"...the electricity crackles throughout, and his charisma is felt in every bar. The Sony recording is vividly brilliant..." Penguin Record Guide
The music selected by Diaghilev from Sleeping Beauty to form a one-act "balletic fantasy" was recorded twice by Stokowski, this performance being from 1976 when the maestro was 94. Also included are some of his crowd-pleasing encores in his own arrangements.