{"product_id":"toscanini-brahms-double-concerto-symphony-no-2-193839-pasc283","title":"TOSCANINI Brahms: Double Concerto, Symphony No. 2 (1938\/39) - PASC283","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRAHMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDouble Concerto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRAHMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1938 and 1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 68:54 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMischa Mischakoff, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eviolin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFrank Miller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ecello \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eArturo Toscanini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThis performance alone makes this welcome release a required acquisition578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eSo far as I know, neither of these performances\nhas had previous release. Both are welcome and add dimension to\nToscanini’s NBC years in the ways in which they diverge from his other\nsurviving performances of each work. This broadcast of the symphony\nfeatures the textural transparency typical of how the Maestro dispelled\nthe once-held notion that Brahms’s orchestrations were “thick.”\nMoreover, it boasts a rhythmic give and take absent from his admirable\n1952 RCA recording. This trait is most apparent in the work’s outer\nmovements. Indeed, in the coda of the finale, one hears three distinct\nmodifications of pulse, an effect that lends exceptional power and\nemphasis to the lead into and eruption of the triumphant return of the\nmovement’s lullaby-like second subject. And in the first two movements\nToscanini clarifies the influence of the sea upon Brahms, the music’s\nebb and flow, calm and turbulence fully conveyed. Given that the finale\nin the studio account is broader than in any of Toscanini’s other\nsurviving performances (all of his four NBC broadcasts and the one from\nhis 1952 Brahms cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Testament SBT\n3167), this fleeter yet more rhythmically inflected 1938 account is\nespecially welcome. Cramped 8H sound and intermittent graininess do not\nmask the fairly wide frequency response that lends the transfer a\nrichness of timbre uncommon at the time. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eEven more arresting is this 1939 “Double”\nConcerto. In every way it surpasses Toscanini’s 1948 televised NBC\nbroadcast account that RCA released on LP, CD, and DVD. As longtime\ncollectors may recall, the sound of the LP was infected with an\nunpleasant high-frequency emphasis. The CD rectified this blemish, and\nmade the performance more than acceptable. But Pristine’s is far more\ncommanding. The source suggests a very clean set of NBC “reference”\ndiscs having mainly silent surfaces and a frequency response far closer\nto that of a good monaural LP of the mid 1950s. Moreover, during this\nthird NBC Symphony season, a revised microphone placement captured a\nhall resonance unattained during the two previous ones. As a result, the\nstudio’s acoustics seem more suggestive of Carnegie Hall than of 8H.\nMost importantly, the entire performance is less driven, outer\nmovements, in particular, gaining a chance to breathe yet never sounding\nstolid. Certainly Mischa Mischakoff and Frank Miller (both first-desk\nNBC musicians) benefit from this difference, their playing gaining\ngreater clarity and expressivity than was possible in the 1948 account.\nFor Toscanini’s admirers, this performance alone makes this welcome\nrelease a required acquisition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eMortimer H. Frank \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 35:1 (Sept\/Oct 2011) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC283.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eInventive, classic Brahms from Toscanini's early NBC concerts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eExcellent sound quality achieved in these XR remasters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe two recordings presented here were transferred from tapes donated to the Pristine Audio collection which, although they may be a generation or three away from the original disc recordings (I honestly don't know), have done a remarkably good job of preserving the fine detail captured by NBC's microphones in the late 1930s. If anything the later, 1939 recording is slightly sharper - it certainly presented fewer restoration problems, though hopefully no major differences will be heard in this release between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eIn both recordings I have managed to find considerable clarity and range extension, and though the top end is occasionally marred by hiss and mild peak distortion, both the Concerto and Symphony sound remarkably fresh and alive in these transfers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRAHMS\u003c\/strong\u003e Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMischa Mischakoff, violin\u003cbr\u003eFrank Miller, cello \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eBroadcast of 21st October 1939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRAHMS\u003c\/strong\u003e Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eBroadcast of 12 February 1938\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003econductor\u003cstrong\u003e Arturo Toscanini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, March 2011\u003cbr\u003eCover artwork based on a photograph of Arturo Toscanini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration: 68:54 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Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC283.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC283.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fAdditional Notes578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\"...The Double Concerto provides a different\nsituation, with the two NBC performances, both featuring the same\nfirst-desk soloists, contrasting markedly. As issued by RCA on LP, the\nsecond of the two broadcasts was almost unlistenable: shrill, thin, and\npainfully cramped. Transferred onto compact disc (and videocassette),\nthe performance sounds far more musical: the shrillness has been\neliminated, the orchestra has been given more weight, and the overall\nambience seems less cramped. As a result, the musical virtues—veiled in\nthe original LP— have become more apparent, notably the way in which\ntightly knit organization and a steady pulse underscore the work's\nsuggestion, with opposition of paired soloists against larger tutti\nforces, of the concerto grosso style. Brahms, it should not be\nforgotten, was a first-class musicologist who had edited Handel (among\nothers) and was thoroughly familiar with the baroque concerto idiom, as\nToscanini's 1948 performance reminds us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eThe 1939 broadcast comprises a considerably more\nimprovisational reading, rhythms being less rigid and melodic lines\nlingered over more caressingly. None of this, however, violates good\ntaste or the music's integrity. Indeed, it is a prime example of\nToscanini's (and the soloists') command of rubato. In short, this is a\nperformance that adds considerable dimension to Toscanini's Brahms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\"Of all the Brahms symphonies, the Second may\npose the fewest interpretive problems. Not surprisingly, then, it is the\nBrahms symphony in which one encounters the fewest changes in approach\nfrom one Toscanini reading to another. The main differences among them\ncenter on the pacing for the finale: sometimes relatively expansive, as\nin the magnificent 1952 studio recording, other times swift. The 1938\nbroadcast features a blend of both approaches. And common to all of\nToscanini's surviving accounts is his refusal to accelerate in the\nmovement's coda, where the lullabylike second subject is transformed\ninto a festive peroration for full orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eAs in the Brahms First, Toscanini's way with the\nSecond Symphony is distinguished by a prevailing freedom from\nsentimentality. Neither of the first two movements is unduly protracted,\nand both benefit from an exceptional clarity of texture and firmness of\npulse, with rubato, if often evident, subtly applied. In both movements\nsurging dynamics and arching phrases suggest the ebb and flow of the\nsea that Brahms knew so well and that clearly influenced his music. And\nin all of Toscanini's performances the third movement is a model of\nunaffected, straightforward simplicity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eFrom \"\u003cem\u003eArturo Toscanini - the NBC Years\u003c\/em\u003e\" by \u003cstrong\u003eMortimer H. 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