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Leopold Stokowski (10CD) | Documents 231059

Leopold Stokowski (10CD)

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Cat No: 231059

Barcode: 4011222310590

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 29th June 2008

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Contents

Artists

Agnes Davis (soprano)
Ruth Cathcart (contralto)
Robert Betts (tenor)
Eugene Loewenthal (baritone)
New York City Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

Artists

Agnes Davis (soprano)
Ruth Cathcart (contralto)
Robert Betts (tenor)
Eugene Loewenthal (baritone)
New York City Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

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Tracklisting
CD 1
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1 Prelude in E-flat minor
rec. 1927

2 Cantata “Christ lag in Todes Banden”, BWV 4: Chorus “Christ lag in Todes Banden“
rec. 1931

3 Toccata, Adagio und Fugue in C major, BWV 564: Adagio
rec. 1933

4 Musicalisches Gesangbuch G. C. Schemelli, BWV 439–488: Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478
rec. 1933

5 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017: Siciliano
rec. 1933

6 English Suite No. 3 in G major, BWV 808: Sarabande
rec. 1934

7 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on a G String
rec. 1936

8 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
rec. 1936

9 Musicalisches Gesangbuch G. C. Schemelli, BWV 439–488: Mein Jesu! Was für ein Seelenweh, BWV 487
rec. 1936

10 Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: Sarabande
rec. 1936

11 St. John Passion, BWV 245: Es ist vollbracht
rec. 1940

All transcripted and arranged by Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
1 Allegro ma non troppo un poco maestoso
2 Scherzo: Molto vivace
3 Adagio molto e cantabile
4 Finale: Presto. Allegro ma non troppo
Agnes Davis (soprano), Ruth Cathcart (contralto), Robert Betts (tenor), Eugene Loewenthal (baritone), Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
rec. 30. April 1934
Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 3
RICHARD WAGNER
1 Rienzi: Overture
rec. 1926/27

Lohengrin
2 Prelude to Act I
rec. 1927
3 Prelude to Act III
rec. 1940

Tannhäuser
4 Overture and Venusberg Music
rec. 1937
5 Prelude to Act III (arr. by Stokowski)
rec. 1936

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
6 Prelude to Act I
rec. 1936
7 Prelude to Act III
rec. 1931

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 4
RICHARD WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde
1 Symphonic Synthesis (arr. by Stokowski)
rec. 1932

2 Die Walküre: Wotans Feuerzauber
rec. 1939

3 Götterdämmerung: Erlösung
rec. 1927

Parsifal
4 Karfreitagszauber
rec. 1936
5 Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. by Stokowski)
rec. 1934

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 5
PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
1 Andante. Allegro con anima
2 Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
3 Valse: Allegro moderato
4 Finale: Andante maestoso. Allegro vivace. Presto
rec. 11. December 1934

5 Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
rec. 11. December 1944 *

6 Snowa, kak preshde, odin (Again, as before, alone), op. 73 No. 6
rec. 11. May 1942 **

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, * New York City Symphony Orchestra, ** NBC Symphony Orchestra

CD 6
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (Excerpts)
1 Promenade. The Gnome
2 The Old Castle
3 Bydlo. Promenade. Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. Catacombs
4 Baba Jaga. The Great Gate of Kiev
rec. 1931/32

5 Chovanchtchina: Intermezzo from Act IV
rec. 1928

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
6 Le Poème du feu, op. 60 (Excerpts)
rec. 1931/32

7 Etude in C sharp minor
rec. 11. December 1944*

ANATOLI LIADOV
Russian Folk Songs
8 Religious Chant
9 Kolyada Meleda (Christmas Carol)
10 Plaintive Melody
11 Buzzing and Biting of the Gnat
12 Legend of the Birds
13 Cradle Song
14 A Round Dance
15 Village Dance Song
rec. 17. March 1934

REINHOLD GLIÈRE
The Red Poppy (Ballet Music)
16 Dance of the Russian Sailor
rec. 17. March 1934

MICHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
Caucasian Sketches, op.10 No. 4
17 Procession of the Sardar
rec. 11. October 1927
Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, * New York City Symphony Orchestra

CD 7
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 “From the New World”
1 Adagio. Allegro molto
2 Largo
3 Scherzo: Molto vivace
4 Allegro con fuoco
rec. 1935

JEAN SIBELIUS
Lemminkäis-Sarja, op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22)
5. III. Tuonelan Joutsen (The Swan of Tuonela)
rec. 3. May 1929

6 Finlandia, op. 26
rec. 28. April 1930

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 8
HECTOR BERLIOZ
1 Le Carnaval Romain
rec. 1931

GEORGES BIZET
Music from Carmen (arr. by Stokowski)
2 Prelude
3 Aragonaise
4 Intermezzo
5 The Dragoons of Alcala
6 Nocturne
7 Bullfight
8 Habanera
9 Changing of the Guard
10 March of the Smugglers
11 Minuet (from L´ Arlésienne)
12 Farandole (from L´ Arlésienne)
13 Gypsy Dance (from Carmen)
rec. February & March 1945 *

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
14 Samson & Dalila: Bacchanale
rec. 13. October 1927

15 Danse macabre
rec. 15. January 1936

ERIK SATIE
Gymnopédies (arr. by Debussy)
16 No. 1
17 No. 3
rec. 12. December 1937

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra & * New York City Symphony Orchestra

CD 9
Leopold Stokowski & Fantasia
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1 Toccata & Fuge in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. by Stokowski)
rec. 6. April 1927

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker Suite (Excerpts)
2 Danse of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3 Le The
4 Le Cafe
5 Trepak
6 Valse des Fleurs
rec. 1939

PAUL DUKAS
7 L’ apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)
rec. 7. November 1937

IGOR STRAVINSKY
Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
8 Introduction
9 The Augurs of Spring
Dances of the Adolescents
10 Ritual of Abduction
11 Spring Rounds
12 Ritual of the Rival Tribes
13 Procession of the Sage
14 Adoration of the Earth
15 Dance of the Earth

Part II: The Sacrifice
16 Introduction: Pagan Night
17 Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
18 Glorification of the Chosen One
19 Evocation of the Ancestors
20 Ritual Action of the Ancestors
21 Sacrifical Dance (The Chosen One)
rec. 1929/30

MODEST MUSSORGSKY
22 Night on the Bare Mountain
rec. 8. December 1940

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

CD 10
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18
1 Moderato. Allegro
2 Adagio sostenuto
3 Allegro scherzando
Sergej Rachmaninov (piano)
rec. April 1929

IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Firebird Suite
4 Introduction
5 Dance of the Firebird
6 Round Dance of the Princesses
7 Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
8 Berceuse
9 Finale
rec. 1935

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
10 Gurrelieder: Prelude
rec. 1932

Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

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