Toscanini Conducts Music from Russia

New York broadcast performances

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor

CD 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”

1. I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo

2. II. Allegro con grazia

3. III. Allegro molto vivace

4. IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso

Broadcast performance, New York – 15 November 1947

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical”

5. I. Allegro

6. II. Larghetto

7. III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro

8. IV. Finale: Molto vivace

Broadcast performance, New York – 15 November 1947

CD 2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Manfred Symphony in Four Tableaux, Op. 58

9. I. Lento lugubre

10. II. Vivace con spirito

11. III. Andante con moto

12. IV. Allegro con fuoco

Broadcast performance, New York – 28 February 1948

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)

Jota Aragonesa

13. Jota Aragonesa

Broadcast performance, New York – 28 February 1948

Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) / Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Pictures at an Exhibition

14. Promenade – Gnomus

15. Il vecchio castello

16. Tuileries – Bydło

17. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

18. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle

19. Limoges – Catacombae

20. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)

21. The Great Gate of Kiev

Broadcast performance, New York – 14 February 1948