Word: toscanini
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...Minghini-Cattaneo, Tenor Franco Lo Giudice, Basso Ezio Pinza and the chorus and orchestra of La Scala, Milan, recorded there under Conductor Carlo Sabajno (Victor, $15)-Verdi's vibrant tribute to Novelist Alessandro Manzoni, of particular interest in Manhattan this year be- cause of a performance under Arturo Toscanini in which Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Matzenauer sang magnificently...
When a conductor with the reputation of Bernardino Molinari troubles to introduce a young pianist at a formal tea, when Arturo Toscanini lets it be known that he greatly admires him, the young pianist becomes a figure to be reckoned with. Twenty-six-year old Carlo Zecchi was the Italian so marked last week in Manhattan. He earned his honors with a fleet-fingered, high-strung performance of Liszt's E Flat Concerto with the Philharmonic-Symphony, then resumed a tour of some 35 concerts into the midwest.* Pianist Zecchi's friends say that...
Beethoven's First Symphony by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony under Willem Mengelberg (Victor, $8)-A capable performance by the Dutchman who last year left the U. S. because he could not play a capable second fiddle to Conductor Arturo Toscanini. The recording is excellent...
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet by Conductor Willem Mengelberg and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (Columbia, $4)-Toscanini would scorn playing this popular love music inspired by Tchaikovsky's unrequited passion for a French singing actress. Mengelberg and his home orchestra give it a glowing performance...
Announcements last week settled the atmosphere somewhat. Toscanini will conduct Taunhäuser this summer, as he did last. He will also do five performances of Parsifal, replacing the ageing Karl Muck who was openly dissatisfied because Toscanini had many rehearsals last year while he was limited to a few. Beginning in 1933 (there is no Festival in 1932), artistic director will be Impresario Heinz Tietjen of the Berlin State Theatre and Opera. Musical director will be Wilhelm Furtwängler, another onetime Philharmonic hero. Conductor Furtwängler, not Toscanini, will probably conduct Tristan und Isolde this summer...