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Leopold Stokowski: The Magician

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Leopold Stokowski (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Aria (Air on the G-String)
2 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Sleepers Awake)
3 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
4 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
5 Magic Fire Music
6 The Moldau (Vlatava), No. 2
7 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
8 Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
9 No. 14, Vocalise

Disc: 2

1 Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11
2 Aria (Cantilena)
3 Danza (Martelo)
4 Romeo at the Fountain
5 Juliet
6 Romeo and Juliet
7 Romeo at Juliet's Tomb
8 Juliet's Death
9 I. Introduction
10 II. Adagio
11 III. Polka
12 IV. Dance

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The performances on this well-filled two-CD set come from the last decades of Leopold Stokowski's extraordinarily long life (1882-1977). The five selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet are dated 1954, everything else being recorded between 1960 and 1974. After opening with two idiomatic Bach transcriptions, much of the program concentrates on 19th-century romanticism, a glittering fantasy being conjured from Wagner's "Magic Fire Music." Even so, given the title The Magician, a reference to Stokowski's role in Disney's film Fantasia--and specifically The Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence--one might be surprised that there is no recording of that piece here.

Equally surprising, though in a very different way, is the sheer energy the 92-year-old conductor brings to a 1974 reading of Beethoven's Coriolan Overture. With a deeply romantic intensity, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 has surely never sounded more European, soprano Anna Moffo singing with impassioned commitment. At 28 minutes, by far the longest recording is Romeo and Juliet; beginning in almost detached tranquility, Stokowski builds to implacable tragedy. Finally, Shostakovich's suite The Age of Gold is witty and idiosyncratic, the high point being an especially lyrical and affecting Adagio. A feast of rapt music-making and vividly bold sound, this is an excellent anthology thoroughly deserving a sequel. --Gary S Dalkin

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2000
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 28 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 10, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00003ZA0N
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
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Chris Persic
5.0 out of 5 stars Great BMG 24 bit remaster
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014
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Great BMG 24 bit remaster. The tone of Instruments have correct body and sound. Dynamics are not compressed. You can clearly here the brass sound of brass instruments. Mass violins have body and weight behind the strings. You can hear the metal tone of flutes. Sony just did a Stokowski box set 24 bit remaster of many of the same recordings and its junk, dull, dead and lifeless sound with the tone and dynamics of instruments bleached out. Buy this BMG remaster instead its superior in everyway a recording can be.
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vmzfla
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed bag sampling of Stokowskis RCA stereo recordings output...
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2014
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These selections range from 1954, the dawn of stereo to 1974 shortly before the meastros death. Included are a nice variety of composers and varied compositions. The snag is that only the Bach pieces represent Stokowskis orchestral transcription genius. His heavy symphonic arrangements surely would have the composer spinning in his grave, but they will make you sit up and listen, whatever your opinion. More transcriptions would have been welcome. They are one of his characteristics that differentiated him from other conductors. To me Stokowskis interpretaions of Wagner have always been tops, but only the(stunning)excerpt from "Die Walkure" is included here. Stokowski was famous for his interpretations of Tchaikovsky, yet none of his works are included in this set. The 1960 recordings of the Liszt and Enesco rhapsodies along with 'The Moldau" are what Stokowski did best, taking segments of the orchestra and spilling colorful sound out of your speakers. The two collaborations with Anna Moffo as soprano(Stokowski rarely performed with soloists)illustrate perfect balance between voice and orchestra. His 1954 recording of excepts from Prokofievs selections of "Romeo and Juliet" draws heavely on the strings of Toscaninis NBC Sym. Orch. This being similar to what Stokowski instilled in the Philadephia Orchestra, creating sumptuous string tone. He somehow was able to transfer this ability up to a degree on most of the orchestras he conducted. Though colorful I could've done without the "The Age of Gold:suite" and I've heard better versions of the "Russian Easter Overture" which should've been up Stokowskis alley. We get rather good straight forward readings of the "Coriolan Over." and the "Academic Festival Over.", recorded in 1974. These were to be his last for RCA. He finished his career, signing with Columbia Masterworks, recording six albums before his death at 95, in 1977. The remastered sound is ununiform probably because of the gaps in age. This only a minor reservation! This two disc collection is not the best of Stokowski, but does include some gems to wet your appetite. It can be obtained inexpesively.
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DWPC
4.0 out of 5 stars The Magician...a well deserved reputation.
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2001
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Up front, I'll admit I don't care for most of the selections in this 2 disk album; the second disk virtually is wasted on me. Thats why its not a 5-star for me. That being said, the Liszt, Wagner, Smetana, and Rimsky-Korsakov pieces are well worth the price of admission. Stokowski's coloration of arrangement and tempo are remarkable. His Hungarian Rhapsody and Wagner pieces are so unique, its like hearing the old war horses for the first time. Its a shame most of Stokowski's performances predate high fidelity.
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Mimi
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful rendition of classical music !
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015
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Wonderful rendition of classical music ~ Stokowski is a masterful conductor!
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