Arturo Toscanini - The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 2 (1939) [2019]

This second concert contained more music than any of the others in the series - only by cutting all commentary and with judicious use of fades during audience applause and trimming of gaps between movements have we been able to fit the entire concert onto a single CD. And if some sides were perhaps less than optimal sonically, they still shine through after restoration, with excellent sound quality throughout as heard in our sample here of the finale from the Symphony No. 4. Certainly this concert has never sounded as fresh and fine as this before.
Andrew Rose

Tracks:

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3

Personnel:

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini