Tchaikovsky / Stokowski / All-American Youth Orch - Leopold Stokowski with the All-American Youth - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Stokowski Formed the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1940, It's Players' Ages Ranging from 18 to 25. He Sought to Combat Nazi Propaganda Touting the Wonders of Hitler Youth with An Artistic Statement from Young Emissaries of the Free World. The Aayo Toured South America in 1940 and North America in 1941 and Was Met with Rave Reviews. These Performances Boast a Unique Combination of Past and Future The Wisdom of Stokowski's Vast Experience Allied with the Pure, Undiminished Idealism of Youth. Album Tracks 1. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique ; Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6 (Orch. Stokowski); Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Orch. Stokowski); 2. Novácek (Orch. Stokowski) Perpetuum Mobile; 3. Rimsky-Korsakov (Orch. Stokowski) Flight of the Bumble-Bee (From Tsar Sultan); 4. Stravinsky Firebird Suite; 1. Mussorgsky (Arr. Stokowski) Boris Godunov Symphonic Synthesis; Pictures at An Exhibition (Orch. Stokowski); 2. Wagner (Arr. Stokowski) Tristan Und Isolde Love Music; 1. Weber (Orch. Berlioz/Stokowski) Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65; 2. Schumann (Orch. Stokowski) Träumerei (No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)*; 3. Liszt (Arr. Müller-Berghaus) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; 4. Falla Ritual Fire Dance (From El Amor Brujo); Pledge to the Flag (Goddard Lieberson, Speaker) and 5. Smith The Starspangled Banner* ; 6. Berlin God Bless America*; 7. Creston Scherzo (From Symphony No. 1, Op. 20)*; 8. Gould Guaracha (From Latin-American Symphonette)* / 9. Still Scherzo (From Afro-American Symphony)*; 10. Cowell Tales of Our Countryside*, Henry Cowell, Piano