Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Manuel de Falla, César Auguste Franck, Otto Klemperer, Gustav Mahler, Ottokar Novácek, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Dame Janet Baker, Rae Woodland, Deryck Cooke, Gloria Lane
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Number of Discs: 6
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ica classics
Catalogue: ICAB5180
Release: 2024
Size: 2.02 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection”
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. [Scherzo]. In ruhig fließender Bewegung –
04. IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht –
05. V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend
06. V. “Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du”
07. V. “O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube”
CD 02
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (Live at Royal Albert Hall, 1964)
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Allegro non troppo
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
05. I. Fantasia (Variazioni senza Tema). Moderato
06. II. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato). Allegro alla marcia
07. III. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco). Lento espressivo
08. IV. Toccata. Moderato maestoso
CD 03
01. Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase, Op. 54
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 H. 48
02. I. Rêveries – Passions
03. II. Un bal
04. III. Scène aux champs
05. IV. Marche au supplice
06. V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat
07. Leopold Stokowski in Conversation with Deryck Cooke
CD 04
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
01. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente
02. Var. A (Flutes & Piccolo). Presto
03. Var. B (Oboes). Lento
04. Var. C (Clarinets). Moderato
05. Var. D (Bassoons). Allegro alla marcia
06. Var. E (Violins). Brillante – alla polacca
07. Var. F (Violas). Meno mosso
08. Var. G (Cellos)
09. Var. H (Double Basses). Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando
10. Var. I (Harp). Maestoso
11. Var. J (Horns). L’istesso tempo
12. Var. K (Trumpets). Vivace
13. Var. L (Trombones & Bass Tuba). Allegro pomposo
14. Var. M (Percussion). Moderato
15. Fugue. Allegro molto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
16. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
17. II. Allegretto
18. III. Presto
19. IV. Allegro con brio
Falla: El amor brujo
20. No. 1, Introducción y Escena
21. No. 2, En la cueva. La noche
22. No. 3, Canción del amor dolido
23. No. 4, El aparecido
24. No. 5, Danza del terror
25. No. 6, El círculo mágico. Romance del pescador
26. No. 7, A media noche, Los sortilegios
27. No. 8, Danza ritual del fuego
28. No. 9, Escena
29. No. 10, Canción del fuego fatuo
30. No. 11, Pantomima
31. No. 12, Danza del juego del amor
32. No. 13, Final. Las campanas del amanecer
CD 05
01. Klemperer: Das Ziel: Merry Waltz
02. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54
03. I. Prélude à la nuit
04. II. Malagueña
05. III. Habanera
06. IV. Feria
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
07. I. Allegro non troppo
08. II. Andante moderato
09. III. Allegro giocoso
10. IV. Allegro energico e passionato
Novácek: 8 Concert Caprices, Op. 5
11. No. 4, Perpetuum mobile (Arr. for Orchestra by Leopold Stokowski)
CD 06
01. Ravel: Fanfare for the ballet “L’éventail de Jeanne”, M. 80
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, CFF 130
02. I. Lento – Allegro ma non troppo
03. II. Allegretto
04. III. Allegro non troppo
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
05. I. Russia under the Mongolian Yoke
06. II. Song about Alexander Nevsky
07. III. The Crusaders in Pskov
08. IV. Arise, Ye Russian People
09. V. The Battle on the Ice
10. VI. Field of the Dead
11. VII. Alexander’s Entry into Pskov
Leopold Stokowski’s eminence as one of the truly great conductors of the 20th century over a career spanning more than six decades is exemplified in this set, which features live performances in stereo of symphonies and other works he conducted in concert during his final years and which, in many cases, he had premiered on record as well. In one of the many outstanding reviews of these live concerts, the distinguished Times critic William Mann wrote of the 1963 ‘Proms’ premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No.2: “A performance which was superb by any standards, meticulously loyal, noble and deeply felt out of long and thoughtful experience”. The set has been newly remastered to reflect Stokowski’s instructions on how he wanted his recordings to sound.