Word: maestro
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...Symphony and soloists conducted by Arturo Toscanini; Victor, 2 LPs). Beethoven's most massive vocal work. Cruelly demanding on both singers and listeners, it was performed only once during his lifetime. It is no less demanding today, and some of the strain shows in this version. The Maestro gives it a feeling of magnificent urgency despite the fact that the soloists sound faint and distant...
...evening's concert proved to be unlike any Toscanini had ever conducted before. Until two weeks ago, the Maestro's performances held the fire, vigor and precision for which he is famous. But at the final rehearsal he was upset, and walked out on the orchestra. At the concert-excerpts from his beloved Wagner operas-Toscanini's mind seemed to be far away. There were passages when his beat was robust as of old. There were other times when he almost stopped conducting, seeming to stand aside, listening to the music. Then the incredible happened: during...
Strict Secret. But on the stage, the Maestro seemed to take hold of himself. He stepped to the edge of the podium, and, with careful gestures, gradually pulled the music together again. At the end of hfs final selection-the Prelude to Die Meistersinger-he left the podium before the final notes had sounded, and let the baton fall from his hand...
...visiting conductor, who led the NBC Symphony in its broadcast this week, was the brilliant conductor of the Boston Symphony, Alsace-born Charles Munch (TIME, Dec. 19, 1949). And Munch's visit to Manhattan was something more than the Maestro's way of ducking congratulations...
...been 17 years now since NBC coaxed Toscanini back to the U.S. from Milan and assembled a symphony orchestra for him. This spring, as usual, the Maestro is expected to go to Italy for a long vacation. This spring, more acutely than ever, NBC foresees the day when the Maestro will choose to stay in Italy. Although full details have not been arranged, Conductor Munch and his Boston Symphony are the planned replacements for Toscanini and the NBC Symphony when the Maestro decides to retire for good...