 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Toscanini, Arturo | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000025I4S

Tracks:

1. Kyrie
2. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Gloria
3. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Credo
4. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Sanctus
5. Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: Agnus Dei

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