"You will be amazed and thrilled—you will be seduced—by the Franck. It is like no other recording."
American Record Guide
"That anyone can conduct in their late eighties is remarkable; that the results should have the incisive vitality of these recordings is truly amazing." BBC Music Magazine
Both the Franck and even more so the Messiaen pieces give Stokowski full scope for "sensuousness sound and incandescent brilliance," as one critic described the original Phase 4 release of these recordings.
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1 |
Ravel |
Fanfare
from L'Eventail de Jeanne |
2:09 |
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2 |
Chopin
(arr. Stokowski) |
Mazurka
in A minor, Op.17 No.4 |
5:53 |
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Messiaen |
L'Ascension—Four Symphonic Meditations |
19:40 |
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3 |
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Majesté
du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père |
|
3:42 |
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Alléluias
sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel |
|
5:03 |
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5 |
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Alléluia
sur la trompette, alléluia sur la cymbale |
|
6:11 |
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6 |
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Prière
du Christ montant vers son Père |
|
4:34 |
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7 |
Duparc
(arr. Stokowski) |
Extase
David Gray solo horn |
3:06 |
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Franck |
Symphony
in D minor |
43:42 |
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8 |
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18:05 |
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9 |
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12:35 |
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10 |
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12:51 |
TT:
74:30 |
