Beethoven: Symphony No.7
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 23/07/63
de Falla: El amor brujo
Gloria Lane / BBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 15/09/64
IMG BBCL 4005-2
Archive 1997-1998
(20/12/98)
A 12 CD set from the New York Philharmonic, "The
Mahler Broadcasts 1948-82", features the
following Stokowski recording:
Mahler: Symphony No.8
Carlos Alexander / Eugene Conley / Frances Yeend / Martha
Lipton / George London / Uta Graf / Camilla Williams / Louise
Bernhardt / Westminster Choir / Schola Cantorum / Boys' Choir
from P.S. No.12 / Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra New York, rec.
live 09/04/50
NYP
9801/12
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(03/11/98) Beethoven: Symphony No.7 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 23/07/63 de Falla: El amor brujo Gloria Lane / BBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 15/09/64 IMG BBCL 4005-2 |
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(31/10/98) Brahms: Symphony No.1 London Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 14/06/72 Wagner: "Meistersinger" Prelude London Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 15/06/72 Decca POCL-9888 available in Japan only |
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(31/10/98) Franck: Symphony in d minor Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra, rec. 24,25/08/70 Elgar: Enigma Variations Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. live 07/09/72 Decca POCL-9889 available in Japan only |
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(31/10/98) Beethoven: Symphony No.5 Schubert: Symphony No.8 London Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. 09,10/09/69 Decca POCL-90011 available in Japan only |
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(31/10/98) Ives: Orchestral Set No.2 Messiaen: L'Ascension London Symphony Orchestra, rec. 22,23/06/70 Decca POCL-90013 available in Japan only |
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(18/09/98) Mozart: Sinfonia concertante E flat major KV 297b Marcel Tabuteau, oboe / Bernard Portnoy, clarinet / Sol Schoenbach, bassoon / Mason Jones, horn / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 22/12/40 Beethoven: Symphony No.6 New York City Symphony Orchestra, rec. 22/02/45 Cala CACD 0523 produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY |
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(05/08/98) Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade Philharmonia Orchestra, rec. 05/01, 23/05/51 Stravinsky: Petrouchka Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra, rec. 30/06, 05/07/50 Testament SBT 1139 |
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(05/08/98) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf op.67 Basil Rathbone, narr. / All-American Youth Orchestra, rec. 07/41 Saint-Saëns: Carnaval des animaux Jeanne Behrend & Sylvan Levin, pianos / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 27/11/39 (except "Aquarium", "Personnages à longues oreilles" and "Le coucou au fond des bois", played by Jeanne Behrend & Joseph Levine, pianos, conducted by Saul Caston, rec. 15/03/41) +Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent, rec. 25/10/46 +Bizet: Jeux d'enfants op.22 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Antal Dorati, rec. 17/09/37 Avid AMSC 601 "In the clarity and reality of 3-Dimensional Sound" |
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(05/08/98) First Wide Frequency Range and Stereo Recordings Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummernight's Dream Mussorgski/Ravel: Pictures at an exhibition (excerpts) Wagner: Vorspiel & Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" Scriabin: Symphony No.5 - Prométhée (excerpts) Weber/Berlioz: Aufforderung zum Tanz Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 1931-32 Iron Needle IN 1402 These early HiFi recordings made by the Bell Telephone Laboratories represent Stoki's ever lasting interest in technical improvement and are of an astonishing quality. They give a good impression of how Stoki's Philadelphia Sound "really" was. This disc contains only a selection of all recordings made. |
(17/06/98)
Wagner Conductors on Record
Among recordings of Sir Thomas Beecham, Leo Blech, Artur Bodanzky,
Albert Coates, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Klemperer, Hans
Knappertsbusch, Karl Muck, Fritz Reiner, Max von Schillings,
Richard Strauss, Arturo Toscanini, Siegfried Wagner, Bruno Walter
and Felix Weingartner, this 2 CD box contains a small unpublished
take of Stokowski's recording of the "Götterdämmerung"
finale of 06/01/27.
Pearl GEMS 0024
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(18/05/98) Rachmaninoff Symphony No.3 Vocalise National Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. 28,30/04,01/05/75 EMI 5 66759 2 Extremely rare material in splendid sound. Earlier issues on Desmar and Telefunken LPs (see discography). |
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(18/05/98) Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Dvorak: Serenade for Strings Purcell / Stokowski: "When I am Laid in Earth" from "Dido and Aeneas" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. 16,18,19/08/75 EMI 5 66760 2 see EMI 5 66759 2 for comment |
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(20/04/98) Liszt: Les Préludes, rec. 09/12/47 Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, rec. 11/12/47 Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Suite), rec. 11-14/12/47 The Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Cala CACD 0522 produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY |
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(21/02/98) Sibelius: Symphony No.4, rec. 23/04/32 Berceuse from "The Tempest", rec. 07/11/37 + Sibelius: Symphony No.1 / Ormandy, rec. 1941 Philadelphia Orchestra Biddulph WHL 062 |
(02/02/98)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Scriabin/Stokowski: Etude cis-Moll op.2,1
American Symphony Orchestra, rec 04/71
Vanguard 08 6162 71
Re-incarnation of Vanguard's earlier release. Now at budget
price.
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(02/02/98) Sibelius Symphony No.1 The Swan of Tuonela National Philharmonic Orchestra, rec.11/76 + Symphony No.2 (NYP / Thomas Schippers, rec. 09/04/63) + Violin Concerto (Zino Francescatti / NYP / Leonard Bernstein, rec.15/01/63) + Finlandia (LSO / Richard Hickox, rec.02/88) + Valse triste (Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, rec.25/01/59) + Karelia Suite (Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, rec.24/02/68) Sony SB2K 63260 (2 CDs) |
(02/02/98)
Brahms
Tragic Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. 05/04/77
+ Symphonies No.1 & 2, Haydn Variations (Philadelphia
Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy)
Sony SB2K
63287 (2 CDs)
BEWARE: Although Stokowski's name is featured as big as
Ormandy's on the cover, the 11 minute Tragic Overture is the only
Stokowski recording on this 2 disc set! Why they haven't included
Stoki's superb Symphony No.2 instead of Ormandy's will remain
Sony Classical's secret forever.
(17/12/97)
Percy Grainger in Performance
incl. Grieg: Piano Concerto
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. 15/07/45
(don't know the complete content yet)
Music
& Arts CD-1002
What's going on with this recording? First announced by
Michael G. Thomas on Archive Documents ADCD 2003, it came at the
same time on Biddulph LHW 041 - and now on Music & Arts.
Strange, strange strange...
(17/12/97)
Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung - Excerpts
Agnes Davis, Lawrence Tibbett, Frederick Jagel / Philadelphia
Orchestra, rec. 1929-1939
Grammofono 2000 AB 78766/7
I haven't heard this CD yet, but since I made the experience
that most Grammofono releases are of comparatively bad sound
quality, I would recommend to buy Pearl's alternative issue GEMM
CDS 9076 instead.
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(02/12/97) Cowell: Persian Set Goeb: Symphony No.3 Ben Weber: Symphony on Poems of William Blake Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra, rec.1952 Citadel CTD 88123 |
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(22/11/97) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan), narrator / Stadium Symphony Orchestra, rec. 1959 Amirov: Aserbaijan Mugam Houston Symphony Orchestra, rec.03/59 Chopin/Stokowski Mazurka No.13 a minor op.17,4 Prelude No.24 d minor op.28,24 Waltz No.7 c sharp minor op.64,2 Houston Symphony Orchestra, rec. 04/60 Everest EVC 9048 |
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(11/11/97) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 Artur Rubinstein / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. 09/45 Grieg: Piano Concerto, rec. 15/07/45 (live) Grainger: In A Nutshell, rec. 21/07/46 (live) Percy Grainger / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Biddulph LHW 041 Rachmaninoff previously unpublished. The Grieg appeared before on LP: International Piano Archives IPA 508. It's here in a surprisingly good sound. This and "In A Nutshell" are the identical recordings from Archive Documents ADCD 2003 (see below). |
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(11/11/97) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 Sergei Rachmaninoff / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 10,13/04/29 +Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 / Horowitz / LSO / cond. Albert Coates Biddulph LHW 036 Contains previously unpublished alternative tracks for the Second Concerto. |
(23/10/97)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas
Tallis
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
Symphony of the Air, rec. 17/11/60 (in the Library of
Congress)
Bridge
9074
This disc consists of the identical recordings from the
earlier CD CLC-2, published by The Library of Congress. For
further information, please contact Bridgerec@aol.com.
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(22/10/97) The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has just released a 10 CD set The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 which contains one Stokowski recording: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 - "Scottish" New York Philharmonic, rec. 26/10/47 NYP 9701 |
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(27/09/97) A Grainger/Stokowski Collaboration Grieg: Piano Concerto, rec. 15/07/45 Grainger: In a Nutshell, rec. 21/07/46 Grainger: Danish Folk Song Suite, rec. 21/07/46 Percy Grainger / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (live) Archive Documents ADCD 2003 The two Grainger works are mis-dated on the back cover to 15/07/45. For purchase, please contact: Michael G. Thomas 5A Norfolk Place London W2 1QN England Phone +44 171 723 4935 |
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(27/09/97) Bach/Stokowski Symphonic Transcriptions: Passacaglia & Fugue c minor, BWV 582 Komm' süßer Tod, BWV 478 Bourrée from English Suite No.2, BWV 582 Sarabande from Violin Partita b minor, BWV 1002 Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott from Kantata BWV 80 Shepherd's Song from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Little Fugue g minor, BWV 578 Air on the G string from Orchestral Suite No.3, BWV 1068 rec. 05,07,11,26/02/58 Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, BWV 487 Preludio from Violin Partita No.3, BWV 1006 rec. 15-17/08/57 Toccata & Fugue d minor, BWV 565 rec. 15/02/57 Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra EMI 7243 5 66385 2 New remasterings from EMI's FDS series. Slightly better sound than earlier CD issues. Toccata & Fugue very much improved. |
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(27/09/97) finally... The Stokowski Stereo Collection RCA/BMG 09026-68443-2 (14 CDs) click here for details... |
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(27/09/97) Stokowski - A Russian Concert Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 26/11/34 Ippolitov-Ivanov: In the Manger Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 22/10/34 Glazunov: Danse Orientale from "Scènes de ballet" Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 02/05/27 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 08/10, 12/11/34 Cala CACD 0521 produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY |