Truly electrifying performances by renowned Wagner conductor, Arturo Toscanini, with the NBC Symphony. Selections from Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung are heard with soloists soprano, Helen Traubel and tenor, Lauritz Melchior.
Toscanini and Wagner
Arturo Toscanini. unknown date. Photo: Bain News Service photo [Public domain])
Playlist
“Ride of the Valkyries” Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
(Carnegie Hall, New York 1952. RCA VICTOR 60264‐2‐RG)
“Zu neuen Taten” and “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
Helen Traubel, soprano; Lauritz Melchior, tenor; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
(Carnegie Hall New York February 1941. RCA VICTOR 09026‐60304‐2)