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| Stereo recordings for the first time on CD! Leopold Stokowski leads his Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of the Air, and the All-American and International Festival Youth Orchestras in exciting music by Bach, Gluck, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Ben-Haim. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Symphony No 7; Bach, Mendelssohn, Gluck / Stokowski
Release Date: 11/10/2009 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 551 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Christoph W. Gluck ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony of the Air, International Festival Youth Orchestra, All-American Youth Orchestra ... |
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| There’s plenty of bite and power in the lower strings, a snappy, sappy violin cantilever and plenty of vertiginous dynamics. Stokowski’s string cushion in the slow movement is typically expressive. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski Conducts Schubert And Dvorak
Release Date: 06/09/2009 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 550 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Schubert, Antonín Dvorák Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| Here is another welcome collection of Stokowski recordings, courtesy of Cala, including a nice oddity, a 1941 Ride of the Valkyries in, of all things, early two channel stereo. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski, The Eternal Magician - Debussy, Stravinsky, Wagner, Enescu
Release Date: 12/09/2008 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 549 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: George Enescu, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Wagner Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra, All-American Youth Orchestra |
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| Stokowski conjured up so delightful a disc of (Debussy's) Children’s Corner. One can enjoy the warm curvaceous allure of the string moulding, the finely balanced harp and percussion in the (Bizet's) Pastorale. Stokowski mavens will find it troublesome to resist so enjoyable a collection as this. | |||||||||||||
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Bizet: Symphony In C Major, Etc; Debussy: Children's Corner / Leopold Stokowski
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 548 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| Newly re-mastered early 1950s recordings present celebrated ballet highlights! Play through this superb collection and you can't help but believe that Stokowski was the heart of the ballet - vibrant, wide-ranging sound. | |||||||||||||
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The Heart Of The Ballet - Tchaikovsky, Etc / Stokowski
Release Date: 03/25/2008 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 547 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Léo Delibes, Frédéric Chopin, Carl Maria von Weber ... Performer: Robert Bloom, John Wummer Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| An excellent transfer of Stokowski's extraordinary 1953 recording of his own revision of Night on Bare Mountain. The couplings are equally spectacular. | |||||||||||||
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Mussorgsky, Borodin, Glière, Etc / Stokowski, Et Al
Release Date: 09/18/2007 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 546 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Reinhold Gliere, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ... Performer: Nicola Moscona Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra, Women's Chorus |
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| Can the vitality and color of the three Hungarian Rhapsodies included here come as any surprise? The eccentricities actually have an inevitability about them. They really don’t make ’em like this anymore. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Symphony No 6; Liszt / Stokowski, Nbc So
Release Date: 03/27/2007 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 545 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| 1954-55 recordings. Passion and pageantry imbue every note from Stokowski's inscription of Swan Lake. Bright sound and warm orchestral tone saturate this splendid restoration. | |||||||||||||
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Highlights / Stokowski, Nbc So
Release Date: 06/13/2006 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 543 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Strauss Jr. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| These 1947-53 performances include the first CD release of the original complete set of Grainger/Stokowski recordings (1950), for which Grainger had specially orchestrated his most popular titles at Stokowski's request. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Percy Grainger Favorites
Release Date: 11/08/2005 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 542 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger, Jean Sibelius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergei Rachmaninov ... Performer: Percy Aldridge Grainger Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| The performance gains in momentum as it goes, culminating in a swiftly thrilling account of the finale with extraordinary top-to-bottom detail as Sibelius builds up the layers leading into the concluding apotheosis. | |||||||||||||
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Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Stokowski, Nbc Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 09/20/2005 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 541 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Jean Sibelius Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski & His Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| They sing as if their lives depended on what the words mean, which is precisely the point, and it's all so far removed from the cool correctness so often served up today that you may think you're hearing the music for the very first time. | |||||||||||||
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Saint-Saens: Samson And Delila Highlights; Tchaikovsky / Stokowski, Nbc
Release Date: 05/31/2005 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 540 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Performer: Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| For the Stokowski enthusiast, and for partisans of the repertoire chosen for the program, the concert was a landmark event. For such listeners, this recording is a treasurable document. | |||||||||||||
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 9, Hovhaness, Creston, Riegger / Stokowski
Release Date: 12/07/2004 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 539 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Alan Hovhaness, Wallingford Riegger, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Paul Creston Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra |
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| Perfectly straightforward, beautifully sung and played. A dramatic performance of magnificently rich quality. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski Conducts Baroque Masterworks
Release Date: 09/28/2004 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 538 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel Performer: Raymond Clarke, Charles Spinks, Hugh Bean, Desmond Bradley ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus |
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Stokowski In Rehearsal
Release Date: 10/21/2003 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 536 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra |
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| Recorded in 1952, this album further reveals Stokowski's deep affinity for the mystery and majesty of Mussorgsky's music. Also includes Stokowski's Symphonic Synthesis of Parsifal: Act 3 by Wagner. | |||||||||||||
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Mussorgsky, Wagner: Opera Highlights / Stokowski
Release Date: 08/05/2003 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 535 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Richard Wagner, Modest Mussorgsky Performer: Raymond Cauwet, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Lawrence Mason Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Chorus ... |
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| These dramatic and colorful recordings were made when Stokowski was a Guest Conductor with the New York Philharmonic. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Classic 1947-1949 Columbia Recordings Vol 1
Release Date: 10/29/2002 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 533 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Wagner, Charles T. Griffes ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic |
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| The original lacquer sources used for this CD reveal a wider dynamic range than was evident on the commercially issued LPs and 78s. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Classic 1947-1949 Columbia Recordings Vol 2
Release Date: 10/29/2002 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 534 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Aaron Copland, Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Wagner, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ... Performer: Martha Lipton Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic |
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| The Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky recordings are newly re-mastered from original lacquer sources. The remaining works derive from live broadcasts and a rare 'V-Disc' issued to US forces overseas in 1949. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Classic 1947-49 Columbia Recordings Vol 3
Release Date: 05/11/2004 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 537 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Jefferson Scott ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic |
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| The 1950 performance of Schumann's Symphony No. 2 heard here was described by Fanfare as "one of the great recordings of the score - one that does composer and conductor proud." | |||||||||||||
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Schumann: Symphony No 2; Et Al / Stokowski, Et Al
Release Date: 06/11/2002 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 532 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Strauss Jr., Engelbert Humperdinck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| Stereo recordings were made in 1977 at the age of 95. An exhilarating performance. (Gramophone). This is a great Brahms Second, one of the best in the catalogue. (Fanfare) | |||||||||||||
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Brahms, Mendelssohn / Stokowski, National Po
Release Date: 04/30/2002 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 531 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Colorful and dramatic stereo recordings from 1976, when Stokowski was 94. Vitality and splendidly lively playing. Exciting and gripping. A very entertaining concert, offering music-making of outstanding personality. | |||||||||||||
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Tchaikovsky: Aurora's Wedding; Debussy, Et Al / Stokowksi
Release Date: 07/31/2001 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 529 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Frédéric Chopin, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Stokowski performed each of the three works on this CD only once in his career - for the 1943-44 live broadcasts from which these recordings are taken. | |||||||||||||
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 / Stokowski, Nbc So
Release Date: 01/02/2001 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 528 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: George Butterworth, George Antheil, Ralph Vaughan Williams Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| Here's a Planets crammed full of interpretative incident, superbly played by a legendary orchestra. Stokowski's broadcast performance evinces a giant theatricality and abundant zeal that prove hypnotically compelling. Essential listening. | |||||||||||||
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Holst: The Planets; Debussy, Gould / Stokowski, Nbc So
Release Date: 03/07/2000 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 526 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Morton Gould, Claude Debussy, Gustav Holst Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| These colorful recordings were originally made in sumptuous Phase 4 Stereo in 1970 and 1972. They show Stokowski to have been as much a master of the French repertoire as of the Slavic music for which he was justly famous. | |||||||||||||
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Franck: Symphony In D; Messiaen, Et Al / Stokowski, Et Al
Release Date: 10/26/1999 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 525 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen, César Franck, Frédéric Chopin ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra |
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| This CD features two 1972 live recordings in sumptuous Phase 4 Stereo. Stokowski's only recording of Elgar's music. The Brahms comes from an Anniversary Concert celebrating Stokowski's 60-year association with the LSO as well as his 90th birthday. | |||||||||||||
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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Brahms / Stokowski, London So
Release Date: 06/15/1999 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 524 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johannes Brahms, Sir Edward Elgar Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| This CD features the first American recording, made in 1940, of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. The Beethoven Pastoral dates from 1945 and here receives its first-ever worldwide release. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Symphony No 6; Mozart / Stokowski, Et Al
Release Date: 11/24/1998 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 523 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Bernard Portnoy, Sol Schoenbach, Marcel Tabuteau, Mason Jones Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City Symphony |
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| The recordings on this CD were made in December 1947. Noise reduction techniques have not proved necessary due to to the excellent quality of the available source material. | |||||||||||||
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Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Liszt / Stokowski, Stokowski So
Release Date: 06/23/1998 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 522 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jean Sibelius, Franz Liszt Performer: Mitchell Miller Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra |
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| The 78rpm recordings on this CD were made in 1934, apart from the Glazunov, which was made in 1927. Undubbed 'First Edition' pressings were used. The minimum of noise reduction techniques have been applied so as not to affect the musical performances. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky / Philadelphia
Release Date: 01/27/1998 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 521 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Alexander Glazunov, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra |
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| The recordings on this disc were made in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The transfers derive from mint shellacs, vinyl pressings and 33.1/3rpm lacquers which feature a wider dynamic range and lesser surface noise than the original 78rpm discs. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Schubert, Brahms: Symphonies
Release Date: 06/24/1997 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 520 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, All-American Youth Orchestra |
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| Stokowski's 1940-41 Bach recordings with the All-American Youth Orchestra. The players', ages ranged from 14-25, appear on CD in the first complete world-wide release in any format. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - J. S. Bach Symphonic Transcriptions
Release Date: 09/19/2000 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 527 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: All-American Orchestra |
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| The recordings on this disc were made in 1944 and 1945. On these transfers, Cala has sought to capture the essence and energy of the performances while lessening the effects of surface noise inherent in the earlier technology. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Tchaikovsky, Strauss / Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Release Date: 10/29/1996 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 506 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, New York City Symphony |
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| The recordings on this disc were made in 1941 and 1942. On these transfers the maestro brings his special affinity and magic touch to colorful Russian scores by Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Russian Masterworks
Release Date: 05/14/1996 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 505 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra |
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| Recordings made in 1927 and 1944. Stokowski’s first releases take us back to the exciting days when his concerts would range from Strauss’s then modern "Dance of the Seven Veils" to the maestro’s own arrangement of Stephen Foster’s "Oh! Susanna". | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - First Releases
Release Date: 08/07/1995 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 502 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Scriabin, Robert Kelly, Stephen Foster ... Conductor: Leopold Stokowski |
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| A historic showcase of orchestral rarities ranging from Sousa marches, Stokowski’s orchestration of Veni creator spiritus, Legend of the Arkansas Traveller by Harl McDonald and a setting by Arkadi Dubenski for speaker and orchestra of The Raven. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski - Philadelphia Rarities
Release Date: 12/21/1994 Label: Cala Records Catalog: 501 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: John Philip Sousa, Harl McDonald, Henry Eicheim, Traditional ... Performer: Alexander Kelberine, Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Hilsberg, Benjamin De Loache Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra |
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