Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British conductor of Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from...

1925: Landmarks from the Dawn of Electrical Recording (Various Artists, 1920-25) - PASC734

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre
BIZET Petite Suite
Music by Chopin, Meyerbeer, Mascagni, Schubert & many more

Studio and Live Recordings, 1920 - 1925
Total duration: 2hr 20:22

Alfred Cortot
Jesse Crawford
Giuseppe De Luca
Art Gillham
Mischa Levitzky
Margarete Matzenauer
Landon Ronald
Leopold Stokowski
and many more

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ELGAR, KOUSSEVITZKY, STOKOWSKI Accidental Stereo Recordings (1929-33) - PASC422

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathétique)
RAVEL Boléro
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
ELGAR Cockaigne Overture

Studio recordings · 1929-1933
Total duration: 74:03

Sir Edward Elgar - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski - The Philadelphia Orchestra

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FEUERMANN in Philadelphia: Bloch & Strauss (1940) - PASC168

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BLOCH Schelomo
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote

Recorded in 1940
Total duration: 58:08

Emanuel Feuermann, cello
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy

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MILSTEIN Rarities: Lalo, Mendelssohn, Dvořák (1936-47) - PASC503

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LALO Symphonie espagnole
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto

Recorded 1936-47
Total duration: 66:17

Nathan Milstein, violin

The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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RACHMANINOV plays Rachmaninov (1929) - PASC521

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RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
The legendary 1929 recording in two different versions
and an additional alternate take

Recorded in 1929
Total duration: 66:39

Sergei Rachmaninov piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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RACHMANINOV plays Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody (1929-41) - PASC544

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RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4
RACHMANINOV Paganini Rhapsody

Studio recordings, 1929-1941
Total duration: 2hr 17:25

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy & Leopold Stokowski

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