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...

STOKOWSKI in Philadelphia, 16 March 1962 - PASC372

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WEBERN Passacaglia
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4
DEBUSSY La Soirée dans Grenade
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Recorded in stereo in 1962
Total duration: 79:25

The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor Leopold Stokowski

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STOKOWSKI in Philadelphia, 17 December 1962 - PASC379

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WAGNER Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
RAVEL Alborada del Gracioso
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Suite
VARIOUS Encores

Recorded in stereo in 1962
Total duration: 79:20; including FLAC bonus: 84:05

The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor Leopold Stokowski

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STOKOWSKI Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' (1950) - PASC775

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MAHLER Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major, “Symphony of a Thousand”

Live recording, Carnegie Hall, New York, 9 April 1950
Total duration: 1hr 17:50

Frances Yeend, Uta Graf, Camilla Williams, Martha Lipton
Louise Bernhardt, Eugene Conley, Carlos Alexander, George London

Westminster Choir
Schola Cantorum of New York
Public School No. 12 Boys’ Chorus
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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STOKOWSKI Prokofiev: Symphonies 5 and 6 (1949/58) - PASC161

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PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6

Recorded 1958 & 1949
Total duration: 78:51

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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STOKOWSKI Puccini: Turandot (1961) - PACO071

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PUCCINI Turandot

Broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 58:41

Birgit Nilsson Turandot
Anna Moffo Liù
Franco Corelli Calaf
Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

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STOKOWSKI Schoenberg: Gurrelieder - Dubensky: The Raven - Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 2 (1932) - PASC612

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SCHOENBERG Gurrelieder
DUBENSKY The Raven
HINDEMITH Kammermusik No. 2

Live recordings, 1932
Total duration: 2hr 21:50

Paul Althouse Waldemar
Jeanette Vreeland Tove
Rose Bampton Die Waldtaube
Abrasha Robofsky Bauer
Robert Betts Klaus-Narr
Benjamin de Loache Sprecher, Speaker
Princeton Glee Club, Fortnightly Club, Mendelssohn Club
Eunice Norton, piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

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