Stokowski conducts

Aurora's Wedding and Encores (Stereo)

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Code: CACD0529

$14.99

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.

		Tchaikovsky		Aurora's Wedding	42:59
	1			Introduction (Prologue)	3:11
	2			Polacca (Act 3)	4:41
	3			Pas de Six (Prologue)	8:58
	4			Scene; Danse des Duchesses; Danse des Marquises	2:11
	5			Farandole; Danse—Tempo di Mazurka (Act 2)	2:18
	6			Pas de Quatre (Act 3)	2:33
	7			Pas de Caractère—Chaperon Rouge et de Loup (Act 3)	1:08
	8			Pas de Quatre (Act 3)	4:52
	9			Coda—The Three Ivans (Act 3)	1:23
	10			Pas de Deux (Act 3)	3:56
	11			Finale—Tempo di Mazurka; Apothéose	7:42
		arr. Stokowski		Stokowski Encores
	12	Debussy		Clair de lune	4:48
	13	Debussy		Night in Granada La Soirée dans Grenade	6:10
	14	Albeniz		Festival in Seville Fête-Dieu à Seville	8:30
	15	Novacek		Perpetuum Mobile	3:35
	16	Shostakovich		Prelude in E-flat minor	3:12
	17	Rimsky-Korsakov		The Flight of the Bumble-Bee	1:20
	18	Tchaikovsky		Humoresque	1:54
	19	Chopin		Mazurka in B-flat minor	2:35
	20	Chopin		Prelude in D minor	2:29
TT: 78:29

Review:

"...the electricity crackles throughout, and his charisma is felt in every bar. The Sony recording is vividly brilliant..." Penguin Record Guide