Toscanini conducts Wagner - Rienzi Overture (1938 recording)

[eclecticdufus]

He gives this piece real stature even making the jottrot theme at 6:50 sound noble and listen to that singing line. Too bad he didn't play it again in the later Carnegie Hall years with better sound.

[IvanShaposhnikov]

Thank You. One of my favorite piece and conductor. I'm very happy!!!

[MsWombat66]

Das ist es!

[divine604]

4:39 does anybody else also hear a bassline from electronic music with high bpm in the background at 4:39???

[yankelshmilik]

Unfortunately this post is distorted by a distinct rise in pitch at 3:53, then a return at about 7:50.

Still, thank you for posting this incredible performance.

[sallyrob101]

This opera was Wagner's first great success and, typically, it has a heroic overture. The performance (December 3, 1938) by the NBC Symphony under Toscanini is quite exciting. The brass players are particularly outstanding.

[befischer54]

One of my favorite Wagner overture. Great performance and good technical quality.