Stokowski conducts

Percy Grainger Favourites

His Symphony Orchestra

Code: CACD0542

£10.15 / €12.89

Stokowski and Grainger collaborated closely on these recordings, Grainger writing special arrangements of his pieces at Stokowski's instigation. The disc also features a potpourri of colourful works from six other composers.

	1	Grainger		Country Gardens	1:32
	2			Mock Morris	2:55
	3			Eary One Morning	3:30
	4			Shepherd's Hey	1:36
	5			Irish Tune from Country Derry	3:30
	6			Molly on the Shore	3:26
	7			Handel in the Strand	3:45
	8	Sibelius (arr. Stokowski)		Berceuse from The Tempest	4:59
	9	Sibelius		Valse Triste from Kuolena	4:30
	10	Vaughan Williams		Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis	16:03
	11	Rachmaninov		Vocalise	7:51
	12	Granados (arr. Langey)		Intermezzo from Goyescas	4:46
	13	Debussy (arr. Stokowski)		Clair de lune	5:29
		Ibert		Escales (Ports of Call)	14:09
	14			i.   Rome—Palermo	6:29
	15			ii.   Tunis—Nefta	2:28
	16			iii.   Valencia	5:12
TT: 77:58

Reviews:

"...what a pleasure it is now to be able to enjoy these splendid very well-recorded performances in fine transfers from pristine masters minus all the ticks and clicks that marred original releases." www.musicweb.uk.net

"A fine compendium of assorted Stokowski treasures and idiosyncratic tidbits for collectors and audiophiles alike." Audiophile Audition