By the way, the Victrolas I have DON'T include Siegfried's Rhine Journey. Did 
that appear on Victrola? (Not the 1941 live version, I have that.)

David Lennick wrote:
> I just went to the shelf and pulled the three Toscanini Wagner 
> compilations on Victrola reissues (70s) and those dates are the same. 
> Hadn't thought to look there previously. by the way, the sound on LM 
> 6020 is atrocious..too much compression or something, overcutting to 
> squeeze 29 minutes onto each side resulting in distortion on loud 
> passages (and these are mint pressings, with various styli tried). Very 
> tedious listening.
> 
> dl
> 
> Jim Long wrote:
>> The booklet that came with my Toscanini Collection CD set (RCA Victor 
>> Gold Seal 09026-60250-2, booklet copyright 1992) says, though of 
>> course I don't know how accurate the information is:
>>
>> TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: PRELUDE and LIEBESTOD: January 7, 1952, Carnegie 
>> Hall, 18:32.
>>
>> DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG: PROLOGUE; SIEGFRIED'S RHINE JOURNEY: December 22, 
>> 1949, Carnegie Hall, 11:00, what is titled "Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine 
>> Journey."  Thus the preceding is something of a guess for me (not a 
>> Wagner naming expert).  But the only other close title is the same, 
>> recorded in 1941.  LM-6020 being one of RCA Victor's 1950's "hi-fi" 
>> releases, I doubt that a 1941 recording would have been used.
>>
>> DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG, ACT III: SIEGFRIED'S FUNERAL MUSIC: January 3, 
>> 1952, Carnegie Hall, 13:20, as "Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music."  A 
>> similar situation to the one above.
>>
>> DIE MEISTERSINGER: ACT I, PRELUDE: March 11, 1946, Carnegie Hall, 
>> 8:57.  I guess this wouldn't be tape.  No other alternative to choose 
>> from.
>>
>> DIE MEISTERSINGER: ACT III, PRELUDE: November 26, 1951, Carnegie Hall, 
>> 7:01.
>>
>> SIEGFRIED IDYLL: July 29, 1952, Carnegie Hall, 17:37.  Other choices 
>> are far earlier.
>>
>> LOHENGRIN: ACT I, PRELUDE: October 22, 1951, Carnegie Hall, 8:41.  
>> Other choices far earlier.
>>
>> LOHENGRIN: ACT III, PRELUDE: October 22, 1951, Carnegie Hall, 3:05.  
>> Other choice far earlier.
>>
>> PARSIFAL: PRELUDE and GOOD FRIDAY SPELL: December 22, 1949, Carnegie 
>> Hall, 15:24 and 10:38, respectively.
>>
>> In a message dated 1/19/2008 12:03:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>
>>> Anyone have a Toscanini discography handy? Specifically, I'd like the 
>>> dates for the contents of the TOSCANINI PLAYS WAGNER album (RCA LM 
>>> 6020).
>>>
>>> TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: PRELUDE and LIEBESTOD....PRELUDE
>>> PARSIFAL: PRELUDE and GOOD FRIDAY SPELL
>>
>>
>> Jim Long
>> Baroda, MI   </HTML>
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