Dirigent Leopold Stokowski was niet de eerste dirigent die stereo-opnames maakte, maar hij was zeer gefascineerd door de mogelijkheden die de nieuwe opnametechnieken boden. Hij creëerde een eigen geluid, al snel de ‘Stokowski-sound’ genoemd en was met name in de Verenigde Staten enorm populair. Zozeer dat hij gevraagd werd voor het muzikale gedeelte van de Disney-film Fantasia. Beroemd – en onder puristen berucht – zijn zijn orkestbewerkingen van Beethoven en met name Bach, maar hij nam ook symfonieën van Mahler en Dvorak op en instrumentale delen uit Wagners opera’s. Dat alles is – naast heel veel meer – verzameld op deze veertien cd’s tellende heruitgave, die veel meer dan alleen een tijdsbeeld biedt.
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975
Bach, J S:
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208
orch. Stokowski
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Preludio
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Fugue in G minor, BWV578 'Little'
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Adagio in F major, Sinfonia from Cantata No.156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (BWV156)
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Komm süsser Tod, BWV478
arr. Stokowski
London Symphony Orchestra
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565
London Symphony Orchestra
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565
arr. Stokowski (rehearsal)
London Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
London Symphony Orchestra
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
London Symphony Orchestra
Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ('Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre'), Op. 48 No. 4
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Brahms:
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Canteloube:
Songs of the Auvergne (selection)
Anna Moffo (soprano)
American Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Enescu:
Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Gluck:
Orfeo ed Euridice: Les Champs-Elysées
arranged as 'O, Saviour hear me' by Norman Luboff & Walter Stott
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Handel:
Ombra mai fu (from Serse)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348: excerpts
RCA Victor Orchestra
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Humperdinck:
Abendsegen 'Abends will ich schlafen gehn' (Hänsel und Gretel)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Khachaturian:
Symphony No. 3 'Simfoniya-poema'
Mary Sauer (organ)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
arr. Muller-Berghaus
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Mahler:
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Margaret Price (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Menotti:
Sebastian: Ballet Suite
Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev:
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts
Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninov:
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Anna Moffo (soprano)
American Symphony Orchestra
Rimsky Korsakov:
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich:
The Golden Age (complete)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Smetana:
The Bartered Bride Overture
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Má Vlast: Vltava
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky:
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Our Father
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
London Symphony Orchestra
trad.:
Deep River
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Villa-Lobos:
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria and Dança (Martelo)
Anna Moffo (soprano)
American Symphony Orchestra
Wagner:
Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy, Doris Yarick (sopranos), Betty Allen, Doris Okerson, Regina Sarfaty, Shirley Verrett (mezzos), Louise Parker (contralto)
Symphony of the Air
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 3
Herny Schuman (cor anglais)
Symphony of the Air
Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy (sopranos), Louise Parker (contralto)
Symphony of the Air
Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music
Symphony of the Air
Rienzi Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of the Apprentices
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Entry of the Masters
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral March
London Symphony Orchestra
Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (from Götterdämmerung)
(orchestral version)
London Symphony Orchestra
Begluckt darf nun dich 'Pilgrims' Chorus' (from Tannhauser)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir
Rienzi Overture
(rehearsal & alternative ending)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
and rehearsal footage of Beethoven's Pastoral and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Leopold Stokowski
