08-15-2013, 10:31 PM
The person I would choose is eliminated by one of your rules, since I saw him live a handful of times in the 80s. I'd have gone with some concert of his from the late 50s or early 60s.
So I think I'd pick a concert at Carnegie Hall from around 1943, a recording of which I have. Toscanini conducting Wagner, with Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel. Even with the limitations of a mono 1943 ish recording, it's an exciting performance, and I'd love to go back in time and hear it properly.
So I think I'd pick a concert at Carnegie Hall from around 1943, a recording of which I have. Toscanini conducting Wagner, with Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel. Even with the limitations of a mono 1943 ish recording, it's an exciting performance, and I'd love to go back in time and hear it properly.