Stokowski conducts

Swan Lake—Highlights

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Code: CACD0543

$14.99

Blessed with some outstanding solo work from members of the NBC Symphony, Stokowski brings out the melody and drama inherent in Tchaikovsky's score.

		Tchaikovsky		Swan Lake Highlights Act 2	57:00
	1			No.10 Scène	2:49
	2			No.11 Scène	5:13
	3			No.12 Scène	3:12
				No.13 Danses des cygnes
	4			1. Tempo di Valse	2:08
	5			5. Pas d'action	6:29
	6			4. Allegro moderato	1:24
	7			6. Tempo di Valse	0:57
	8			2. Moderato assai	1:22
	9			7. Coda	1:15
	10			No.14 Scène	1:51
				Act 3
	11			No. 15 Allegro giusto	2:19
	12			No. 17 Scène	3:19
	13			No.18 Scène	1:48
	14			No.21 Danse espagnole	2:15
	15			No.22 Danse napolitaine	2:03
	16			No.20 Danse hongraise	2:52
	17			No.23 Mazurka	3:01
				Act 1
				No.5 Pas de deux
	18			1. Tempo di Valse	1:32
	19			2(a). Andante	3:32
	20			3. Tempo di Valse	1:06
	21			2(b). Allegro	0:25
	22			Espiègle, Op.72 No.12 (interpolation orch. Riccardo Drigo)	1:25
	23			4. Coda	1:41
				Act 3
	24			No.24 Scène	2:54
	25	Johann Strauss II		On the Beautiful Blue Danube	6:49
	26			Tales from the Vienna Woods	7:16
	27	Beethoven		Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens Op.113	2:06
	28	Mozart		Turkish March from Sonata No.11 in A, K331	2:47
TT: 75:49

Reviews:

"Passion and pageantry imbue every note from Stokowski's inscription of Swan Lake... Bright sound and warm orchestral tone saturate this splendid restoration." Audiophile Audition

"'Arresting'. That is the word I wrote down the first time I heard the opening of this disc. It literally took my breath away. It still does every time I listen to it again." Maestrino

"...unless your purist and terpsichorean hackles rise at the impudence of the London-born magician you will soon submit to most of his blandishments." Classical CD Reviews