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Archive 1999-2000

(12/12/00) Fantasia is now available on DVD. For details, please see here. Buena Vista Z7 2113275.

(10/12/00) Leopold Stokowski and The Philadelphia Orchestra Acoustic Recordings, Vol.2 Boccherini/Stokowski: Menuet, rec. 27/01/22 Mozart: 3rd movement from Symphony No.40, rec. 09/05/19 Beethoven: 2nd movement from Symphony No.8, rec. 20/05/20 Schubert/Stokowski: Moment musicale No.3, rec. 27/01/22 Thomas: Gavotte from Mignon, rec. 01/05/23 Gounod: Waltz from Faust, rec. 01/05/23 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.1, rec. 21/05/20 Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Reed Flutes from The Nutcracker, rec. 13/02/22 Rimski-Korsakov:  The Young Prince and the Young Princess from Scheherazade, rec. 25/03/21 Rimski-Korsakov:  Festival at Bagdad from Scheherazade, rec. 09/03/19 Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries, rec. 25/03/21 Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, rec. 05/12/21 Sibelius: Finlandia, rec. 18/04/21 Dvorák: 2nd movement from Symphony No.9, rec. 12/05/19 Bizet: Danse provençale from L'Arlésienne, rec. 27/01/22 Liadov: Dance of the Amazon, rec. 08/12/24 Stravinsky: Firework, rec. 06/11/22 Masato Kubota CD 115

(25/10/00) Leopold Stokowski - 1947 Recordings Trad./Stokowski: Russian Christmas Music, rec. 27/03/47 Händel/Stokowski: Pastorale from Messiah, rec. 27/03/47 Bach/Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in d minor BWV 565, rec. 22/03/47 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5: 2nd movement, rec. 28/04/47 Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No.1, rec. 22/03/47 Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas, rec. 12/12/47 Revueltas: Sensemaya, rec. 12/12/47 Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Wagner: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre, rec. 17/11/47 Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra New York Masato Kubota CD 113

(14/10/00) Leopold Stokowski and the NBC Symphony Orchestra Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4, rec. live 14/03/43 Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, rec. live 13/02/44 Antheil: Symphony No.4, rec. live 13/02/44 Cala CACD 0528 Produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY.

(05/10/00) Leopold Stokowski conducts the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Falla: El amor brujo (with Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano), rec. 14/08/46 Brahms: Symphony No.1, rec. 01/08/45 Dutton CDBP 9705

(26/06/00) Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, two versions: 29/04/25 & 05/04/37 Liszt/Müller-Berghaus: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, rec. 20/05/20 Rimski-Korsakov: Festival at Bagdad from Scheherazade, rec. 09/03/19 Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals, rec. 27/11/39 Strauß: Blue Danube, three versions: 10/05/19, 10/06/26 & 09/04/39 Strauß: Tales from Vienna Woods, two versions: 10/06/26 & 09/04/39 Masato Kubota CD 110

(26/06/00) Leopold Stokowski and the All-American Youth Orchestra Schubert: Symphony No.8, rec. 10/07/41 Dvorák: Symphony No.9, rec. 26/07/40 Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummernight's Dream, rec. 11/07/41 Mussorgski/Stokowski: Boris Godunow Synthesis, rec. 07/41 Wagner/Stokowski: Tristan und Isolde Synthesis, rec. 13/12/40 Still: Scherzo from Afro-American Symphony, rec. 13/11/40 Masato Kubota CD 111/2

(20/06/00) Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra Rimski-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture (with Nicola Moscona, bass), rec. 16/04/53 Mussorgski: 3 excerpts from Khovanchina, rec. 1953 Tchaikovsky/Diaghilew: Aurora's Wedding, rec. 04/53 Rediscovery RD 009 Private CD issue available directly from members.aol.com/rediscclassics

(11/06/00)
Bach Transcriptions by Barbirolli, Coates, Damrosch, Elgar, Gui, Horenstein, Kleiber, Klemperer, Koussevitzky, Melichar, Mitropoulos, Ormandy, Reiner, Sargent, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Stock, Stokowski, Toscanini, Wood
This 2 CD set contains among various Bach transcriptions one Stokowski recording:
Bach/Stokowski: Arioso from Cantata BWV 156
NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. 27/11/41
Biddulph 83069/70

(09/06/00)
The Chicago Symphony Orcherstra has released a 10-CD set, titled Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Twentieth Century: Collector's Choice. The set contains one Stokowski recording:
Beethoven: Symphony No.2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 07/10/62
The set is directly available from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for $225. For details, please see here.

(05/06/00) Harrison: Suite for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra Anahid Ajemian, violin, / Maro Ajemian, piano / Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra, rec. 29/10/52 + Cowell: Homage to Iran (Leopold Avakian, violin / Mitchell Andrews, piano / Basil Bahar, Persian drum) + McPhee: Nocturne for Chamber Orchestra (Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra / David Van Vactor) + Hovhaness: Koke No Niwa (Melvin Kaplan, English horn / Walter Rosenberger, Elden Bailey, percussion / Ruth Negri, harp / Alan Hovhaness) + Hovhaness: The Holy City (Elgar Howarth, trumpet / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Arthur Bennett Lipkin) + Hovhaness: Triptych (Benita Valente, soprano / Members of the Bamberg Symphony / Bavarian Radio Singers / Alfredo Antonini) CRI 836

(05/06/00) Leopold Stokowski and the All-American Youth Orchestra Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, rec. 04/07/41 Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, rec. 07/41 Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, rec. 01/04/41 Little Fugue, rec. 14/11/40 Komm, süßer Tod, rec. 08/07/41 Air from Suite No.3, rec. 11/07/41 Preludio from Violin Sonata No.6, rec. 20/07/41 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 156, rec. 11/07/41 Prelude in e flat minor BWV 853, rec.11/07/41 Andante sostenuto from Violin Partita BWV 1003, rec. 11/07/41 Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, rec. 04/07/41 Cala CACD 0527 Produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY.

(29/05/00) Beethoven: Symphony No.7 Symphony of the Air, rec. 12/58 +Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (Pittsburgh SO / William Steinberg) Rediscovery RD 001 Private CD issue available directly from members.aol.com/rediscclassics

(10/04/00) Ionisation Fuleihan: Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra Clara Rockmore, theremin / New York City Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 26/02/45 + God Save the King (BBC SO / Toscanini, rec. live 19/05/38) + Sibelius: Andante festivo (Finnish National Radio Orchestra / Sibelius, rec. 01/01/39) + Elgar: 3rd movement from Symphony No.2 (LSO / Elgar, rehearsal 15/07/27) + Beethoven: Symphony No.8 (BBC SO / Wood, rec. 03/01/36) + Beethoven: excerpt from Symphony No.4 (BBC SO / Wood, rec. 03/01/36) + Beethoven: 3rd movement from Symphony No.9 (Vienna PO / Furtwängler, rec. 04/42) + Varèse: Ionisation (Percussion ensemble conducted by Nicholas Slonimsky, rec. 06/03/33) Symposium 1253 A very interesting disc, not only worth purchasing because of the Stokowski item.

(10/04/00) Leopold Stokowski Conducts Short Works Boccherini/Stokowski: Menuetto from String Quartet in E major, rec. 04/07/29 Haydn/Stokowski: Andante cantabile from String Quartet op.3,5, rec. 04/05/29 Händel/Harty/Stokowski: Water Music Suite, rec. 30/04/34 Händel/Stokowski: Overture in d minor from Chandos Anthem No.2, rec. 16/12/35 Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, rec. 10/03/27 Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, rec. 08/12/40 The Philadelphia Orchestra Weber/Berlioz/Stokowski: Invitation to the Dance, rec. 13,17/12/40 Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo, rec. 05/07/41 Novacek/Stokowski: Perpetuum mobile, rec. 05/07/41 The All-American Youth Orchestra Masato Kubota CD 109 Very rare recordings in excellent transfers.

(21/03/00) Collector Theo van der Burg has made a very good CD transfer of Bell Labs' Early HiFi and Stereo recordings. The sound is so fine that it is nearly unbelievable that the recordings are from 1932. If you want to know what the "Philadelphia Sound" really was, you need these recordings. The disc contains the remaining material which is missing on Iron Needle IN 1402 (see below): Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre Forest Murmurs from Siegfried Funeral March and Finale from Götterdämmerung Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. live 30/04/32 The CD can be ordered at the price of $15 from T.W.van.der.Burg@hro.nl

(09/03/00) Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra - 78 rpm recordings Weber/Weingartner: Invitation to the Dance, rec. 09/05/19 Weber/Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance, rec. 02/05/27 Weber/Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance, rec. 19/04/37 Byrd/Stokowski: Pavan for the Earl of Salisbury and Galliard, rec. 19/04/37 Trad./Stokowski: Russian Christmas Music, rec. 22/10/34 Debussy/Stokowski: Claire de lune, rec. 05/04/37 Bach/Stokowski: Ein' feste Burg, rec. 28/10/33 Bach/Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue d minor, rec. 26/11/34 Franck: Symphony (with spoken introduction), rec. 10/27 Liszt/Müller-Berghaus: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, rec. 16/11/36 Dvorák: Symphony No.9, rec. 22/10/34 Masato Kubota CD 107/8 (2 CDs) Another release of Masato Kubota's series of fine transfers of rare recordings. We can't thank him enough for his commitment for recordings that would otherwise probably never be released on CD.

(28/02/00)
For those who don't have the Stokowski Stereo Collection, BMG has released a two CD set with highlights from this box. It contains the following recordings. For details, please refer to the entry about the complete set below.
Bach/Stokowski: Air from Suite No.3
Bach/Stokowski: Wachet auf
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Wagner: Feuerzauber
Smetana: Vltava
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Rimski-Korsakov: Russian Easter
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (with Anna Moffo)
Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 (with Anna Moffo)
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite
Shostakovitch: The Golden Age - Suite
RCA/BMG 74321 70931 2

(24/02/00) Tchaikovsky: The Tempest Prokofiev: Alexander Nevski (with Jennie Tourel, mezzosoprano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 07/03/43 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(06/02/00)
RCA/BMG has released a two CD set Silvestre Revueltas - Centennial Anthology. This set contains - for the first time on CD - Stokowski's recording of "Sensemaya" with "His Symphony Orchestra" of 11/12/47. The set includes many other orchestral works by Revueltas, conducted by Eduardo Mata, David Atherton and Luis Herrera de la Fuente. It is available at a special price.
RCA/BMG 09026-63548-2

(02/11/99) Holst: The Planets Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Gould: Red Cavlry March & New China March NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. 14/03/43 Debussy/Stokowski: La cathédrale engloutie NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. 13/02/44 Cala CACD 0526 Produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY .

(01/10/99)
In October, The Philadelphia Orchestra has released a 12 CD set in celebration of its 100th birthday. The set includes the following Stokowski recordings:
Brahms/Parlow: Hungarian Dance No.5, rec. 24/10/17
Beethoven: Symphony No.5, rec. 21,30/11/31
Sibelius: Symphony No.2, rec. live 18/12/64
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture, rec. live 06/02/62
Wagner/Stokowski: Love Music from Tristan und Isolde, rec. 25/02/60
Donizetti: "Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! ... Ardon gli incensi" from Lucia di Lammermoor (with Joan Sutherland), rec. live 26/01/63
Giordano: "Un dì all'azzurro spazio" from Andrea Chénier (with Franco Corelli), rec. live 26/01/63
Gounod: "Vous qui faites l'endormie" from Faust (with George London), rec. live 20/01/62
Wagner: Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung (with Birgit Nilsson), rec. live 20/01/62
Sibelius: Violin Concerto (with Jascha Heifetz), rec. 24/12/34
The set is directly available from the Philadelphia Orchestra
BEWARE: This set is faulty. On some CD players occur severe tracking problems, which have been reported by several collectors. I am still having them myself. When I first had my set completely exchanged, I received another faulty disc that was definitely not playable on any CD player. The Philadelphia Orchestra still denies that there is a pressing fault. A re-pressing is not in sight.

(29/09/99)
Another set of historic recordings has been released by the New York Philharmonic, An American Celebration. Among many others, it contains the following Stokowski live recordings:
Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster Suite, rec. 13/02/49
Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, rec. 27/03/49

2 CDs

(21/09/99) Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys Overture Griffes: The White Peacock Grainger: In a Nutshell (with Percy Grainger, piano) Benjamin: From San Domingo Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite excerpts Kodály: Dances of Galánta Grainger: Danish Folk Song Suite (with Percy Grainger, piano) Cyril Scott: Hornpipe and Shanty Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 21/07/46 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(01/09/99) Bach/Stokowski: Prelude from Violin Partita BWV 1006 Scriabin/Stokowski: Etude in c sharp minor op.2,1 Young: Pearls on Velvet (with Ray Turner, piano) Mozart: Dove sono from Le nozze di Figaro (with Phyllis Moffat, soprano) Leoncavallo: Ballatella from Pagliacci (with Phyllis Moffat, soprano) Creston: Saxophone Concerto (with James Abato, saxophone) Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 26/08/45 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(01/09/99)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, rec. live 07/08/68
+ Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
Van Cliburn / Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana / Pietro Argento, rec. 25/05/62
+ Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
cond. by Sergiu Celibidache
Aura AUR 108

(22/08/99) Griffes: The White Peacock New York Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. 17/11/47 + Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli, rec. 02/08/40 + Strauß II.: Kaiserwalzer New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter, rec. 18/04/42 + Stravinsky: Norwegian Moods New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky, rec. 05/02/46 + Bizet: Symphony New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Artur Rodzinsky, rec 1945 + Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos, rec. 1952/3 + Wagner: Rienzi Overture New York Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell, rec. 14/01/54 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings RD 103-7

(14/07/99) Franck: Symphony in d minor Ravel: Fanfare from L'Eventail de Jeanne Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Hilversum, rec. 08/70 Messiaen: L'Ascension London Symphony Orchestra, rec. 06/70 Chopin/Stokowski: Mazurka in a minor Duparc/Stokowski: Ecstase London Symphony Orchestra, rec. 1974 Cala CACD 0525 Another Phase4 CD that has been produced by Cala in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY .

(07/07/99) Berlioz: Rakoczy March Saint-Saëns: Prelude to Le Déluge Steinert: Clarinet Rhapsody (with Kalman Bloch, clarinet) Dolan: Waltz from Lady in the Dark Dvorák: Rondo (with Kurt Reher, cello) Strauß: Fledermaus Waltzes Haydn/Stokowski: Andante cantabile Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 12/08/45 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(25/06/99)
There is a bunch of probably pirated Stokowski recordings available in the form of a 10 CD box from a label Trumpets of Jericho. The box contains mainly that material released earlier on Grammofono and Magic Talent. It can be ordered from the German mail order company Zweitausendeins for ridiculous 29.95 DM plus postage. The (internal) article number is 47407.

(24/06/99) Luther/Stokowski: Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2, 1st & 2nd movements (with Frances Nash, piano) Stringfield: Negro Parade Stravinsky: Firebird Suite NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 07/04/42 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(05/06/99) Beethoven: Symphony No.5 Paul Creston: Chant of 1942 Deems Taylor: Ballet Music from Ramuntcho NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 26/12/43 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(03/06/99) Herbert Haufrecht: 2 Fantastic Marches Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 25/11/41 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(03/06/99) Prokofiev: 3 excerpts from The Love for Three Oranges Robert Kelly: Sunset Reflections from Adirondack Suite Brahms: Symphony No.4 NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 18/11/41 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(03/06/99) Bach/Stokowski: Prelude in e flat minor BWV 853 Philip Warner: Sinfonietta, first movement Brahms: Symphony No.3 NBC Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 04/11/41 see The Stokowski Concert Collection for details

(30/05/99) Elgar: Enigma Variations Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. live 07/09/72 Brahms: Symphony No.1 London Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 15/06/72 Cala CACD 0524 Original Phase4 recordings licensed by Decca. Produced in association with THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI SOCIETY

(30/05/99)
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No.2
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 03/01,22/12/24
Rhapsody on the Theme by Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 24/12/34
+ The Isle of the Dead
Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vista Vera VVCD 00021

(01/05/99) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 Mussorgski: Prelude to Act IV from "Khovantchina" Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, rec. live 20/05/55 Disques Refrain DR 930051

(22/04/99) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 10,13/04/29 +Piano Concerto No.3 Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, rec. 1940 Naxos 8.110601

(22/04/99) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on the Theme by Paganini Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 24/12/34 +Piano Concertos No.1 & 4 Sergei Rachmaninov, piano / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, rec. 1940/41 Naxos 8.110602

(17/03/99) Wagner: "Rienzi" Overture Mozart: "Non piu andrai" from "The Marriage of Figaro" (GL) Borodin: "Ni sna ni otdycha" from "Price Igor" (GL) Gounod: "Vous qui faites l'endormire" from "Faust" (GL) Puccini: "Vissi d'arte" from "Tosca" (BN) Verdi: "O ciel...!" from "Aida" (BN GL) Wagner: Prelude to Act I from "Lohengrin" Wagner: Finale from "Götterdämmerung" (BN) Philadelphia Orchestra / George London (GL) / Birgit Nilsson (BN), rec. live 20/01/62 Verdi: "La forza del destino" Overture Giordano: "Un dì all azzurro spazio" from "Andrea Chénier" (FC) Puccini: "Recondita armonia" from "Tosca" (FC) Strauss: Dance of the seven veils from "Salome" Donizetti: Mad Scene from "Lucia di Lammermoor" (JS) Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No.1 Philadelphia Orchestra / Franco Corelli (FC) / Joan Sutherland (JS), rec. live 26/01/63 Rimsky-Korsakov: Marfa's Aria from "The Czar's Bride" Rimsky-Korsakov: The Rose and the Nightingale Mussorgski: Parassia's Reverie from "Sorotchinsky Fair" Rachmaninov: Georgian Melody Marina Koshetz / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 22/07/45 Bizet: "Carmen" excerpts "Quand je vous aimerai?" Habanera "C'est toi! -C'est moi!" Marina Koshetz / Ramon Vinay / Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, rec. live 11/07/46 Bella Voce BLV 107.235 (2CDs) Distributed by Blaricum CD Company, Amsterdamsestraatweg 7 B, 1411 AW  Naarden, Netherlands.

(22/01/99)
Brahms: Symphony No.1
Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 25,26,27/04/27
Brahms: Symphony No.3
Philadelphia Orchestra, rec. 25,26/09/28
Arkadia 78548
These recordings are obviously pirated from the transfers Ward Marston made for Biddulph WHL 017-018. So better go and get the original.

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