Initially for my own purposes, I began refurbishing recordings of Stokowski's concerts and videos which I have in my collection. All are from non-commercial sources and most have not and will probably never appear on any commercial releases. As you may have noticed from the few commercial issues existing, Stokowski's music-making is generally even more thrilling in live performances than in studio recordings. Because I think this material is very fascinating for everyone who likes Stokowski, I am offering CD/DVD copies to interested collectors.
Due to the often distorted condition of the original sound recordings I had to apply various digital signal processes, such as time/pitch correction, equalization, click/pop and dropout elimination, filtering of background noise and hiss reduction. All these alterations have been made very carefully in order to retain as much of the original atmosphere of the performance as possible.
You can obtain single CDs/DVDs directly from me. Because I had to invest into special hardware equipment and I have spent many hours on working on the material, I am requesting a fee of 15 Euros for each single CD/DVD and 25 Euros for each double CD set plus postage.
Every CD/DVD comes in an illustrated jewel case with English liner notes about the original event, where available.
For more information, please check the FAQ or just E-mail me: stokowskisite@gmx.net
Please note that some of these recordings are of limited sound quality. Although digitally refurbished, they are technically not really comparable to modern studio recordings. They are, however, of an exceptional musical quality and meant for the serious collector who can appreciate this.
For some items sound bites are available in RealAudio format.
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Contemporary
Music Society, 3 December 1958
El-Dabh: Fantasia-Tahmeel (with Halim El-Dabh, derabucca) ![[listen]](listen.gif){kind=small}
Cowell: Persian Set Partos: Yizkor (with Harry Zaratzian, viola) Mitsukuri: Ten Haikais by Basho
McPhee: Nocturne Chou Wen-Chung: To a Wayfarer Piston: Divertimento + Miller: Prelude + Hovhaness: October Mountain (played by the Percussion Ensemble of the Manhattan School of Music) |
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Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française,
12 May 1958 Bach/Stokowski : Passacaglia & Fugue in c minor Brahms: Symphony No.1 Ibert: Escales Ravel: Alborada del gracioso Debussy: Ibéria |
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Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Frankfurt, 31 May 1955
Messiaen: Hymne au Saint-Sacrement Stravinsky: Mass Debussy: Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune |
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Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart, 20 May 1955
Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Prelude to Act IV from Khovanchina Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde |
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SWF-Sinfonieorchester,
15 May 1955
Egk: French Suite after Rameau Milhaud: Concerto for percussion and small orchestra Prokofiev: 3 excerpts from Romeo and Juliet Blacher: Variations on a theme of Paganini (rec. 06/06/54) |
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Boston University Orchestra, 19 November 1954
Lockwood:
Prairie Fully announced original radio broadcast. |
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The Conductor Speaks BBC Symphony Orchestra 7 May 1954 Purcell/Stokowski: Concert Suite I. Trumpet Tune (A Choice Collection of Lessons: Trumpet Tune in C, Z. 678, "The Cebell") II. Echo Pastorale (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo) III. Hornpipe (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Music: Hornpipe) IV. When I am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III) V. Largo and Allegro (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV) Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 Bax: Finale from Tintagel Enescu: Excerpts from Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major op.11 |
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The 20th Century Concert Hall, Vol.2 CBS Radio Orchestra * Maurice Wilk, violin / ** Julius Baker, flute 7 February 1954 Ives: Largo cantabile Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" Bartók: 3 Roumanian Folk Dances Förster: Air in Form of a Sarabande* 21 February 1954 Creston: Partita for Flute, Violin and String Orchestra, movements 1-3* ** Ives: Washington's Birthday Two half-hour radio broadcasts. Documentation included in booklet. Good sound. |
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Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra, 16
October 1953 All-Canadian Concert: Mercure: Pantomime Brott: Violin Concerto (with Noël Brunet, violin) McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan Morel: Antiphonie Ridout: Two Mystical Songs of John Donne (with Lois Marshall, soprano) Willan: Coronation Suite (with The Westminster Choir) Fully announced original radio broadcast. Documentation and song texts included in booklet. Excellent sound. |
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The 20th Century Concert Hall, Vol.1
CBS Radio Chamber Orchestra 27 September 1953 Bach/Stokowski: Siciliano Berezowsky: Adagio from Sextet Concerto Hovhaness: Concerto for Orchestra - "Sivas" 25 October 1953 Cesti/Stokowski: Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza Thomson: Cantabile for Strings Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.2 Moore: Polka and Cakewalk from Cotillion Suite + Luening/Ussachevsky: Incantation for Tapesichord Two half-hour radio broadcasts. Documentation included in booklet. Very good sound. |
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Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra, 17 June 1953 All-Sibelius Programme: Finlandia Symphony No.1 Excerpts from Pelléas and Mélisande Symphony No.7 Fully announced original radio broadcast. Documentation included in booklet. |
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Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen
Rundfunks, 7 July 1952
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Raphael never recorded commercially. Thrilling Tchaikovksy. Very good sound. |
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Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra New York, 2 April
1950
Thomson: Suite from The Mother of Us All Great Brahms. Thomson and Chabrier are the only known recordings of these works by Stokowski. |
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Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Orchestra, 25 August 1946 Offenbach:
Overture from Orphée aux enfers Wonderful Alfvén and a great vocal soloist. Except Mendelssohn are all the only known recordings of these works by Stokowski. |
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Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Orchestra, 21 July 1946 Lalo:
Le Roi d'Ys Overture A wonderful concert, full of very beautiful and exciting music. Except Tchaikovsky and Griffes are all the only known recordings of these works by Stokowski. |
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Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Orchestra, 26 August 1945 Bach/Stokowski:
Prelude from Violin Partita BWV 1006 The sparkling "Pearls on Velvet" is the only known recording by Stokowski, as well as Mozart, Leoncavallo and Creston. Strauss never recorded commercially. |
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Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Orchestra, 12 August 1945 Berlioz:
Rakoczy March Steinert is the First Performance. Together with Dolan and Dvorák are these the only known recordings by Stokowski. Very touching Dvorák. |
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Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Orchestra, 22 July 1945
Liadov:
Eight Russian Folk Songs |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 26
December 1943 Beethoven:
Symphony No.5 An absolutely exciting performance of the Beethoven Symphony. Creston and Taylor are both the only known recordings by Stokowski. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 7 March
1943 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
American First Performance of Alexander Nevski. The Tempest was never recorded commercially by Stokowski. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 15 November 1942
(broadcast date) 
* Dorothy Maynor, soprano / ** Misha Elman, violin Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in c sharp minor Traditional: The Last Rose of Summer* Strauss: Zueignung op.10,1 (sung in English)* Bach: Air from Suite No.3 in D major BWV 1068** Gould: Guaracha from Latin-American Symphonette Completely announced Command Performance program. Alternatively to the conventional CD, the entire program is available to PayPal members as high-quality MP3 file (30 minutes, ~42 MB) for only $7.99. To download, please follow the instructions here. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 7 April
1942 Luther/Stokowski: Ein'
feste Burg ist unser Gott Ein feste Burg is here in a different arrangement to the known Bach/Stokowski transcription, probably the only recording of this version. Stringfield is the only known recording by Stokowski. MacDowell (very powerful performance) never recorded commercially. The Firbird Suite is the corresponding live recording to the studio production issued on Cala. With spoken introductions by Stokowski. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 25
November 1941 Herbert Haufrecht:
2 Fantastic Marches Haufrecht's Marches are here in the only known recording by Stokowski. With spoken introductions by Stokowski. Tchaikovsky is the corresponding live recording to the studio production issued on Cala. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 18
November 1941 Prokofiev: 3
excerpts from The Love for Three Oranges Very thrilling Brahms. Prokofiev and Kelly are good supplements to those recordings issued on Cala. With spoken introductions by Stokowski. |
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, 4
November 1941 Bach/Stokowski:
Prelude in e flat minor BWV 853 Beautiful Brahms and Bach. Warner is the only known recording by Stokowski. |
