Debussy
Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of nontraditional tonalities. The prominent French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.
Debussy
DEBUSSY (arr. Stokowski) La cathédrale engloutie
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Le martyre de saint Sébastien
DEBUSSY (arr. Stokowski) La soirée dans Grenade
MILHAUD Symphony No. 1, Op. 210
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2
Live broadcast recordings, 1943/44
Total duration: 79:26
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Butterworth, Cooley, Copland, Creston, Debussy, Gould, Hanson, Harris, Hindemith, Holst, Hovhaness, Kelly, Lavalle, Milhaud, Mohaupt, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Schuman, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stringfield, Tchaikovsky, Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Wagner
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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BARTOK Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin & Piano
DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano
BARTOK Second Sonata for Violin and Piano
Recorded at the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington DC on April 13, 1940
Total duration: 69:43
Béla Bartók, piano
BACH Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
HANDEL Violin Sonata No. 4
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G
TARTINI Violin Concerto in D minor
MOZART Violin Sonata No. 21
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
short works by BACH, EXAUDET, TARTINI, VERACINI
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
WEBER Violin Sonata No. 3
PAGANINI Caprices
SCHUBERT Rondo
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BLOCH Violin Concerto
music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BLOCH Violin Concerto
music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky
Studio recordings, 1926-46
Total duration: 2hr 4:59
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Nikita Magaloff, Kurt Ruhrseitz, Béla Bartók, Andor Foldes, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Constant Lambert
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conducted by Charles Munch