Hard-bitten??? This performance is actually a good half minute longer than the earlier (1946) commercially recorded version and Toscanini personally wanted this version put on record - a very rare invitation from the "old man" notorious for hating almost all of his own performances. Toscanini is still - in my mind - the greatest interpreter of this work - as well as of all the Beethoven symphonies. I only wish he had performed more Schumann (alas, only the 2nd and 3rd Symphonies)
This is the one I learned it on, fifty years ago. It is hard to go from a fast to a slower performance; so, although I revere Furtwaengler, I am restless listening to his more profound performance.
colto in pieno l'animus schumaniano...grandissimo Toscanini
Grandissima interpretazione, altro che!
Hard-bitten??? This performance is actually a good half minute longer than the earlier (1946) commercially recorded version and Toscanini personally wanted this version put on record - a very rare invitation from the "old man" notorious for hating almost all of his own performances. Toscanini is still - in my mind - the greatest interpreter of this work - as well as of all the Beethoven symphonies. I only wish he had performed more Schumann (alas, only the 2nd and 3rd Symphonies)
Struggente, malinconica, passionale, disperata, furente, supplichevole, accorata, lirica, potente... e infine, quieta, pacificata, affranta, vinta.
Un'opera magnifica. Un'interpretazione superba.
La Musica avrebbe potuto salvare il mondo.
Magnifique commentaire, félicitations et surtout merci Robert Schumann
Beautiful, passionate performance.
This is the one I learned it on, fifty years ago. It is hard to go from a fast to a slower performance; so, although I revere Furtwaengler, I am restless listening to his more profound performance.
il genio di Schumann più quello di Toscanini , non si può avere di più ., tralasciamo il carattere arietino di Toscanini
Muchísimas gracias por compartir este magnífico video, Grandes Maestros ,música jnolvidable!!!
27 - Diciembre - 2014.
Feliz y Próspero año 2015.