Stokowski conducts

The 1947-9 Columbia Recordings, Volume 2

New York Philharmonic

Code: CACD0534

£10.15 / €12.89

This eclectic program comes from the period of Stokowski's highly successful Guest Conductorship of the New York Philharmonic, then engaged in trying to improve its performance standards to rival the orchestras of Boston and Philadelphia—a process to which Stokowski greatly contributed.

	1	Wagner		Rienzi Overture	11:02
	2	Sibelius		Maiden with the Roses from Swanwhite	3:13
		Khachaturian		Masquerade Suite	17:15
	3			i.   Waltz	3:42
	4			ii.   Nocturne John Corigliano solo violin	4:32
	5			iii.   Mazurka	2:28
	6			iv.   Romance	3:51
	7			v.   Galop	2:34
	8	Tchaikovsky		Waltz from Serenade for Strings	3:37
		Wagner		Die Götterdammerung	22:56
	9			i.   Siegfried's Rhine Journey	10:55
	10			ii.   Siegfried's Funeral Music	12:01
	11	Schoenberg (arr. Stein)		Song of the Wood-Dove from Gurrelieder Martha Lipton mezzo-soprano	12:28
		Copland		Billy the Kid	5:39
	12			i.   Praire Night	3:39
	13			ii.   Celebration Dance	2:00
TT: 76:40

Review:

"Here without question was one of the world’s great ensembles, driven to the height of its powers by a conductor with total command." Classic Record Collector