Stokowski - Maestro Celebre - Vol. 2 - Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky / History 2x Audio CD 2002 / 205654 303

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Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his appearance in the Disney film Fantasia with that orchestra. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed.

Stokowski was music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of the Air and many others. He was also the founder of the All-American Youth Orchestra, the New York City Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra.

Stokowski conducted the music for and appeared in several Hollywood films, most notably Disney's Fantasia, and was a lifelong champion of contemporary composers, giving many premieres of new music during his 60-year conducting career. Stokowski, who made his official conducting debut in 1909, appeared in public for the last time in 1975 but continued making recordings until June 1977, a few months before his death at the age of 95.

Tracklist:

CD 1

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 ''Pathetique''

1.  I.  Adagio: Allegro ma non troppo   18:53

2.  II. Allegro con grazia   8:07

3.  III. Allegro molto vivace   8:52

4.  IV.  Finale: Adagio lamentoso   9:45

5.  ''Capriccio italien'' Op. 45   15:46

6.  ''Slavonic March'' Op. 31   9:02

CD 2

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

''Scheherazade''

(Symphonic Suite after »A Thousend and One Night«}

1.  I.  The Sea and Sindbad’s Ship   10:08

2.  II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince   10:51

3.  III. The Young Prince and Princess    10:14

4.  IV. Festival in Bagdad. The Sea. The Ship goes to pieces on a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior   12:04

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

''Petrushka'' Ballet in 4 scenes for Orchestra (excerpts)

5.  Scene I: The Fair. Vivace 4:41

6.  The Magic Trick   1:37

7.  Russian Dance   2:24

8.  Scene Il & Ill: Petrushka’s Room.   3:54
     The Moor’s Room 

9.  Feroce Stringendo   2:26

10. Dance of the ballerina   0:38

11. Waltz

12. Scene IV: The Fair. The Death of Petrushka. Con moto   0:53

13. Dance of the Nursemaids  4:30

14. Dance of the Coachmen and Stable Boys   1:57

15. The Mummers   4:30

• Orchestra - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra
• Conducted - Leopold Stokowski