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Leopold Stokowski: Complete Everest & Vanguard Masters | Alto ALC3146

Leopold Stokowski: Complete Everest & Vanguard Masters

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC3146

Barcode: 5055354431463

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 18th October 2024

Contents

Works

Amirov, Fikret

Azerbaijan Capriccio

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
» Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) (arr. Peter Schickele)
Cantata BWV208, 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!'
» Sheep may safely graze (Schafe konnen sicher weiden), (orch. L. Stokowski)
Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248
» Sinfonia (arr. Peter Schickele)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Barber, Samuel

Adagio for Strings, op.11

Bartok, Bela

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123

Bloch, Ernest

America: An Epic Rhapsody

Brahms, Johannes

Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90

Canning, Thomas

Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4 (orch. Stokowski)
Preludes (24), op.28
» no.4 in E minor (arr. L Stokowski)
Waltzes (19)
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2 (orch. Stokowski)

Corelli, Arcangelo

Concerti grossi (12), op.6
» no.8 in G minor 'Christmas'

Debussy, Claude

Children's Corner
» II Jimbo's Lullaby (orch. Stokowski)
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk (orch. Stokowski)
» V The Little Shepherd (orch. Stokowski)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune (orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Dukas, Paul

Fanfare pour preceder 'La Peri'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Serenade no.10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. L Stokowski)
» no.9 The Hut on Fowl's Legs
» no.10 The Great Gate of Kiev

Persichetti, Vincent

Divertimento, op.42
» VI March

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cinderella, op.87 (Suite)
Peter and the Wolf, op.67
The Ugly Duckling, op.18

Scriabin, Alexander

Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54
Pieces (3), op.2
» no.1 Etude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47

Sibelius, Jean

Finlandia, op.26
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
» no.2 The Swan of Tuonela

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils
Suite in B flat major, op.4
» III Gavotte
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28

Stravinsky, Igor

The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du Soldat)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Francesca da Rimini, op.32
Hamlet: Fantasy Overture, op.67
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36

Thomson, Virgil

The Plow that Broke the Plains
The River: Suite

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Symphony no.8 in D minor
» II Scherzo alla marcia

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Bachianas Brasileiras no.1
» II Preludio (Modinha)
Uirapuru

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concertos (12), op.3 'L'estro armonico'
» no.11 in D minor for 2 violins and cello, RV565 (arr. L Stokowski)

Wagner, Richard

Die Walkure
» Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Stokowski)
Parsifal: Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. L Stokowski)
Parsifal
» Good Friday Spell (Karfreitagszauber)

Artists

Regina Resnik (soprano)
Bob Keeshan (narrator)
Madeline Milhaud (narrator)
Jean-Pierre Aumont (speaker)
Martial Singher (speaker)
American Concert Choir
American Symphony Orchestra
Houston Symphony
Stadium Symphony of New York
Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Symphony of the Air

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

Works

Amirov, Fikret

Azerbaijan Capriccio

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
» Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) (arr. Peter Schickele)
Cantata BWV208, 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!'
» Sheep may safely graze (Schafe konnen sicher weiden), (orch. L. Stokowski)
Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248
» Sinfonia (arr. Peter Schickele)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Barber, Samuel

Adagio for Strings, op.11

Bartok, Bela

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123

Bloch, Ernest

America: An Epic Rhapsody

Brahms, Johannes

Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90

Canning, Thomas

Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4 (orch. Stokowski)
Preludes (24), op.28
» no.4 in E minor (arr. L Stokowski)
Waltzes (19)
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2 (orch. Stokowski)

Corelli, Arcangelo

Concerti grossi (12), op.6
» no.8 in G minor 'Christmas'

Debussy, Claude

Children's Corner
» II Jimbo's Lullaby (orch. Stokowski)
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk (orch. Stokowski)
» V The Little Shepherd (orch. Stokowski)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune (orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Dukas, Paul

Fanfare pour preceder 'La Peri'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Serenade no.10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. L Stokowski)
» no.9 The Hut on Fowl's Legs
» no.10 The Great Gate of Kiev

Persichetti, Vincent

Divertimento, op.42
» VI March

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cinderella, op.87 (Suite)
Peter and the Wolf, op.67
The Ugly Duckling, op.18

Scriabin, Alexander

Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54
Pieces (3), op.2
» no.1 Etude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47

Sibelius, Jean

Finlandia, op.26
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
» no.2 The Swan of Tuonela

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils
Suite in B flat major, op.4
» III Gavotte
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28

Stravinsky, Igor

The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du Soldat)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Francesca da Rimini, op.32
Hamlet: Fantasy Overture, op.67
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36

Thomson, Virgil

The Plow that Broke the Plains
The River: Suite

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Symphony no.8 in D minor
» II Scherzo alla marcia

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Bachianas Brasileiras no.1
» II Preludio (Modinha)
Uirapuru

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concertos (12), op.3 'L'estro armonico'
» no.11 in D minor for 2 violins and cello, RV565 (arr. L Stokowski)

Wagner, Richard

Die Walkure
» Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Stokowski)
Parsifal: Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. L Stokowski)
Parsifal
» Good Friday Spell (Karfreitagszauber)

Artists

Regina Resnik (soprano)
Bob Keeshan (narrator)
Madeline Milhaud (narrator)
Jean-Pierre Aumont (speaker)
Martial Singher (speaker)
American Concert Choir
American Symphony Orchestra
Houston Symphony
Stadium Symphony of New York
Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Symphony of the Air

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

About

One of the hallmarks of Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) was not only his quest for ‘new’ contemporary works (expensive to record for the first time) but also for sumptuous sound. As the stereo era dawned in the late 1950s he turned to the new Everest label recording system (using 35mm magnetic film and their specially designed six channel console), offering the highest pinnacle of the recording art to-date at that time, with wider frequency range and dynamics. Although Everest ran short of funds a few glorious years later, they had some support from another up-and-coming New York label (Vanguard) run by Seymour Solomon, who licensed some of their recordings for wider exploitation, and so became involved himself recording more of Stokowski’s projects during the 1960’s using his own Manhattan studios on 23rd Street.

“one of the pre-eminent conductors of the early-mid-20th century … his style was distinctive for its lack of a baton, favouring a free-hand technique, and for his ability to draw out a lush, sumptuous sound. Stokowski held prominent positions with prestigious orchestras from Cincinnati to Philadelphia and from New York to Houston, also founded several others. In addition, he made significant contributions to cinema … and to contemporary composers, often premiering their new works during his remarkable six-decade conducting career” – Violin Channel

Recorded 1958–1967

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