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One of the most flamboyant conductors of the 20th century, Leopold Stokowski was born at Marylebone in London in 1882, the son of a Polish father and Irish mother. As a young boy he started taking violin, piano and organ lessons and, at 13, became one of the youngest students to be admitted to the Royal College of Music, where his teachers included Sir Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. He later went to Queen's College, Oxford, where he gained a Bachelor of Music degree in 1903.Stokowski conducted a wide range of contemporary music, many of his performances being either world or American premières. The music of Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Stravinsky featured prominently in his concerts and he gave the first US performances of the music of a whole host of other contemporary composers. His collaboration with Capitol Records resulted in a crop of some of Stokowski's most famous recordings, made using three-track stereo tape recorders. Always the great innovator, Stokowski was more than happy to cooperate with the Capitol engineers to ensure the best recorded result and these, together with those he made for United Artists with the Symphony of the Air, can be heard in this unique 10-CD Icon set.

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 14 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1708-1712

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Vocal
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807 :: Bourrée

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807 :: Sarabande

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1695

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Sinfonia

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 9 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Christmas
Written: 1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66)

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1707

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (02/05/1958-09/26/1958)
Running Time: 7 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, BWV 487

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (08/15/1957-08/17/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 :: Prelude

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Manhattan Center, New York, NY (08/15/1957-08/17/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 9 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1708

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Running Time: 33 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1936

Ibert, Jacques : Escales

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Running Time: 14 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1922

Martin, Frank : Petite symphonie concertante, for harp, harpsichord and piano and 2 string orchestras

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Running Time: 21 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1944-1945

Farberman, Harold : Evolution (Part 1) :: [Part 1]

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern

Persichetti, Vincent : Divertimento, for band Op. 42 :: March

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1950

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Performer: Julius Baker (Flute)
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, NY (02/05/1957/05/11/1957)
Running Time: 11 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1894

Debussy, Claude : Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (06/27/1957-06/28/1957)
Running Time: 25 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1897-1899

Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque :: Clair de lune

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, NY (02/05/1957/02/08/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: Salle Wagram, Paris, France (05/13/1958-05/16/1958)
Running Time: 19 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1905-1908

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "Year 1905"

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Jesse Jones Auditorium, Houston (04/09/1958-04/12/1958)
Running Time: 61 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1957

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1936

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32/H 125

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, CA, Stage 7 (09/02/1956-09/03/1956)
Running Time: 45 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1914-1916

Schoenberg, Arnold : Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Chamber Music
Written: 1899

Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956) : Symphony no 3 in B minor ("Il'ya Muromets"), Op. 42

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Running Time: 37 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1909-1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 1. Russian Dance

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 7 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 2. The Shrovetide Fair (near

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 3. Dance of the Wet Nurses

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 4. Dance of the Peasant and

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 5. Dance of the Gypsy Girls

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 6. Dance of the Coachmen and

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: 7. The Masqueraders

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 1. Introduction

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 2. Dance of the Firebird

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 3. Variation of the Firebird

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 4. The Princesses' Khovorod

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 5. Infernal Dance of King Kashch

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 6. Lullaby

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: 7. Finale

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Notes: Grünewald Church, Berlin, Germany (05/17/1957-05/20/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1911

Dukas, Paul [Composer] : La Péri, fanfare to the ballet

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1912

Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949) : La Oración del torero, for lute quartet (or string quartet/string orchestra), Op. 34

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 11 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Chamber Music
Written: 1925

Loeffler, Charles Martin : A Pagan Poem (after Vergil), for piano & orchestra, Op. 14

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Notes: Hollywood, CA (12/18/1957-12/20/1957)
Running Time: 23 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Concerto

Ravel, Maurice : Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1918

Ravel, Maurice : Rapsodie espagnole

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (06/24/1957/07/03/1957)
Running Time: 13 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1907

Sibelius, Jean : Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 :: Four Legends from the Kalevala, for orchestra, Op. 22

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1895

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1900

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana

Performers: Virgina Babikian (Baritone); Guy Gardner (Baritone); Clyde Hager (Tenor)
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Jesse Jones Auditorium, Houston, Texas (04/09/1958-04/13/1958)
Running Time: 46 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Strauss, Richard : Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, Op. 4 (TrV 132) :: Gavotte

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1884

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Symphony no 8 in D minor :: 2. Scherzo

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1953-1956

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 :: 3. Scherzo

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1878

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition :: The Hut on F

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1922

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition :: The Great Ga

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (01/22/1957-02/15/1957)
Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1922

Respighi, Ottorino : Pines of Rome

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 19 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1924

Khachaturian, Aram : Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Symphony with Bells")

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 49 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1943

Frescobaldi, Girolamo : Work(s) :: Gagliarda

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Palestrina, Giovanni : Adoramus te Christe, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 1584

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1923-25.
Running Time: 33 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1923-1925

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 87/14

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1950-1951

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (as used in the film "Testimony") (as used in the film "Testimony") :: Entr'acte

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1932.
Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1932

Bloch, Ernest : Schelomo

Performer: George Neikrug (Cello)
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 21 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1915-1916

Cesti, Antonio : Tu mancavi a tormentarmi (aria arranged for strings & harp by L.Stokowski)

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1 :: no 6. Sonata pian e forte

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Form: Orchestral

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