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The live performance of the Horowitz/Toscanini Tchaikovsky Conce Dave, The live performance of the Horowitz/Toscanini Tchaikovsky Concerto issued by RCA on LP and CD dates from April 25, 1943. There is a surviving live performance of the concerto from April 19, 1941 broadcast over NBC, but RCA never issued it. The May 6 and 14, 1941 recording was issued on DM-800 on through to the Toscanini set on CD. Jon Samuels Show message history On Friday, March 28, 2014 2:14 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I am in Florida at the moment so I don't have the resources to check for myself but surely someone has a Toscanini discography who could check the dates, May 6 and 14, 1941 to find out which recording of the Tchaikovsky was on those dates - it seems strange that a live concert would be repeated after over a week, unless the first date was a rehearsal that was recorded. I seem to recall that the NBC broadcast and the live Carnegie Hall concert occurred quite close to each other, but not that close. If Seth Winner is reading this by the way, I was very impressed with Toscanini's recording of the Schumann 3rd Symphony which you mastered - especially the first movement - easily the best performance of this symphony I've ever heard, at least to my taste and stunning sound! db On Friday, March 28, 2014 12:28:35 PM, Jon Samuels <[log in to unmask]> wrote: If John Pfeiffer is listed as producer (which, by the way, he put his name as Re-issue Producer of every classical CD from at least 1987-1996 when he died, few of which he actually produced), then that can't be the one from 2004, which should have noticeably improved sound. > >The newer transfer was first issued on Vladimir Horowitz - Legendary RCA Recordings (BMG Classics 82876-56052-2), a 2 CD set. There is also brand new transfer of the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 with Reiner on that set. > >Jon Samuels > > > >On Friday, March 28, 2014 10:39 AM, Jon Samuels <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >If John Pfeiffer is listed as producer (which, by the way, he put his name as Re-issue Producer of every classical CD from at least 1987-1996 when he died, few of which he actually produced), then that can't be the one from 2004, which should have noticeably improved sound. > >The newer transfer was first issued on Vladimir Horowitz - Legendary RCA Recordings (BMG Classics 82876-56052-2), a 2 CD set. There is also brand new transfer of the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 with Reiner on that set. > >Jon Samuels > > > >On Friday, March 28, 2014 3:26 AM, DAVID BURNHAM <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >I just listented to this selection from the Complete Toscanini and I'm not sure which version it is. It sounds slightly different than DM800. The orchestral sound is much improved but the piano still sounds distant. I thought it might be the live Carnegie Hall concert but the recording dates are May 8/14, 1941 and, as far as I know, that concert only took place once. There is a lot of surface noise in the first movement but it sounds more like 33 revs than 78 revs. Jon Samuels is credited with mastering the CD. John Pfeiffer is credited as being the producer but I think he was gone by 2006 when Jon said the improved mastering was done. All the CDs in this box say c. 2012 so it's impossible to say which ones were remastered after the early '90s set. > >db > >