Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York, Leopold Stokowski – Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32, TH 46 & Hamlet Overture-Fantasia, Op. 67, TH 53 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:26 minutes | 843 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel
Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32” & “Hamlet, Op. 67” are performed under the baton of English conductor Leopold Stokowski. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his appearance in the Disney film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed
Mastered from the original Everest Master Tapes, this series of releases from Countdown Media have been given new light and clarity through high-resolution digital transfer.
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Leopold Stokowski, Symphony of the Air – Rhapsodies (2005)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,07 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,36 GB | NO Artwork
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal “Living Stereo” # 82876-67903-2 | Country/Year: US 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century | 3% Recovery Info
“This sacd is truly wonderful. Under the leadmanship of Stokowsky all music becomes something extraordinary. Start with the majestic notes of Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsody & end with Wagner. And don’t forget smetana’s moldau! Then I switched to the 3-channel mix on the SACD. The orchestra became much wider & deeper on the soundstage, with the flute solo in the Moldau front & center with greatest clarity & presence…” ~audaud.com
“Leopold Stokowski’s collection of Rhapsodies are painted broadly but with his characteristic fine control, & in sound that is larger than life.” ~Kalman Rubinson
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Leopold Stokowski, Symphony Of The Air – Virgil Thomson: The River; The Plow That Broke The Plains (1961) [Reissue 2000]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:00 minutes | Scans NOT included | 1,53 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 660 MB
Pare Lorentz’s films “The Plow that Broke the Plains” (1936) and “The River” (1937) are landmark American documentary films. Aesthetically, they break new ground in seamlessly marrying pictorial imagery, symphonic music, and free poetic verse, all realized with supreme artistry. Ideologically, they indelibly encapsulate the strivings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” Virgil Thomson’s scores for both films are among the most famous ever composed for the movies.
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Léopold Stokowski – Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy & Prometheus: Poem of Fire (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:58 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alexandre Bak – Classical Music Reference Recording
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his appearance in the Disney film Fantasia with that orchestra. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed.
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Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York, Leopold Stokowski – Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 & Hamlet, Op. 67 (1958/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:30 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Everest Records
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski – Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (1960/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:30 minutes | 660 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Everest
Recorded at the Houston Civic Center by Bert Whyte and team
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Berlin Philharmonic, Leopold Stokowski – Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite & Petrushka (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:52 minutes | 733 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel
Archipel records releases this beautiful legacy recording featuring Leopold Stokowski and the Berlin Philharmonic performing Stravinksy’s legendary works, “The Firebird Suite” & “Petrushka”.
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Glenn Gould, American Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’ (1966/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:41 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sony Classical
Gould’s sole collaboration with Leopold Stokowski, to whom he devoted a large radio portrait for the CBC in 1971. This musical “summit meeting” between the thirty-four-year-old Canadian and a maestro nearly half a century his senior caused yet another dream to come true: Gould’s first encounter with his revered Barbra Streisand, who was recording her latest album next door …
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USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 “The Year 1905” (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:55 minutes | 608 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel
The Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (subtitled The Year 1905), by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1957 and premiered by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Natan Rakhlin on 30 October 1957. The subtitle of the symphony refers to the events of the Russian Revolution of 1905. However, the music may also reflect the Soviet invasion of Hungary, as the symphony was composed in the immediate aftermath of the events. Shostakovich himself was quoted saying “don’t forget that I wrote the symphony in the aftermath of (the) Hungarian Uprising”. The first performance given outside the Soviet Union took place in London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22 January 1958 when Sir Malcolm Sargent conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The US Premiere was given by Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony on 7 April 1958.
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Oralia Dominguez, Leopold Stokowski, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torin – Beethoven, Ibert & Others Orchestral Works (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:23:55 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel
The Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai (OSN Rai) was established in 1994, since when it has welcomed some of the best musicians of recent years to join its original forces. Its early concerts were conducted by Georges Prêtre and Giuseppe Sinopoli, and the current principal director is James Conlon, who took up his post in October 2016. His immediate predecessor was Slovakian conductor Juraj Valčuh, who had held the post since November 2009. Jeffrey Tate was principal guest conductor between 1998 and 2002, and honorary conductor until July 2011. Between 2001 and 2007 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was principal conductor, while Gianandrea Noseda served as principal guest conductor from 2003 to 2006, and Eliahu Inbal was honorary conductor from 1996 to 2001. Other eminent conductors to have taken the helm of the OSN Rai include Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Mstislav Rostropovich, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Ahronovitch, Marek Janowski, Semyon Bychkov, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Alexander Lazarev, Valery Gergiev, Gerd Albrecht, Yutaka Sado, Mikko Franck, Roberto Abbado and Kirill Petrenko.
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Leopold Stokowski, BPO – Stravinsky: Firebird & Petrushka (1958/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:36 minutes | 679 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HighDefTapeTransfers.com | Artwork: Digital Booklet
Tracklist:
01 – Suite From “The Firebird”
02 – Suite From “Petrushka”