Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Night on the Bare Mountain

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  9:40
• 2
  Kamarinskaya, Fantasy on Two Russian Songs

  Mikhail Glinka
  6:28
• 3
  24 Preludes, op. 34: No. 14 in E‐flat minor

  Dmitri Shostakovich orch. Leopold Stokowski
  3:01
• 4
  Pastorale, K006

  Igor Stravinsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  3:16
• 5
  1812 Overture, op. 49

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  15:53
• 6
  Poème de l’extase, op. 54

  Alexander Scriabin
  18:35
• 7
  Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 3. Plaintive Song

  Anatoly Lyadov
  2:56
• 8
  Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 4. Humorous Song

  Anatoly Lyadov
  0:45
• 9
  Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 6. Cradle Song

  Anatoly Lyadov
  2:05
• 10
  Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 8. Village Dance Song

  Anatoly Lyadov
  1:47
• 11
  Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances

  Alexander Borodin
  10:57
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act I: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  9:49
• 2
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  6:19
• 3
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Tanz der Lehrbuben

  Richard Wagner
  3:48
• 4
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Aufzug der Meister

  Richard Wagner
  3:12
• 5
  Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act I: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

  Richard Wagner
  11:40
• 6
  Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Trauermarsch

  Richard Wagner
  7:27
• 7
  Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Brünnhildes Opfer und Erlösung

  Richard Wagner
  19:34
• 8
  Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture

  Richard Wagner
  11:34
• Digital Media 3
• 1
  Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 1: Sonata pian e forte, Ch. 175

  Giovanni Gabrieli orch. Leopold Stokowski
  6:24
• 2
  Concerto for Double String Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio

  Sir Michael Tippett
  5:46
• 3
  Concerto for Double String Orchestra: II. Adagio cantabile

  Sir Michael Tippett
  9:57
• 4
  Concerto for Double String Orchestra: III. Allegro molto

  Sir Michael Tippett
  7:54
• 5
  2 Episoden aus Lenau’s Faust, S. 110: No. 2. Mephisto Waltz

  Franz Liszt
  11:47
• 6
  Symphony no. 6, CNW 30 “Sinfonia semplice”: I. Tempo giusto

  Carl Nielsen
  13:15
• 7
  Symphony no. 6, CNW 30 “Sinfonia semplice”: II. Humoreske. Allegretto

  Carl Nielsen
  3:18
• 8
  Symphony no. 6, CNW 30 “Sinfonia semplice”: III. Proposta seria. Adagio

  Carl Nielsen
  4:07
• 9
  Symphony no. 6, CNW 30 “Sinfonia semplice”: IV. Tema con variazioni

  Carl Nielsen
  9:59
• Digital Media 4
• 1
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: I. Adagio – Allegro molto

  Antonín Dvořák
  10:08
• 2
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo

  Antonín Dvořák
  13:59
• 3
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Poco sostenuto

  Antonín Dvořák
  7:04
• 4
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:42
• 5
  Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2, M. 57b

  Maurice Ravel
  16:02
• 6
  Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

  Johann Sebastian Bach orch. Leopold Stokowski
  13:38
• Digital Media 5
• 1
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  14:05
• 2
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: II. Molto vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:21
• 3
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: III. Adagio molto e cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  13:45
• 4
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: IV. Presto – Allegro assai

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  25:26
• 5
  Coriolan Overture, op. 62

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:55
• Digital Media 6
• 1
  Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  1:53
• 2
  Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  2:11
• 3
  Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  1:11
• 4
  Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Il vecchio castello

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  3:16
• 5
  Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  1:50
• 6
  Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  0:52
• 7
  Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  1:11
• 8
  Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  2:31
• 9
  Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  1:25
• 10
  Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  2:12
• 11
  Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. La Cabane sur des pattes de poule

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  2:37
• 12
  Pictures at an Exhibition: X. La Grande Porte de Kiev

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  4:50
• 13
  Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: I. Andante – Allegro con anima

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  14:11
• 14
  Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  13:24
• 15
  Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  6:00
• 16
  Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: IV. Finale. Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  12:24
• 17
  Short Speech by Leopold Stokowski
  1:40
• 18
  Khovanshchina, Act IV: Entr’acte (arr. for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski)

  Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski
  4:36

More by Leopold Stokowski

Turandot

Turandot 1993

Bach Transcriptions

Bach Transcriptions 1992

Carmen Suite / L’Arlésienne Suites

Carmen Suite / L’Arlésienne Suites 1989

Songs of the Auvergne / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 / Vocalise

Songs of the Auvergne / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 / Vocalise 1965

The Poem of Ecstasy / Azerbaijan Mugam

The Poem of Ecstasy / Azerbaijan Mugam 1959

Walt Disney’s Fantasia

Walt Disney’s Fantasia 1957

Release credits

• Berit Lindholm
  soprano vocals [7]
• Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
  choir vocals [11]
• James Lockhart
  chorus master [11]
• John Alldis
  chorus master [11]
• Leopold Stokowski
  conductor [5.5, 2.1-8, 1.1-11, 3.1-9]
• London Symphony Chorus
  choir vocals [4]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.1-7, 3.1-5, 5.5]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.8, 3.6-9]
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-11]
• The Band of the Grenadier Guards
  performing orchestra [5]
• The John Alldis Choir
  choir vocals [11]

Issues

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  Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2

  6x Digital Media
  14 March 2025