Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2

Compilation by Leopold Stokowski

Released 14 March 2025

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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