Leopold Stokowski – Maestro Celebre

remembering Leopold Stokowski on the anniversary of his death

(18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977)

CD 1 - Stokowski's orchestral transcriptions of Bach's works:

Prelude in E flat minor (after Bach, BWV 853, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Christ lag in Todesbanden (after Bach, Cantata No. 4, BWV 4)

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major (after Bach, BWV 564)

Komm, süsser Tod (after Bach, BWV 478)

Siciliano (after Bach, from Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017)

Sarabande (after Bach, English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808)

Air (after Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)

O Haupt voll Blut (after Bach, St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh (after Bach, BWV 487)

Sarabande (after Bach, from Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002)

Es ist vollbracht, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245)

CD 2:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Lohengrin - Prelude to Act I

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act I

Tristan und Isolde - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

Parsifal - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

CD 3:

Cesar Franck (1822-1890):

Symphony in D minor

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):

Poème for Violin and Orchestra *

CD 4:

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra +

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Tod und Verklärung

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):

Schelomo Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra #

Toscha Seidel - violin *

Sergei Rachmaninov - piano +

Emanuel Feuermann - cello

Philadelphia Orchestra

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

New Yrok Symphony Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski - conductor

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