Leopold Stokowski with the All-American Youth Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

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

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965, instrumentalist.

Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977, speaker.

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, arranger of music.

Müller-Berghaus, Karl, 1829-1907, arranger of music.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, attributed composer.

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, attributed composer.

Obert-Thorn, Mark, producer, engineer, writer of accompanying material.

Freed, Richard, 1928-2022, writer of accompanying material.

All-American Youth Orchestra, performer.

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Orchestral music, Arranged.

Symphonies.

Songs--Instrumental settings.

Operas--Excerpts, Arranged.

Ballets--Excerpts.

Suites (Orchestra), Arranged.

Rhapsodies.

Patriotic music.

Symphonies--Excerpts.

Scherzos.

Suites (Piano with orchestra).

Waltzes.

Marches (Orchestra), Arranged.

Barcaroles.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Orchestral music, Arranged.

Patriotic music.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Arrangements (Music)

Instrumental settings.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Music & Arts Programs of America, Inc., [2015]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

CD 1 (77:06). Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 (46:48) ; Solitude, op. 73, no. 6 orchestrated Stokowski (3:30) ; Humoresque, op. 10, no. 2 orchestrated Stokowski (2:03) / Tchaikovsky. Perpetuum mobile / Novacek, orchestrated Stokowski (3:17). Flight of the bumble-bee / Rimsky-Korsakov, orchestrated Stokowski (1:29). Firebird : Suite / Stravinsky (19:57).

CD 2 (74:34). Boris Godunov : Symphonic synthesis / Mussorgsky, orchestrated Stokowski (22:39). Pictures at an exhibition / Mussorgsky, orchestrated Stokowski (28:20). Tristan and Isolde : Love music / Mussorgsky, arranged Stokowski / (23:33).

CD 3 (77:07). Invitation to the dance, op. 65 / Weber. orchestrated Berlioz-Stokowski (8:40). Träumerei, op. 15, no. 7 / Schumann, orchestrated Stokowski (3:23). Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 / Liszt, arranged Müller-Berghaus (8:06). El amor brujo : Ritual fire dance / Falla (3:27). Pledge to the flag (Goddard Lieberson, speaker) and The Star-spangled banner / Smith (2:02). God bless America / Berlin (2:08). Symphony no. 1 : Scherzo / Creston (4:06). Latin-American symphonette : Guaracha / Gould (3:40). Afro-American symphony : Scherzo / Still (3:00). Tales of our countryside / Cowell (12:28). Lady in the dark : Glamour waltz (A message for Liza) / Dolan [sic] (1:58). Prince of Denmark's march ("Trumpet voluntary") / Clarke (attributed Purcell) (2:19). String quartet, op. 3, no. 5 : Andante cantabile ( 18th century dance) / Hoffstetter [attributed Haydn] (3:12). Moment musicale, D. 780, no. 3 / Schubert, orchestrated Stokowski (2:07). Hungarian dance no. 1 / Brahms, orchestrated Stokowski (3:18). Solitude, op. 73, no. 6 (3:19) ; Humoresque, op. 10, no. 2 orchestrated Stokowski (2:03) / Tchaikovsky, orchestrated Stokowski. Tales of Hoffmann : Barcarolle / Offenbach (2:34). Die Fledermaus : Waltzes / J. Strauss II, arranged Stokowski (5:13).

Participant:

Goddard Lieberson, speaker (CD 3, track 5) ; Henry Cowell, piano (CD 3, tracks 10-13) ; All-American Youth Orchestra (CD 1-2 and CD 3, tracks 1-13 [Weber through Cowell]) ; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (CD 3, tracks 14-22 [Dolan through Strauss]) ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.

Credits:

Mark Obert-Thorn, producer and audio restoration engineer.

Notes:

Title from disc labels.

"CD premières of their rarest 78 rpm recordings."

In part orchestrations or arrangements by Stokowski.

"A note on the recordings" by Mark Obert-Thorn, biographical notes on Stokowski and the ensembles, and program notes by Richard Freed (22 pages : portraits) laid in container.

Works with All-American Youth Orchestra recorded August 23, 1940-July 11, 1941 Various locations. See notes.

Works with Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra recorded July 25, 1945-August 30, 1946 Republic Studios, Hollywood, California.

Contains:

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies, no. 6, op. 74, B minor

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romansy, op. 73. Snova, kak prezhde; arranged.

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Morceaux, piano, op. 10. Humoresque; arranged

Container of: Nováček, Ottokar, 1866-1900. Perpetuum mobile, violin, orchestra; arranged.

Container of: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ; arranged

Container of: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit︠s︡a. Suite (1919)

Container of : Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Selections; arranged.

Container of: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Kartinki s vystavki; arranged

Container of: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Selections; arranged

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

Container of: Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Kinderscenen. Träumerei; arranged.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Rhapsodies hongroises. No 2; arranged

Container of: Fallas, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Amor brujo. Danza ritual del fuego.

Container of: Bellamy, Francis. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Container of: Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. God bless America; arranged.

Container of: Creston, Paul, 1906-1985. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 20. Scherzo.

Container of: Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Latin-American symphonette. Guaracha

Container of: Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Symphonies, no. 1. Scherzo.

Container of: Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Irish tales.

Container of: Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972. Lady in the dark. pt Glamour waltz; arranged.

Container of: Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707. Trumpet voluntary, harpsichord; arranged

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

Container of: Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Moments musicaux. No 3; arranged

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

Container of: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. Belle nuit; arranged.

Container of: Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus. Selections; arranged

Solitude.

Flight of the bumble-bee.

Firebird suite.

Boris Godunov : symphonic synthesis.

Pictures at an exhibition.

Love music.

Invitation to the dance.

Träumerei.

Hungarian rhapsody no. 2.

Ritual fire dance.

Pledge to the flag.

Guaracha.

Tales of our countryside.

Glamour waltz.

Message for Liza.

Prince of Denmark's march.

Moment musicale.

Barcarolle.

Fledermaus waltzes.

OCLC:

917164303

Publisher Number:

017685128721

CD-1287 Music & Arts Programs of America, Inc.