Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954 -1975 (CD)

Tracklist

• CD 1: Beethoven: Sym. No. 3, Corialan Overture; Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
• 1
  Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" in E-Flat: Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  15:36
• 2
  Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" in E-Flat: Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  13:53
• 3
  Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" in E-Flat: Scherzo: Allegro vivace; Trio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:41
• 4
  Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" in E-Flat: Finale: Allegro molto; Poco andante; Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  11:20
• 5
  Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:42
• 6
  Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

  Johannes Brahms
  10:49
• 7
  Stokowski speaks to the orchestra
  1:12
• CD 2: Shostakovich: Sym. No. 6, Age of Gold Suite; Khachaturian: Sym. No. 3
• 1
  Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: I. Largo

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  17:14
• 2
  Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: II. Allegro

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  6:29
• 3
  Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: III. Presto

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  7:36
• 4
  The Age of Gold Suite, op. 22a: I. Introduction

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  4:06
• 5
  The Age of Gold Suite, op. 22a: II. Adagio

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  9:59
• 6
  The Age of Gold Suite, op. 22a: III. Polka

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  1:56
• 7
  The Age of Gold Suite, op. 22a: IV. Dance

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  2:21
• 8
  Symphony no. 3 (Symphony Poem)

  Aram Khatchaturian
  23:03
• CD 3: Menotti: Sebastian Ballet Suite; Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet selections
• 1
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Adagio

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  2:04
• 2
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Barcarolle

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  3:31
• 3
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Street Fight

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  1:23
• 4
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Cortège

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  4:45
• 5
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Sebastian's Dance

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  3:11
• 6
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): The Courtesan's Dance

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  3:52
• 7
  Sebastian (Ballet Suite): Pavane

  Gian Carlo Menotti
  4:35
• 8
  Romeo and Juliet (Selections): Romeo at the Fountain

  Sergei Prokofiev
  2:21
• 9
  Romeo and Juliet (Selections): Juliet

  Sergei Prokofiev
  6:02
• 10
  Romeo and Juliet (Selections): Romeo and Juliet

  Sergei Prokofiev
  8:28
• 11
  Romeo and Juliet (Selections): Romeo at Juliet's Tomb

  Sergei Prokofiev
  6:35
• 12
  Romeo and Juliet (Selections): Juliet's Death

  Sergei Prokofiev
  4:53
• CD 4: Wagner: Walküre, Tristan. Rheingold, Tannhäuser, Rienzi
• 1
  Die Walküre: Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

  Richard Wagner
  5:47
• 2
  Tristan und Isolde: Act III: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  10:11
• 3
  Das Rheingold: Act I: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

  Richard Wagner
  8:02
• 4
  Tannhäuser: Overture

  Richard Wagner
  10:24
• 5
  Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music

  Richard Wagner
  14:36
• 6
  Rienzi: Overture

  Richard Wagner
  12:10
• 7
  Die Walküre: Act III: Magic Fire Music

  Richard Wagner
  7:12
• CD 5: Wagner: (excerpts) Meistersinger, Tristan and Isolde, Götterdämmerung
• 1
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  5:32
• 2
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III: Dance of the Apprentices

  Richard Wagner
  3:05
• 3
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III: Procession of the Meistersingers

  Richard Wagner
  3:02
• 4
  Tristan und Isolde: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  10:03
• 5
  Tristan und Isolde: Act III: Liebestod

  Richard Wagner
  6:44
• 6
  Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

  Richard Wagner
  12:08
• 7
  Götterdämmerung: Act III: Siegfrieds Funeral March

  Richard Wagner
  8:09
• 8
  Götterdämmerung: Act III: Brünnhilde's Immolation

  Richard Wagner
  19:31
• CD 6: Beethoven/Handel/Humperdinck/Bach/Rachmaninoff/Wagner/Tchaikovsky/Gluck/Traditionals
• 1
  The Heavens Are Telling (Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur), Op. 48, No. 4

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:27
• 2
  Deep River

  [traditional]
  4:29
• 3
  Serse, HWV 40: Act I: Ombra mai fu

  George Frideric Handel
  3:15
• 4
  Hänsel und Gretel: Evening Prayer

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  5:06
• 5
  Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:44
• 6
  Songs, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

  Sergei Rachmaninoff
  8:03
• 7
  Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology-Old Hundredth)

  [traditional]
  2:57
• 8
  Tannhäuser: Pilgrims' Chorus

  Richard Wagner
  4:04
• 9
  Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  6:28
• 10
  Sacred Pieces for Unaccompanied Mixed Chorus: Pater Noster (No. 6)

  Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
  5:22
• 11
  Orfeo ed Euridice: O Saviour, Hear Me

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  4:35
• 12
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Menuet for Horn

  George Frideric Handel
  2:50
• 13
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Andante

  George Frideric Handel
  3:49
• 14
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  2:52
• 15
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Adagio e staccato

  George Frideric Handel
  3:13
• 16
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Bouree

  George Frideric Handel
  1:41
• 17
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Hornpipe

  George Frideric Handel
  2:00
• 18
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air

  George Frideric Handel
  2:47
• 19
  Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: Alla Hornpipe

  George Frideric Handel
  3:49
• CD 7: Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne/Heitor Villa‐Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
• 1
  Chants d'Auvergne: L'Antouènou (Vol. II, No. 2)

  Joseph Canteloube
  3:15
• 2
  Chants d'Auvergne: Pastourelle (Vol. II, No. 1)

  Joseph Canteloube
  4:31
• 3
  Chants d'Auvergne: L'aîo dé rotso (Vol. I, No. 3a)

  Joseph Canteloube
  1:11
• 4
  Chants d'Auvergne: Baîlèro (Vol. I, No. 2)

  Joseph Canteloube
  5:18
• 5
  Chants d'Auvergne: Passo pel prat (Vol. III, No. 2)

  Joseph Canteloube
  3:25
• 6
  Chants d'Auvergne: Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Vol. III, No. 5)

  Joseph Canteloube
  1:26
• 7
  Chants d'Auvergne: Brezairola (Vol. III, No. 4)

  Joseph Canteloube
  3:33
• 8
  Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: Aria (Cantilena)

  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  7:02
• 9
  Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: Danza (Martelo)

  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  4:35
• 10
  Songs, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

  Sergei Rachmaninoff
  7:05
• CD 8: Dvorak: Sym. No. 9/Smetena The Moldau, Bartered Bride Overture
• 1
  Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ("From the New World") in E Minor: Adagio; Allegro molto

  Antonín Dvořák
  9:48
• 2
  Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ("From the New World") in E Minor: Largo

  Antonín Dvořák
  14:13
• 3
  Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ("From the New World") in E Minor: Scherzo: Molto vivace

  Antonín Dvořák
  6:49
• 4
  Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ("From the New World") in E Minor: Allegro con fuoco

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:29
• 5
  Má vlast: The Moldau (Vlatava), No. 2

  Bedřich Smetana
  12:21
• 6
  The Bartered Bride: Overture

  Bedřich Smetana
  7:04
• CD 9: Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 6/Enescu: Rom. Rhap. 1/Liszt: Hung. Rhap. 2
• 1
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" in B Minor: Adagio; Allegro non troppo

  Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
  19:22
• 2
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" in B Minor: Allegro con grazia

  Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
  8:04
• 3
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" in B Minor: Allegro molto vivace

  Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
  9:09
• 4
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" in B Minor: Adagio lamentoso

  Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
  10:33
• 5
  Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11

  George Enescu
  11:34
• 6
  Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

  Franz Liszt
  8:41
• CD 10: Rimsky-Kosakov: Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture
• 1
  Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

  Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov
  9:33
• 2
  Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Story of the Kalender Prince

  Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov
  11:17
• 3
  Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

  Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov
  11:21
• 4
  Scheherazade, Op. 35: Festival in Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior (Shipwreck); Conclusion

  Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov
  12:02
• 5
  Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36

  Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov
  14:18
• CD 11: Bach: Chaconne, feste Berg, Air/Handel: Royal Fireworks
• 1
  Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BMV 1004: Chaconne

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  17:55
• 2
  Partita No. 3 in E for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: Preludio

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:55
• 3
  Ein' feste Burg

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:57
• 4
  Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068: Aria (Air on the G-String)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:54
• 5
  Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:29
• 6
  Cantata "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", BWV 156: Arioso (Sinfonia)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  6:14
• 7
  Sechs Chorale ("Schubler Chorales"): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Sleepers Awake)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:35
• 8
  Geistliche Gesänge No. 40, BWV 478: Komm, süsser Tod

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:39
• 9
  Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

  George Frideric Handel
  10:17
• 10
  Music for the Royal Fireworks: Bourrée

  George Frideric Handel
  1:31
• 11
  Music for the Royal Fireworks: La paix: Largo alla siciliana

  George Frideric Handel
  4:10
• 12
  Music for the Royal Fireworks: La réjouissance: Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  2:44
• 13
  Music for the Royal Fireworks: Menuet I and II: Andante

  George Frideric Handel
  2:28
• CD 12: Brahms: Sym. No. 4/Mahler: Sym. No. 2
• 1
  Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo

  Johannes Brahms
  10:49
• 2
  Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: II. Andante moderato

  Johannes Brahms
  11:54
• 3
  Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso

  Johannes Brahms
  6:00
• 4
  Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato

  Johannes Brahms
  8:56
• 5
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: I. Allegro maestoso

  Gustav Mahler
  23:09
• CD 13: Mahler: Sym. No. 2
• 1
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: II. Andante moderato

  Gustav Mahler
  10:15
• 2
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung

  Gustav Mahler
  9:53
• 3
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlichm, aber schlicht (Choralmässig)

  Gustav Mahler
  4:08
• 4
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Im Tempo des Scherzos; Wild herausfahrend

  Gustav Mahler
  1:27
• 5
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Langsam

  Gustav Mahler
  1:10
• 6
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Langsam (Quasi l’istesso tempo)

  Gustav Mahler
  9:59
• 7
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Wieder zurückhaltend

  Gustav Mahler
  3:24
• 8
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Sehr langsam und gedehnt “Der grosse Appell”

  Gustav Mahler
  1:52
• 9
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Langsam. Misterioso “Auferstehn…”

  Gustav Mahler
  6:33
• 10
  Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Etwas bewegter “O glaube…”

  Gustav Mahler
  8:50
• CD 14: Bach: Toccota & Fugue/rehearsal Wagner, Beethoven, Mahler
• 1
  Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565, in D Minor: Toccata

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:50
• 2
  Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565, in D Minor: Fugue

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  6:18
• 3
  Toccata and Fugue-Rehearsal: Toccata (excerpt)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:27
• 4
  Toccata and Fugue-Rehearsal: Toccata and Fugue (exerpts)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  13:53
• 5
  Toccata and Fugue-Rehearsal: Fugue (excerpt)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:19
• 6
  Rienzi: Overture (Rehearsal)

  Richard Wagner
  10:48
• 7
  Rienzi: Overture (Alternative ending)

  Richard Wagner
  0:17
• 8
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, in F "Pastoral": Gewitter, Sturm (excerpt)

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  0:40
• 9
  Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, in F "Pastoral": Frohe, dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (excerpt)

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:05
• 10
  Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"): In ruhig fließender Bewegung (excerpt) (Rehearsal)

  Gustav Mahler
  4:36
• 11
  Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"): Urlicht-Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht (excerpt) (Rehearsal)

  Gustav Mahler
  3:44
• 12
  Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"): Urlicht; Im Tempo des Scherzos; Wild herausfahrend (excerpt) (Rehearsal)

  Gustav Mahler
  8:54

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Release credits

• American Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-10]
• Anna Moffo
  soprano vocals [1-10], vocal [8]
• Arcady Dubensky
  arranger [10]
• Betty Allen
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1]
• Brigitte Fassbaender
  mezzo-soprano vocals [3, 10]
• Carlotta Ordassy
  soprano vocals [1, 3]
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [10.5, 2.1-8]
• Christopher Parker
  recording [1-4]
• Doris Okerson
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1]
• Doris Yarick
  soprano vocals [1]
• Erich Gruenberg
  violin [1-4]
• Henry Schuman
  oboe [2]
• Leopold Stokowski
  conductor, spoken vocals [7]
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6-8]
• London Symphony Chorus
  choir vocals [9-10]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13.1-10, 11.1-8, 12.5, 1.1-5, 14.1-5, 14.10-12, 9.1-4]
• Louise Parker
  contralto vocals [1, 3]
• Margaret Price
  soprano vocals [9-10]
• Martina Arroyo
  soprano vocals [1, 3]
• NBC Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [14.8-9, 3.1-12]
• New Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [8.1-4, 1.6]
• New Symphony Orchestra of London
  performing orchestra [1-11]
• Peter Dellheim
  producer [1-10]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-4]
• RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6.12-19, 9.5-6, 8.5-6, 11.9-13]
• Regina Sarfaty
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1]
• Richard Mohr
  producer [1-4]
• Robert Simpson
  recording [1-10]
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [10.1-4, 5.1-5, 14.6-7, 4.4-7]
• Shirley Verrett
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1]
• Symphony of the Air
  performing orchestra [1-3]
• The Norman Luboff Choir
  choir vocals [5-6], vocal [1-11]
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Issues

• L
  (Combined release view)
• 

  S
  Stokowski Stereo Collection

  CD
  1997
• L
  Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954 -1975

  14x CD
  2012