Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra : CD premières.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, conductor, arranger of music.

Contributor:

Philadelphia Orchestra, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

4 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Kensington, CA : Music & Arts, [2006]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

Disc 1: Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 3, no. 11 / Vivaldi

Adoramus te / Palestrina [Not by Palestrina; derived from a motet by Francesco Rosselli (or François Roussel) using the Rosselli superius but different lower voices (anonymous)]

Gagliarda / Frescobaldi

Le triomph de l'Amour. Nocturne ; Alceste. Prelude [from Act 3, Sc. 5] ; Thesée. March / Lully

Pavane and gigue / Byrd

Overture in D minor : Chandos anthem no. 2 ; Messiah. Pastoral symphony ; Water music. Suite / Handel

Disc 2: Toccata and fugue in D minor : BWV 565 ; Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ : Chorale prelude, BWV 639 ; Es ist vollbracht : from the St. John Passion : BWV 245 ; Ein feste Burg : from Cantata no. 80 ; Passacaglia and fugue in C minor : BWV 582 / Bach [The setting of Ein feste Burg does not correspond in harmonic progression or voice leading to the "Choral" of BWV 80 (text: Das Wort sie sollen lassen) nor to either of the chorales, BWV 302 or 303.]

Minuet : from String quartet [i.e.quintet] in E major, op. 13, no. 5 / Boccherini

Andante cantabile : from String quartet in E major, op. 3, no. 4 [i.e.5] / Haydn [i.e. Hoffstetter]

Symphony no. 5 in C minor / Beethoven

Disc 3: Outline of themes for the Franck Symphony (Leopold Stokowski, speaker ; Artur Rodzinski, piano)

Symphony in D minor / Franck

Nocturnes. Nuages ; Fêtes / Debussy

Clair de lune : from Suite bergamasque ; Prelude to the afternoon of a faun / Debussy ; 1st work orch. Stokowski

Disc 4: Invitation to the dance / Weber ; orch. Berlioz and Stokowski

Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98 ; Hungarian dance no. 1 / Brahms ; 2nd work orch. Stokowski

On the beautiful blue Danube : Waltz, op. 314 ; Tales from the Vienna Woods : Waltz, op. 325 / J. Strauss, II

El capitan : March ; The Stars and Stripes forever : March / Sousa.

Participant:

Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.

Notes:

All works on the 1st disc, all but the last work on the 2nd disc, and selected works on discs 3 and 4 are orchestrations and arrangements by Stokowski.

Recorded at various times between Oct. 6, 1927 and Dec. 8, 1940 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, or Trinity Church Studios 1 and 2 in Camden NJ. The 1st track on the 3rd disc recorded at Victor Studio No. 3, in Camden.

Compact discs.

Analog recordings.

Program notes by Richard Fried (23 p. : ill.) laid in container.

Contains:

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Estro armonico. N. 11; arranged

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Adoramus te.

Frescobaldi, Girolamo, 1583-1643. Toccate e partite d'intavolatura, libro 2o. Gagliarda, no. 2; arranged

Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687. Triomphe de l'amour. Nocturno; arranged.

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Alceste. Prélude et chœur. Prélude; arranged.

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Thésée. Marche; arranged.

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Earle of Salisbury; arranged.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Chandos anthems. In the Lord put I my trust. Symphony; arranged.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah. Pifa; arranged.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Water music. Selections; arranged

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Toccatas, organ, BWV 565, D minor; arranged

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Orgelbüchlein. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ; arranged

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Johannespassion. Es ist vollbracht; arranged.

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Feste Burg.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Passacaglia, organ, BWV 582, C minor; arranged

Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805. Quintets, violins (2), viola, cellos (2), G. 275, E major. Minuetto; arranged

Hoffstetter, Roman, 1742-1815. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, op. 3. No. 5. Andante cantabile; arranged

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor

Franck, César, 1822-1890. Symphony, D minor

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Nocturnes, orchestra

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune; arranged.

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Aufforderung zum Tanze; arranged

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 98, E minor

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 1; arranged.

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. An der schönen, blauen Donau.

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald.

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Salome. Salomes Tanz

Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932. Capitan (March).

Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932. Stars and stripes forever.

OCLC:

249557116

Publisher Number:

CD-1173 Music & Arts