Leopold Stokowski - Stokowski Conducts - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' Na Lïsoy Gore), Symphonic Poem, Edited By Rimsky-Korsakov 2. Siegfried Idyll, for Small Orchestra in E Major, WWV 103 3. Symphony in D minor, Op. 48 I. Lento - Allegro Non Troppo 4. Symphony in D minor, Op. 48 II. Allegretto 5. Symphony in D minor, Op. 48 III. Allegro Non Troppo

Leopold Anthony Stokowski was an English conductor of Polish 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 his appearance in the Disney 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 the orchestras he directed. The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra conceived by David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, especially for the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini. The NBC Symphony performed weekly radio concert broadcasts with Toscanini and other conductors and served as house orchestra for the NBC network. The orchestra's first broadcast was on November 13, 1937 and it continued until disbanded in 1954. A new ensemble, independent of the network, called the Inch'Symphony of the Air'Inch followed. It was made up of former members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and performed from 1954 to 1963, Stokowski was a champion of Sibelius's music, giving the US premieres of his last three symphonies and recording many of his works. He brings his own vision of Nordic grandeur to the first two of the Finnish master's symphonies in these recordings. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 2. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Non Troppo 2. II. Andante Moderato 3. III. Allegro Giocoso 4. IV. Allegro Energico E Passionato 5. Scherzo