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Stokowski conducts Prokofiev / MacDowell / Brahms / Taylor | Guild - Historical GHCD2335

Stokowski conducts Prokofiev / MacDowell / Brahms / Taylor

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Label: Guild - Historical

Cat No: GHCD2335

Barcode: 0795754233520

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th February 2008

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About

When Arturo Toscanini fell out with NBC in 1943 and refused to conduct the orchestra which had been specially founded for him in 1937, replacement conductors were engaged. Amongst these was Leopold Stokowski, who conducted a series of broadcast concerts over the next few years, until Toscanini eventually resumed his post.

These Stokowski broadcasts have gained legendary status, not least because of the rare experience of hearing him in charge of Toscanini’s own orchestra. This CD brings together an important collection of those performances taken from the original broadcasts, with some items actually introduced by Stokowski himself. Also here are works that Stokowski never recorded commercially, making a release of considerable importance to collectors of great conductors on record.

Contents:
Prokofiev: Suite from ‘The Love of Three Oranges’ Op.33a
(recorded: 18 November 1941 Cosmopolitan Opera House (City Center), New York)

MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op. 23 - Frances Nash, piano
(recorded: 7 April 1942 Studio 8H, New York)

Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98
(recorded: 18 November 1941 Cosmopolitan Opera House (City Center), New York)

Taylor: ‘Ramuntcho’ – Introduction and Ballet Music Act III
(recorded: 26 December 1943 Studio 8H, New York)

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