Verdi: Requiem Mass & Te Deum
Zinka Milanov (soprano), Bruna Castagna (mezzo), Jussi Björling (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)
NBC Symphony & Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini
For a conductor famous for incandescence and relentless intensity, this account of the Requiem, from a Carnegie Hall concert of November 23, 1940, is most remarkable for its lyrical beauty and...
Verdi: Requiem Mass & Te Deum
Zinka Milanov (soprano), Bruna Castagna (mezzo), Jussi Björling (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)
NBC Symphony & Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini
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For a conductor famous for incandescence and relentless intensity, this account of the Requiem, from a Carnegie Hall concert of November 23, 1940, is most remarkable for its lyrical beauty and...
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Originally released in 1986, this set was one of our classical best sellers for well over a decade, and was reissued in improved sound in 2003 due to popular demand. Harvey Sachs writes in his liner notes “Performances of the Verdi Requiem often emphasize the work’s dramatic aspects to the detriment of its lyricism, or vice-versa. Here, Toscanini balances these elements completely convincingly…we are unlikely to hear a more overwhelming performance of the work than this.
Contents and tracklist
- Jussi Björling (tenor), Bruna Castagna (mezzo-soprano), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Nicola Moscona (bass)
- Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 23 November 1940
- Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
- Jussi Björling (tenor), Bruna Castagna (mezzo-soprano), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Nicola Moscona (bass)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir
- Arturo Toscanini
- Recorded: 23 November 1940
- Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
Awards and reviews
10th March 2013
For a conductor famous for incandescence and relentless intensity, this account of the Requiem, from a Carnegie Hall concert of November 23, 1940, is most remarkable for its lyrical beauty and its breadth
