San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Tchaikovsky & Dvorak - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Pillar of Fire Verklarte Nacht, Op.4 - Smithsonian Chamber Players/Tubor 2. Theme and Variations Suite No.3 in G, Op.55 IV Tema Con Variazioni - USSR So/Balanchine 3. Violin Concerto No.1 in G, Op.26 Vorspiel; Allegro Moderato 4. Violin Concerto No.1 in G, Op.26 Adagio 5. Violin Concerto No.1 in G, Op.26 Finale; Allegro Energico

Leopold Stokowski was born in London of Polish/Irish ancestry in 1882 and showed such an early aptitude for music that he was able to enter the Royal College of Music at the tender age of 13, the youngest student at that time to do so. His first foreign tour took place in the spring of 1951 when, at the invitation of Sir Thomas Beecham, he took the Royal Philharmonic on a tour of England to coincide with the 'Festival of Britain' that year. It was during this tour that he also made his first appearance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Royal Festival Hall concert that included Beethoven's 7th Symphony and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. During the next couple of years Stokowski performed many works with the BBC Symphony in a Maida Vale studio programme which included two full-length radio broadcasts. One such broadcast was on May 5, 1954, consisting of Malcolm Arnold's Beckus the Dandipratt, Glière's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, and the Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1. We must be grateful that Richard Itter recorded the three short works from the first concert, in particular in the case of the Arnold and Glière works, Stokowski was performing both of them for the only time in his life. It was Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony that he played the most, having conducted it for the first time in Cincinnati in 1910. The performance heard here has a certain historical interest as it was the very last time he conducted the work. A packed Royal Albert Hall responded with great enthusiasm to the nonagenarian maestro and indeed to the youthful band of players on the . Album Tracks 1. Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in a Op. 11 (1901) 2. Comedy Overture 'Beckus the Dandipratt' Op. 5 (1943) 3. Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra in F minor Op. 82 (1943) 4. Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64 (1888)

Music from the original soundtrack 'Swan Lake,' presenting scores by Tchaikovsky. Performed by Oliver Award winning production nominee Matthew Bourne and The New London Orchestra under the direction of David Lloyd-Jones. An original BBC is now available on the Teldec tag. Album Tracks 1. Swan Lake Acte 1 No. 1 Scene Moderato Assai 2. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.2 Valse Tempo Di Valse 3. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.3 Scene Allegro Moderato 4. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.4 Pas de Trois, Part I Intrada 5. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.4 Pas de Trois, Part III Tempo Di Valse 6. Swan Lake Acte III No. 19 Pas de Six, Var, III Moderato 7. Swan Lake Acte 1 No. 4 Pas de Trois, Part IV Allegro Semplice 8. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.4 Pas de Trois, Part VI Coda 9. Swan Lake Acte III, No.19 Pas de Six, Var. II Andante Con Moto 10. Swan Lake Acte 1, No.7 Sujet 11. Swan Lake Acte 1, No.8 Danse Des Coupes Tempo Di Polacca 12. Swan Lake Acte 1 No.4 Pas de Trois, Part II Andante Sostenuto 13. Swan Lake Acte II, No. 10 Scene Moderato 14. Swan Lake Acte II, No.11 Scene Allegro Moderato 15. Swan Lake Acte II, No. 12 Scene Allegro 16. Swan Lake Acte II, No.13 Danses Des Cygnes, Part I Tempo Di Valse 17. Swan Lake Acte II, No. 13 Danses Des Cygnes, Part V Pas D'action, Andante 18. Swan Lake Acte II, No.13 Danses de Cygnes, Part IV Allegro Moderato 19. Swan Lake Acte II, No 13 Danses de Cygnes, Part II Moderato Assai 20. Swan Lake Acte II, No, 13 Danses de Cygnes, Part VI Danse Generale, Tempo Di Valse 21. Swan Lake Acte II, No. 13 Danse de Cygnes, Part VII Coda, Allegro Vivo 22. Swan Lake Acte I, No. 9 Finale Andante 1. Swan Lake Acte III, No. 15 Allegro Giusto 2. Swan Lake Acte III, No. 17 Allegro 3. Swan Lake Acte III, No 18 Scene Allegro 4. Swan Lake Appendice, Part II Danse Russe Moderato 5. Swan Lake Acte III, No 21