Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Op66; Liszt: Préludes No3
On this CD:
1. Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
2. The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3 The Swan of Tuonela
Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
3. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Introduction
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
4. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Prologue: No.1, March
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
5. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Prologue: No.3, Pas de Six
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
6. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Prologue: No.4, Finale
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
7. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 1: No.6, Waltz
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
8. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 1: No.8, Pas d'Action
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
9. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 1: No.9, Finale
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
10. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 2: No.12, Gavotte of the Baronesses
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
11. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 2: No. 15, Pas d'Action
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
12. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 2: No.13, Mazurka
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
13. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 2: No.17, Panorama
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
14. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.22, Polonaise
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
15. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.23, The Silver Fairy
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
16. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.24, Pas de Caractère
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
17. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.23, Pas de Quatre
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
18. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.25, Pas de Quatre
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
19. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.26, Pas de Caractère
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
20. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.29, Sarabande
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
21. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Act 3: No.30, Finale--Apotheosis
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Leopold & His Symphony Orchestra Stokowski
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Op66; Liszt: Préludes No3, Music, Franz Liszt, Jean Sibelius, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski, Mitch Miller, Leopold Stokowski & His Symphony Orchestra, Ballet, Classical, Classical Collections-Artist Desc., Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral & Symphonic, Romantic Ballet, Romantic Tone Poem/Symphonic Poem for Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Op66; Liszt: Préludes No3
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Release Date: 1998-06-23 |
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For "His" Fans.......2005-06-17
This Cala CD features 1947 performances by Stokowski, with "His Symphony Orchestra," of Liszt's tone poem "Les Preludes," the Sibelius "Swan of Tuonela" (with Mitch Miller on Cor Anglais), and selections from Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty." The transfers are slightly disappointing: my RCA LP of the Tchaikovsky has better sound than what is heard here.
The Liszt is a fine performance, though in stereo I prefer Scherchen (DG Westminster) and Silvestri (Disky). To my taste, the finest mono accounts are the Weingartner (IMG) and, best of all, the incomparable Mengelberg (Andante or Pearl). If memory serves, Stoky also conducted part of "Les Preludes" in the delightfully campy Hollywood film "100 Men and a Girl," staring Deanna Durbin.
Stokowski always delivered an eloquent Swan of Tuonela, though here I don't find soloist Mitch Miller all that expressive. All in all, Stoky's earlier Philadelphia account (best heard on a multi-disc Stokowski set on Andante) remains the ONE to own.
The Tchaikovsky here is fascinating. Some of it is rather poker-faced (the Pas' d'Action on track 8 misses the wonderfully buoyant lyricism of the classic Desormiere reading on Testament - but them so does everybody else's). But if you're a Stoky fan like me, you really HAVE to hear track 18 (the Pas de Quatre from Act III). Stoky stretches and teases the rubatos here in such a mannered fashion that any ballerina would have to defy the physical laws of gravity while attempting to dance with it. It is, in a word, OUTRAGEOUS!
Perhaps needless to say, all the playing is absolutely first-class and endlessly entertaining.
Recommended.
Jeff Lipscomb
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