Robert Hupka


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Robert Hupka (August 26, 1919 – July 3, 2001) was a recording engineer for RCA and later for Columbia Records and, until his retirement, a cameraman for CBS Television in New York. He was born in Vienna, and emigrated to the U.S. at the onset of World War II to escape the Nazi persecution which took his parents' lives. His grandfather was the composer Ignaz Brüll, who was a friend of Brahms.
Hupka took thousands of photographs, secretly or not, of conductor Arturo Toscanini while Toscanini was leading the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The greatest of these were published in the book This Was Toscanini, (1963) accompanying an uncompleted essay by Samuel Antek, a violinist in the NBC Symphony. Later, those and more photos were used as cover art for Toscanini reissues on LPs and CDs.
(From: Wikipedia)

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Arturo Toscanini Conducts Beethoven* ‒ The NBC Symphony Orchestra*
Toscanini Conducts Beethoven: 'Eroica' Symphony No. 3 • Overture 'Egmont' • Overture 'Leonore No. 3'
1998
Toscanini*
L'Arte Di Toscanini (Nel 50° Della Ricostruzione Del Teatro Alla Scala)
1996, CD, Comp, RCA Victor Gold Seal, BMG Classics
Mozart* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 39 • 41 "Jupiter" • No. 40
1992, ,
Classical
Ravel* / Dukas* / Berlioz* / Franck* / Saint-Saëns* / Thomas* – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Daphnis Et Chloé: Suite No. 2 / L’apprenti Sorcier
1992
Beethoven*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Overtures = Ouvertüren = Ouvertures
1992
Beethoven*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 (Recorded 1939) Septet • Egmont Overture
1992, ,
Classical/Romantic
Haydn*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 88 & 98 No. 94 "Surprise/Mit dem Paukenschlag"
1992, ,
Classical
Schubert*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies No. 5, Symphony No. 9 "The Great=Die Große C-Dur=La Grande"
1992, ,
Romantic
Wagner*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Tannhäuser • Götterdämmerung • Lohengrin (Excerpts)
1992
Haydn*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 99 & 101, Sinfonia Concertante
1992, ,
Classical
Prokofiev* / Shostakovich* / Stravinsky* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony N°. 1 - "Classical" Symphony - Pétrouchka: Tableaux
1992, CD, ,
Modern
Cherubini*, Cimarosa*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony In D • Overtures
1992, ,
Classical
Berlioz*, Bizet* / Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz: Roméo Et Juliette / Bizet: Suites - L'Arlésienne • Carmen
1992, ,
Romantic
Elgar* • Mussorgsky* - Ravel*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Enigma Variations • Pictures At An Exhibition
1991, ,
Romantic
Debussy* – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
La Mer / Ibéria / Prélude à L’après-midi D’un Faune
1991
Shostakovich* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"
1991
Strauss*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Don Quixote • Tod Und Verklärung
1990, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, RCA Victor Gold Seal, BMG Classics, ,
Romantic
Beethoven* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7
1990, ,
Romantic/Classical
Johannes Brahms / Arturo Toscanini & NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 4; Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52; Gesang Der Parzen
1990, CD, ,
Romantic/Choral
Franz Schubert, Arturo Toscanini, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 "The Great"
1990, CD, ,
Romantic
Toscanini*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
The Toscanini Collection · Highlights
1990
Beethoven* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Eroica"
1990, CD, ,
Classical/Romantic
Arturo Toscanini, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings
1990, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Romantic/Modern/Impressionist
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hector Berlioz, Arturo Toscanini, The Philadelphia Orchestra
A Midsummer Night's Dream,Scherzo "Queen Mab"
1990, CD, ,
Romantic
Strauss*, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Don Quixote • Tod Und Verklärung
1990
Beethoven* / Cherubini*, Arturo Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Requiem
1990
Arturo Toscanini Dirige/Conducts L. v. Beethoven* - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonie Nr. 7 / Septett In Es-Dur / Egmont Ouverture (Complete Concert Of 18 Nov. 1939)
1989
Toscanini*, Dvořák*, Smetana*
Toscanini Conducts Dvořák & Smetana
1985, CD,
Arturo Toscanini, Beethoven*
Symphonies Nos. 5 And 7
1982, LP, Comp, RCA
Toscanini* – Wagner*
The Man Behind The Legend – Wagner
1982, LP, Comp, RE, Hal, RCA
Arturo Toscanini
Rossini Overtures
1982
Toscanini*, Beethoven*
The Man Behind The Legend - The 9 Symphonies, Overtures
1982
Respighi* – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Pines Of Rome / Fountains Of Rome / Roman Festivals
1982, CD, ,
Neo-Romantic
Verdi*, Toscanini*, G. Di Stefano*, C. Siepi*, H. Nelli*, F. Barbieri*
Messa Di Requiem
1982
Toscanini*, Smetana*, Sibelius*, Suppé*, Saint-Saëns*
The Man Behind The Legend
1982
Arturo Toscanini, Beethoven*
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125
1982
Toscanini* / New York Philharmonic / Beethoven*
Symphony No.7
1970
Verdi*, Toscanini*, Jan Peerce - Robert Shaw Chorale* - Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Te Deum / Hymn Of The Nations / Nabucco: Act III - Va, Pensiero
1968
Toscanini*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Invitation To The Dance
1968
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
1968
Toscanini*, Wagner* - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Tristano E Isotta • Parsifal
1967
Toscanini* - Respighi* / Berlioz* / Saint-Saëns* - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Fountains Of Rome • Pines Of Rome / Roman Carnival / Danse Macabre
1967
Toscanini*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Strauss / Dukas / Berlioz
1967
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dvořák*, Schumann*
Symphony No. 9 ("From The New World") / Manfred Overture
1967
Toscanini*, Wagner*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Die Meistersinger ● Lohengrin ● A Faust Overture ● Siegfried Idyll
1967
Brahms* - Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: The Four Symphonies And "Haydn" Variations, Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture
1967
Arturo Toscanini
Verdi & Rossini Overtures
1967
Toscanini* - Respighi* / Berlioz* / Saint-Saëns* - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Fountains Of Rome • Pines Of Rome / Roman Carnival / Danse Macabre
LP, Comp, Mono, RCA Victrola
Toscanini*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: "Nutcracker" Suite / Bizet: "Carmen" Suite / Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours / Catalani: Dance Of The Water Nymphs
C.W. Gluck*, Toscanini*, The NBC Symphony Orchestra*
Iphigenie En Aulide (Ouverture) / Orphee Et Eurydice (Acte II)
Toscanini*, Wagner* - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Die Walküre / Siegfried / Götterdämmerung (Excerpts)
Arturo Toscanini ,Toscanini Mussorgsky*, Ravel*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Moussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition Ravel / Daphnis And Chloé: Suite No. 2
Mendelssohn* - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Symphonie N° 4 "Italienne" - N° 5 "Réformation"