This listing includes recording dates, orchestras, soloists and other relevant
recording information, including matrix numbers, where known. Also, I have tried
to include certain key reissue numbers of these recordings.
Many of these performances were recorded, particularly in the later years when
technology allowed even members of the audience to record the concert. Where
such a performance was issued in a commercial recording, I have tried to include it in this
chronological discography. In the case of private recording or those referred to as
"pirate recordings", I have tried to use discretion, primarily as to whether or
not such a recording has been available to the public. Also, certain discs have been
excluded from this discography; you can read why by clicking hear to
read of excluded recordings.
Given the prolific quantity (and also quality) of Stokowski's recordings made 1960-1977,
this listing continues to be a work in process. Any additions, corrections or other comments
will be welcome by contacting me.
Leopold Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra Chronological Discography 1960-1977
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor (S. 244/2) orchestrated by Liszt and
Franz Doppler, adapted by Leopold Stokowski
Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (1866): Overture
(33) RCA Red Seal LM-2471 and LSC-2741 matricies L2RY-0873, L2RY-0874
(33) Victor VCS 7077 reissue
(33) RCA Europe RB 16259
(33) RCA Gold Seal AGL1-3880
(33) RCA Gold Seal AGL1-5259 reissue
(33) Japan Victor SHP-2004
(4TOR) RCA Living Stereo FTC-2058
(cassette) RCA Gold Seal cassette AGL-5259
(CD) RCA Red Seal 09026 61503 2 with 1960 Wagner
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan CD BVCC-5034
(CD) RCA Red Seal 09026 62602 2
(CD) Japan JVC JMCXR 24019
(SACD) RCA Red Seal 82876 67903 2
(SACD) RCA Red Seal Japan CD BVCC-37449 with 1960 Wagner
25 February 1960
Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Manuel de Falla
Richard Wagner
Falla: El amor brujo (1916) - Shirley Verrett mezzo-soprano
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: "Love Music": consisting of music from
opening of Act II and the Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion - transcription by Stokowski
(33) Columbia ML 5479 mono coupled with Wagner Tristan and Isolde
(33) Columbia Masterworks MS 6147 matrices XSM49638, XSM49639
(33) Columbia MGP 17 two LP discs "Those Famous Philadelphians" Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy
(33) Columbia Odyssey Y 32368
(33) Europe CBS 61288
(33) CBS-Sony SOCO 105
(4TOR) Columbia Stereo Tape MQ 309
(4TOR) Columbia "All-Star Festival" Ritual Fire Dance only
(CD) CBS Masterworks MPK 46449
(CD) Sony Classical SB2K 64340
(CD) Sony Classical SBK 89291
(CD) Japan CBS/Sony SOCO 108
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
25 February 1960
Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in G Major BWV 1050 (1719) - Fernando Valenti harpsichord,
Anshel Brusilow violin, William Kincaid flute
(45) dell'Arte DA 9013 "45 RPM Supercut" with Canning Fantasy
(4TOR) Everest T-43069
(CD) Everest CD EVC 9008
(CD) Japan King Record Company KICC 7304
(CD) Japan Westminster JXCC 1093
(CD) Everest CD EVC 9050 fourth movement only
April 1960
Houston Music Hall, Houston, Texas
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin
Richard Wagner
Thomas Canning
Richard Strauss
- Chopin: Mazurka in A Minor, opus 17, no 4 - Stokowski transcription
- Chopin: Prélude no 24 in D minor opus 28 no 24 - Stokowski transcription
- Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor opus 64 no 2 - Stokowski transcription
- Wagner: Die Walküre: Act III scene 3: Wotan's Farewell and "Magic Fire Music"
- Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn tune by Justin Morgan
- Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils
(33) Everest LPBR 6070 mono, SDBR 3070 stereo with Canning, without Strauss
(33) Everest SDBR 3418 stereo "Leopold Stokowski: Painter of Orchestral Colors"
with Strauss without Canning
(33) World Record Club TP 79 Wagner only with 1959 Parsifal "Symphonic Synthesis"
(33) World Record Club PE 751 with Canning, without Strauss
(33) Everest LPBR 6128 2 LP discs, Chopin only in "Benefit Concert In Aid of the World's Refugees"
with 6 piano soloists and 6 other conductors
(33) dell'Arte DA 9013 Canning with 1960 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
(CD) Everest CD EVC 9048 with Canning, without Strauss
(CD) Japan King Record KICC 7306 with Canning and 1958 Till Eulenspiegel
(CD) Bescol (Teichiku Records) Compact Classics CD 538
(CD) Outlet Book Company Price-Less D1323X
(DVD Audio) Classic Records Inc. DVD hybrid disc with 24/192 audio with Canning, without Strauss
April 1960
23rd Street Studio, New York City
Symphony of the Air
American Concert Choir, Margaret Hillis director
Ernest Bloch
America - An Epic Rhapsody
(33) Vanguard Classics SRV 346
(33) Vanguard VRS 1056
(33) Vanguard VSD 2056
(33) Vanguard VSL 11020
(CD) Vanguard Classics OVC 8014
(CD) Vanguard 08 8014 71
28 December 1960
20, 21 April 1961
Manhattan Center, New York City
Symphony of the Air
Richard Wagner
- Tannhäuser (Paris Version): Overture and Venusberg Music
Marilyn Wright violin, Arthur Granick viola, Harvey Shapiro cello,
Ralph Froelich horn, Chorus directed by Margaret Hillis
- Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act III: This is a rare example of Stokowski's
performance of this Act II Prelude music which was not included in the many Tristan & Isolde
"Symphonic Synthesis" or the "Love Music" recordings which Stokowski made many times
throughout his career.
Henry Schuman English horn
- Die Walküre: Act III "Ride of the Valkyries"
Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy, Doris Yarick sopranos
Doris Okerson, Regina Sarfaty, Shirley Verrett mezzo-sopranos
- Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy sopranos
Louise Parker contralto
(33) RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2555 and LSC-2555 matrices M2RY-1525 and M2RY-1526
(33) RCA Victor Red Seal LM 1336
(33) RCA Europe Victrola 1301
(33) RCA Europe Victrola 2015
(33) Quintessence PMC 7019
(33) RCA Gold Seal AGL 1-1338 digitally remasered
(33) RCA Contour CCV 5005
(33) RCA Japan SRA 2186
(33) RCA Camden Classics Victrola CCV-5005
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan CD BVCC-38004
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan CD BVCC-1061
(CD) Europe Sony 88697 69051 2
(CD) RCA Red Seal 09026 61503 2 with LSC-2741 contents
(33) Vanguard VSD 707/708 with 1967 L'histoire du soldat instrumental only
(33) Analogue Productions APC 001 audiophile LP pressing The River and
The Plow that Broke the Plains only
(4TOR) Vanguard Stereolab VTC 1642 7 1/2 IPS
(4TOR) Barclay-Crocker Vanguard D 2095 7 1/2 IPS
(CD) Vanguard Classics OVC 8013 with 1967 L'histoire du soldat instrumental only
(CD) Vanguard 08 8013 71
(SACD) Vanguard Classics VSC-501 Super Audio CD
17 April 1961
24 April 1961
Manhattan Center, New York City
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
George Frideric Handel
(Georg Friedrich Händel)
Water Music Suite:
Minuet, Andante, Allegro, Adagio e staccato, Bourrée, Hornpipe, Air, Alla Hornpipe
Royal Fireworks Music Suite:
Ouverture, Bourrée, La Paix, La Réjouissance, Minuets 1, 2
"Mr. Stokowski's orchestra for this recording included 24 oboes and 12 bassoons and
enlarged body of strings; one of the largest ever assembled for studio recording"
(33) RCA Victor LM-2612 and LSC-2612
(33) RCA Victrola VICS 1513
(33) RCA Victrola VICS 2031
(33) RCA UK SB 6522
(33) RCA Camden Classics Victrola CCV-5002
(33) RCA Japan RGC 1068 matrices M2RY-1577, M2RY-1578
(33) RCA Gold Seal AGL 1-2704 digitally remastered
(CD) RCA Victrola 07863 57817 24
(CD) RCA Victor 09026-62599-2 Stokowski Stereo Collection
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan CD BVCC-38002
19, 20 July 1961
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Norman Luboff Choir
various: "Inspiration"
- Beethoven: The Heav'ns are Telling opus 48 no 4
- Traditional: Deep River - Stokowski transcription
- Handel: Xerxes: Largo
- Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel: Evening Prayer
- Bach: Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Stokowski transcription
- attributed to Louis Bourgeois: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
Michael Tippett (1905-1998): Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1939)
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz no 1 (1859)
(33) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS0006/8 Liszt work only coupled with
Hollywood Bowl concert of 25 August 1946: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's
Dream: Scherzo and Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
(CD) BBC Legends BBCL 4059-2 Tippett and Liszt coupled with New Philharmonia
Nielsen Symphony no 6 "Sinfonia semplice" concert of 10 September 1965.
21, 22, 23, 24, 25 November 1961
Manhattan Center, New York City
Symphony of the Air
Johannes Brahms
Decca Gold Label DL7-10031
Serenade no 1 in D-major, opus 11
(33) Decca DCM 3205 "Chronicle of Music: Age of Romanticism"
(33) Decca Gold Label DL7-10031 and Varèse Sarabande DL 710031
(33) Varèse Sarabande VC 81050
(4TOR) Decca ST7-10031
(CD) MCA MCAD2-9826
(CD) DGG Original Masters 477 650-2 "Stokowski and Mitropoulos -
Two Fascinating Conductors" coupled with 1963 Dawson Negro Folk Symphony and
Mitropoulos works by Prokofiev
Televised concert with Stokowski substituting for an ill Fritz Reiner
WGN television studios, Chicago
Chicago Symphony
Johannes Brahms
Brahms: "Variations On A Theme By Haydn" opus 56a
also in the broadcast, but not on this disc, were Bach Toccata and Fugue D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
and Rimsky-Korsakov "Capriccio Espagnol" opus 34
(33) Leopold Stokowski Society LS 4 coupled with the 1962 Beethoven Symphony no 2
20 January 1962
concert celebrating the Academy of Music 105th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Academy of Music
Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Birgit Nilsson
George London
Richard Wagner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alexander Borodin
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Giuseppe Verdi
Charles Gounod
George London, Harpo Marx, Leopold Stokowski in the Academy of Music 1962
Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Arias with Birgit Nilsson soprano and George London bass-baritone:
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (1786): Act I: "Non più andrai" - George London
Borodin/Rimsky-Korsakov: Prince Igor (1888): Act II:
" Ni sna, ni otdikha izmuchennoi dushe " - George London
Gounod: Faust (1859): Act IV: "Vous qui faites l'endormie" - George London
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor opus 3 no 2 - Stokowski transcription
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 45 in F-sharp minor "Farewell" - end of the final
movement with the Philadelphia musicians gradually leaving the stage
(33) Leopold Stokowski Society of America LSSA 228 Rachmaninoff encore only
(33) Longanesi Periodici "I Grandi Concerti - 57" GCL 57 Stravinsky only
(CD) Philadelphia Orchestra POA 91 Lohengrin only
(CD) This concert is available on
Pristine Classical
PASC379 in Andrew Rose's restoration from
broadcast tapes from the collection of Stokowski scholar Edward Johnson (Revueltras
available as a download)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): Lucia di Lammermoor: Act III: Mad Scene - Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli
(CD) Bella Voce BLV 107 235 coupled with arias from the 20 January 1962 Gala Programme to celebrate
the Philadelphia Academy of Music 105th Anniversary
(CD) POA 100-6 Donizetti and Giordano arias only
2, 3, 4 June 1963
Manhattan Center, New York City
American Symphony Orchestra
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony (1934)
(33) Decca Gold Label Stereo DL 710077
(33) Decca Gold Label DL 10077
(33) Decca SXA 4520
(33) Varese/Sarabande VC-81056
(33) Europe Brunswick AXA 4500 mono and SXZ 4500 stereo
(33) Japan King Record SDL 15040
(CD) MCA Classics MCAD2-9826 digitally remastered 2 CDs coupled with 1962 Brahms Serenade no 1
(CD) DGG Original Masters 477 650-2 "Stokowski and Mitropoulos -
Two Fascinating Conductors" 2 CDs coupled with 1962 Brahms Serenade no 1 and
Mitropoulos works by Prokofiev
23 July 1963
Royal Albert Hall, London
A concert of the 1963 Proms
(The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky
King Record KICC 2076
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a
Theme of Purcell (1946)
Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski transcription
from Stokowski's first London Proms concert
(CD) Music & Arts CD-765 - Mussorgsky only
(CD) BBC Radio Legends BBCL 4005-2 - Beethoven and Britten only coupled with 15 September 1964 BBC Proms concert
of Falla: El amor brujo
(CD) Japan King Record KICC 2076 Mussorgsky only coupled with 17 September 1964 BBC Proms concert Mussorgsky
"A Night on Bare Mountain" and Shostakovich Symphony no 5
30 July 1963
London Symphony Orchestra
1963 Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection" (1894)
Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
Rae Woodland soprano
Harrow Choral Society, the Goldsmiths Choral Union, the BBC Choral Society, the BBC Chorus
A famous performance of this Mahler symphony
(33) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS0006/8 coupled with
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz no 1 from the 1961 Edinburgh Festival, Usher Hall Edinburgh,
Scotland 22 August 1961, 9 April 1950 Mahler Symphony no 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
and Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo and
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture from a 25 August 1946 Hollywood
Bowl concert
(CD) (Italy) Intaglio INCD 7491
(CD) Music & Arts CD 885
(CD) BBC Legends BBCL 4136-2 best sound
9 November 1963
New York City
recorded during rehearsal
American Symphony Orchestra
John Phillip Sousa
"Stars and Stripes Forever" march
(CD) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS 23/4 coupled with the 1962 concert of Debussy
"La soirée dans Grenade" from Les estampes in the Stokowski transcription,
a 1972 performance of Stokowski's
"Reverie", performances of Bach "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 in
Stokowski's transcription in 1968 with the American Symphony and in 1975 with the
Orchestre de Chambre de Rouen and a Rouen rehearsal of Bach Prelude in E flat BWV 869
from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" in the Stokowski transcription
6 December 1963
Academy of Music, Pennsylvania
one of the concert series of 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 December 1963
Philadelphia Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
programme of the concert
6 December 1963
Bach: Chorale Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E-flat major, opus 55 Eroica
Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death Music,
Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Berit Lindholm soprano - Stokowski transcription
(33) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS0003 containing Bach and Beethoven only
(33) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS0018 containing Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung
coupled with music from a 26 August 1946 Hollywood Bowl Concert: Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave,
Rossini: March from William Tell, Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus: Prelude
(CD) Philadelphia Orchestra POA 91 - Bach transcription only
José Serebrier and David Katz assisting conductors
Charles Ives
Symphony no 4
(33) Columbia ML-6175 mono
(33) Columbia MS-6775 stereo
(33) UK CBS 72403
(33) UK CBS SBRG 77424
(33) Europe CBS Masterworks Portrait 38890 with Robert Browning Overture
(33) CBS Masterworks M3P 39841 three discs with Ives Symphonies
(33) Franklin Mint "100 Greatest Recordings of All Time" Record 19 coupled with
Bernstein NYPh Ives Fourth of July
(4TOR) Columbia MQ 766 7 1/2 IPS
(cassette) CBS 40-60502
(CD) Sony Masterworks Portrait MPK 46726
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
8 July 1965
Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Music & Arts CD-944
Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36 (1878)
(33) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS 0004/5
(CD) Music & Arts CD-944 with Symphonies 5, 6 and 1812 Overture
10 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Carl Nielsen
BBC Legends BBCL 4059-2
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931): Symphony no 6 "Sinfonia semplice" (1924)
(CD) BBC Legends BBCL 4059-2 coupled with Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1939)
and Liszt: Mephisto Waltz no 1 from the 1961 Edinburgh Festival, Usher Hall Edinburgh,
Scotland August 22, 1961.
10 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
recorded during a BBC broadcast concert
New Philharmonia Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty ballet opus 66: excerpts selected by Stokowski:
- Introduction
- Prologue no 3: Pas de six - Canari qui chante
- Act I: no 6: Valse
- Act I: no 8: Pas d'action
- Act III: no 22: Polacca
- Act III: no 23: Pas de quatre - Allegro
- Act III: no 25: Pas de quatre - Adagio
- Act III: no 28: Pas de deux - Adagio
- Act III: no 30: Apothéose
(CD) BBC Legends BBL 4115-2
11 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty ballet opus 66: excerpts selected by Stokowski:
- Introduction
- Prologue no 3: Pas de six - Canari qui chante
- Act I: no 6: Valse
- Act I: no 8: Pas d'action
- Act III: no 22: Polacca
- Act III: no 23: Pas de quatre - Allegro
- Act III: no 25: Pas de quatre - Adagio
- Act III: no 28: Pas de deux - Adagio
- Act III: no 30: Apothéose
(33) Decca LK 4807 mono
(33) Decca Phase 4 Stereo PFS 4083
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21008
(cassette) London Weekend Classics 89 430 140-4
(cassette) Decca Phase 4 PFC 4083
(CD) London Weekend Classics 430 140-2
11 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
recorded during a BBC broadcast concert
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription
(33) Decca PFS 4095
(33) London SPC 21006
(33) London SPC 21074
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 455
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SP 0049 two disc sampler
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 475074 "Stokowski's Finest Moments"
(8 track) London S 224497 Stokowski Showpieces for Orchestra
(CD) Decca 455 152-2
(CD) London 433 876-2
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
11, 15 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake ballet opus 20: Suite as selected by Stokowski
- Introduction
- Act I: no 2 Valse
- Act I: no 4: Pas De Trois - Variation III
- Act I: no 5: Pas De Deux
- Act II: no 10: Scéne - Moderato
- Act II: no 11: Scéne - Allegro Moderato
- Act III: no 21: Danse Espagnole
- Act IV: no 27: Dance of the Little Swans
- Act IV: no 29: Finale - Andante, Allegro Agitato
(33) Decca LK 4807 mono with Sleeping Beauty
(33) Decca Phase 4 Stereo PFS 4083 with Sleeping Beauty
(33) London SPC 21008 with Sleeping Beauty
(33) London Viva! VIV 10 with Sleeping Beauty
(33) Decca SPA 159 "The World of Stokowski" Dance of the Little Swans and Finale only
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SP 0049 two disc sampler Dance of the Little Swans and Finale only
(33) Japan King Record SLC 2411
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 454 "Tchaikovsky Fantasia" with 1812 Overture,
Romeo & Juliet, Marche Slave, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Swan Lake Dance of the Little Swans
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo LEL 421112 "Ballet Fantasia"
Danse Espagnole and Pas de trois - Moderato only
(cassette) London Weekend Classics 89 430 140-4
(cassette) Decca Phase 4 PFC 4083
(CD) London Weekend Classics 430 140-2
(CD) London 448 950-2
(CD) Japan Polydor POCL 9885
15 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky as transcribed by Stokowski
Pictures at an Exhibition - transcribed by Stokowski
(33) Decca LK 4766 mono
(33) Decca PFS 4095
(33) London SPC 21006
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 456
(33) Decca SPA 159
(33) London Stereo Treasury 15558 coupled with 1812 Overture
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SP 0049 two disc sampler - Unhatched Chicks and Great Gate of Kiev only
(33) Japan King Record SLC 2413
(33) Japan King Record GT 9143
(cassette) London Stereo Treasury Series STS5 15558 coupled with 1812 Overture
(CD) Decca 436 531-2
(CD) Decca 443 898-2
(CD) Japan Polydor POCL 9882
(CD) Japan Decca UCCD 7008
(CD) Japan King KICC 9059/60 "Leopold Stokowski Magical Conductor"
25 September 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Ace of Diamonds SDD 454 "Tchaikovsky Fantasia"
The Sleeping Beauty ballet opus 66:
Suite as selected by Stokowski
(33) Decca PFS 4083
(33) London SPC 21008
(33) Decca SPA 159 "The World of Stokowski" (waltz only)
(33) Japan King Record SLC 2411
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 454 "Tchaikovsky Fantasia" with 1812 Overture,
Romeo & Juliet, Marche Slave, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Swan Lake Dance of the Little Swans
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SP 0049 two disc sampler (waltz only)
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo LEL 421112 "Ballet Fantasia"
Pas de deux and Apotheosis finale only
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 475074 "Stokowski's Finest Moments" (waltz only)
L'Historie du Soldat (1918) with cuts by Stokowski
said to be the first commercial recording to use the new Dolby noise reduction
technology
recorded by the same artists in both original French and English translation
versions; also published in instrumental-only version (see below)
(33) Vanguard VRS 71165, VRS 71166 mono or VSD 71165, VSD 71166 stereo -
2 LPs together in a sleeve containing both the French version and the
English version on separate discs
(33) World Record Club T 859 mono and ST 859 stereo French version
(33) France - Festival Classique FC 442 French version
(33) Japan King Record Vanguard GT 9160 French version
(33) Japan King Record GX 1001 French version
(33) France Scherzo VSD 71 165 French version
(4TOR) Vanguard VGC-1166 both versions
(CD) Vanguard Cardinal VCS 10121 French version
(CD) Vanguard Classics OVC 8004 French version
(CD) Vanguard Classics 08 8004 71 French version
(CD) Japan King Record K 30 Y1027 French version
(SACD) Vanguard Classics ATM SC 1559 English version
17, 18 November 1966
Vanguard 23rd Street Studio, New York City
"instrumental ensemble"
Igor Stravinsky
L'Historie du Soldat (1918) instrumental-only version of the recording with cuts by Stokowski
(33) Vanguard VSD 707-708 "Best of Stokowski"
(33) Analogue Productions APC 031 audiophile LP pressing instrumental-only version coupled with
Vladimir Golschmann Enesco Roumanian Rhapsodies
(CD) Vanguard Classics SVC 01 instrumental-only version coupled with Virgil Thomson - The River Suite
and The Plow that Broke the Plains
(CD) Vanguard 08 8013 71 instrumental-only with Thomson River Suite
and Plow that Broke the Plains
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I, Act III Prelude,
Dance of the Apprentices, Procession Of The Meistersingers - Stokowski transcription
(CD) Music & Arts CD-943
in relatively poor sound
9 November 1967
Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra concert broadcast
Veronica Tyler soprano
Maria Lucia Godoy mezzo-soprano
the Singing City choirs
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 "Resurrection" (1894)
taken from a WFLN-FM Philadelphia radio broadcast recorded by Magnetic Recorder And Reproducer
Corporation of Philadelphia. The recording comes from the third of the 3, 4, 9 November 1967
Academy of Music concerts, which also included excerpts from the Bach Magnificat BWV 243a as
arranged by Stokowski.
(CD) Japan Leopold Stokowski Society JLSS LSCD 26
(CD) Arkadia CD CDGI 749.7 produced in Italy
18 November 1967
New York
American Symphony Orchestra
Gregg Smith Singers
Ithaca College Concert Choir
Charles Ives
- "It Strikes Me That"
- Lincoln, the great commoner
- "The Majority"
- "They are there!"
(33) CBS M4 32504 five LP box set "Charles Ives: the 100th anniversary"
(CD) Sony Masterworks Portrait MPK 46726 with Ives Symphony no 4 and Robert Browning
John Alldis Chorus, Welsh National Opera Chorale, Band of the Grenadier Guards, sound effects
various
"Programme of Russian Composers"
Modest Mussorgsky: "A Night on Bare Mountain" - Stokowki transcription
Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya (1848)
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes opus 34 (1933): 14: Prelude in E-flat minor - Stokowski transcription
Stravinsky: Pastorale, for Violin with Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880)
Alexander Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase opus 54
Anatoly Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs opus 58 - 4 songes selected and arranged
by Stokowski: Plaintive Melody, Humorous Song 'I Danced With The Gnat',
Cradle Song, Village Dance Song
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances as arranged by Glazunov and Stokowski
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 475074 "Stokowski's Finest Moments" - Pastorale only
(CD) BBC Legends BBCL 4069-2
(CD) Music & Arts CD-847 (this CD seems to have sound somewhat inferior
to the BBC Legends issue)
17 June 1969
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky
Pastorale, for Violin with Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon
(33) Decca PFS 4189
(33) London SPC 21041
(33) London SPC 21074
(33) Japan King Record Company SLC 2414
(33) Japan King Record Company SLC 5031
(CD) London 433 876-2
(CD) Japan Polygram POCL 9882
(CD) Japan Universal UCCD 7050
17 June 1969
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Welsh National Opera Chorale and John Alldis Chorus
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Alexander Borodin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880)
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances as arranged by Glazunov and Stokowski
(33) Decca PFS 4189
(33) London SPC 21041
(33) London 21111 "Russian Fantasia"
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 454 "Tchaikovsky Fantasia" with Romeo & Juliet, Marche Slave,
Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Swan Lake Dance of the Little Swans
(33) London Stereo Treasury 15558 1812 only with 1965 Pictures at an Exhibition
(33) Japan King Record Company SLC 5031
(33) Japan King Record Company SLC 2414
(cassette) London Stereo Treasury Series STS5 15558 1812 only with 1965 Pictures at an Exhibition
(CD) London 430 410-2
(CD) Decca 443 896-2
(CD) Decca Polygram 436 506-2 with Tchaikovsky Marche Slave, Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol,
Mussorgsky Night on Bare Mountain
Messiaen: L'Ascension Four Symphonic meditations for orchestra (1933)
Ives: Orchestral Set no 2 (assembled 1919):
- An Elegy to Our Forefathers
- The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting
- From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voices of the People Again Arose
(33) Decca PFS 4203
(33) London SPC 21060
(33) Decca SAD 2207
(CD) Decca 433 017-2
(CD) Decca 448 956-2
(CD) Japan Decca POCL 90013
(CD) Cala Records CACD 0525 L'Ascension only
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972" L'Ascension only
22, 23 June 1970
Kingsway Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
4 track reel-to-reel London L 75059
Debussy: La Mer (L 109 - 1905)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no 2 (1912)
(33) Decca PFS 4220
(33) London SPC 21059
(33) London SPC 21109 La Mer only with Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
and La cathédrale engloutie
(33) London Treasury 414 500-1
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 455 La Mer only with Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
and La cathédrale engloutie "Debussy fantasia"
(33) Japan King Record Company SLC 5036
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo 4 track reel-to-reel London L 75059
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo 4 track reel-to-reel "Debussy fantasia"
London L 421109 La Mer only with Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
and La cathédrale engloutie
(cassette) London Treasury 414 500-4
(8 track) London Phase 4 Stereo M 821109 La Mer only with Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
and La cathédrale engloutie "Debussy fantasia"
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
(CD) London Jubilee 417 779-2
(CD) London 455 152-2 La Mer only with Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
and La cathédrale engloutie
(CD) Japan Polygram Decca POCL 9883
22, 23 June 1970
Kingsway Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Maurice Ravel
4 track reel-to-reel London LEL 421112
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
(33) Decca SPC 21112
(33) Decca PFS 4220
(33) London SPC 21061
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 455
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo LEL 421112 "Ballet Fantasia"
(CD) Japan Decca POCL 9883
(CD) London Jubilee 417 779-2
(CD) Decca 455 152-2
22, 23 June 1970
Kingsway Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust opus 24: Dance of the Sylphs
(33) Decca PFS 4220
(33) London SPC 21112
(33) London SPC 21059
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo LEL 421112 "Ballet Fantasia"
(CD) Decca 433 017-2
(CD) Decca 448 955-2
(CD) London 433 876-2
(CD) Decca 467 828-2 "The World of Stokowski"
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
(CD) Japan Decca POCL 90013
20 August 1970
Zuidhal RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Sophia van Sante mezzo-soprano
Maurice Ravel
César Franck
Sergei Prokofiev
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): L'eventail de Jeanne ballet (1927) - Fanfare
César Franck: Symphony in D minor (1888)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Alexander Nevsky opus 78 - Sophia van Sante mezzo-soprano
(CD) Music & Arts CD-252 Prokofiev only
(CD) Music & Arts CD-657 Franck only
(CD) Music & Arts CD-851 Prokofiev only
(CD) Medici Arts MM 0026-2
22 August 1970
Grote Zaal of De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1951 Holland Festival concert
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Sophia van Sante, mezzo-soprano
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Alexander Nevsky opus 78 - Sophia van Sante, mezzo-soprano
(CD) Music & Arts CD-831 "Leopold Stokowski Conducts Music From Russia volume II"
with May 1955 Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" and 27 June 1951 Tchaikovsky "Romeo and Juliet"
24, 25 August 1970
Hilversum Radio Studios, Netherlands
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
César Franck
Maurice Ravel
London Phase 4 reel-to-reel L 475061
César Franck: Symphony in D minor (1888)
Maurice Ravel: L'eventail de Jeanne ballet (1927) - Fanfare
(33) Decca PFS 4218
(33) London SPC 21061
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 475061
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 475074 "Stokowski's Finest Moments" L'eventail de Jeanne only
(8 track) London S 224497 Stokowski Showpieces for Orchestra Ravel only
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
(CD) Cala Records CACD 0525
(CD) Japan Decca POCL-9889
4, 5 September 1970
Westminster Cathedral
American Symphony Orchestra
April Cantelo soprano, Helen Watts contralto, Ian Partridge tenor, Roger Stalman bass, John Mitchinson tenor
and Maria Korchinska, Tina Bonifacio and David Watson harps, Nicholas Kynaston organ, Louis Halsey Singers
recorded in London during 14 June Royal Festival Hall concert and the
15 June concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Concert marking the 60th Anniversary of Stokowski's 22 May 1912 first concert
with the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Silvia Marcovici violin
Richard Wagner
Claude Debussy
Alexander Glazunov
Johannes Brahms
P. I. Tchaikovsky
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1894): Prelude to Act I (1867
- Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
- Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a minor opus 82 - Silvia Marcovici violin
- Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
- Tchaikovsky: "Marche Slave" opus 31
According to the Stokowski scholar Edward Johnson, the Decca Anniversary album when issued
included the Meistersinger Prelude taken from the Royal Festival Hall concert,
the Brahms Symphony and Marche Slave performances from the Royal Albert Hall concert,
and the and the others edited from both concerts.
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21136
(33) Decca OPFS 3-4 Stokowski Sixtieth Anniversary Concert Album
(33) London SPC 21090-21091
(33) Decca DK 11551/1-2 (Teldec Germany)
(33) London SPC 21131 Brahms Symphony no 1 only
(33) Decca Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series PFS 4305 Brahms Symphony no 1 only
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 455 "Debussy fantasia" Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
only with La Mer
(33) Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 454 "Tchaikovsky Fantasia" with 1812 Overture,
Romeo & Juliet, Marche Slave, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Swan Lake Dance of the Little Swans
(33) Japan Polydor SLA 6005 Brahms Symphony no 1 with Tchaikovsky Marche Slave
(4TOR) London 421111 Brahms Symphony no 1 only 7 1/2 IPS reel-to-reel
(CD) IMP Collectors Series IMPX 9033 ("Nimrod" only)
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
(CD) Japan Decca POCL-9889
7, 8 September 1972
Rudolfinum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"Capriccio Espagnol" opus 34
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21117 with Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy and Dvorak Slavonic Dance
in E major New Philharmonia
(33) Decca Phase 4 Stereo PFS 4333
(33) London Jubilee 417 753-2 with Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade and Borodin Polovtsian Dances
(8 track) London Phase 4 Stereo 21117 with Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy and Dvorak Slavonic Dance
in E major New Philharmonia
(CD) Decca Polygram 436 506-2 with Tchaikovsky Marche Slave, 1812 Overture, Borodin Polovtsian Dances,
Mussorgsky Night on Bare Mountain
7, 8 September 1972
Rudolfinum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance in E major opus 72 no 2
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21117
(8 track) London S 224497 Stokowski Showpieces for Orchestra
(CD) London 433 876-2 with Elgar "Enigma" Variations 'Nimrod', Clarke 'Prince of Denmark's March',
Rachmaninoff Prélude no 1 in c sharp minor, Schubert Moment musical no 3: Air russe,
Tchaikovksy: Chant sans paroles opus 40 no 6
(CD) IMP Collectors Series IMPX 9033
7, 8 September 1972
Rudolfinum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin
Poem of Ecstasy (Le Poème de l'extase) opus 54
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21117
(CD) Decca 475 145-2 "Decca Recordings 1965-1972"
7, 8 September 1972
Rudolfinum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach as transcribed by Stokowski
all as transcribed by Stokowski:
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
- Prelude no 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 from the Well-Tempered Clavier
- Chorale prelude "Mein Jesu, was fuer Seelenweh befaellt dich in Getsemane" BWV 487
- Chorale prelude "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" BWV 680
- "Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn" from "Christ Lag in Todes Banden" Easter cantata BWV 4
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
(33) London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21096
(33) Decca Phase 4 Stereo PFS 4278
(33) Czech Supraphon 1 10 1953
(33) Japan King Record SLV 2410
(33) Japan King Record SLC 8051
(33) Japan King Record KIJC-9118 "super analogue disc" remastered audiophile pressing
(4TOR) London Phase 4 Stereo L 421096 7 1/2 ips
(8 track) London S 224497 Stokowski Showpieces for Orchestra BWV 853 and BWV 680 only
(CD) London Weekend Classics 421 639-2
(CD) IMP Collectors Series IMPX 9033 (Toccata and Fugue in d only)
(CD) London 433 876-2 (Toccata and Fugue in d only)
(CD) Decca 467 828-2 "The World of Stokowski" (Toccata and Fugue in d only)
Falsely attributed to "Horst Werner", Aries LP1607 contained Stokowski's
Havergal Brian Symphony no 28 with the New Philharmonia
7 June 1973
BBC Studio number 1, Maida Vale, London
recorded during a BBC broadcast concert
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture opus 84
(CD) BBC Legends BBL 4115-2
2, 4 July 1973
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 "From the New World"
(33) RCA Red Seal CRL2-0334 coupled with an LP of Stokowski's famous Dvorak Symphony no 9
Victor M-1 recording of October 1927
(33) RCA Red Seal ARL2-0334 "The Stokowski Sound" coupled with the 1927 Dvorak Symphony no 9
(CD) recorded in quadraphonic sound, issued in a quad encoded CD RCA 09026-62601-2
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan BVCC-38008
5, 7, 10 September 1973
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"
(33) RCA Red Seal LP ARL1-0426
(33) RCA Gold Seal GL 42920
(33) Italy Fabbri Editori EKBY-30636
(8 track) RCA 8 track cartridge ART1-0426
(QD) RCA Quadradisc LP ARD1-0426
15, 16, 19 October 1973
Barking Town Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Wagner
- Die Walküre: Act III scene 3: "Magic Fire Music" - Stokowski transcription
- Rienzi (1840): Overture
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Music from Act III as transcribed by
Stokowski: Prelude, Dance of the Apprentices, Procession Of The Meistersingers
- Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude,
Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
(33) RCA Red Seal ARL1-0498
(CD) RCA Victor Sonic Spectacular 09026 61268 2 Dolby Surround Sound disc
(SACD) RCA Red Seal 82876 88669 2 remastered disc with 'Procession Of The Meistersingers', Rienzi Overture,
Tristan und Isolde excerpts, with other Wagner snippets
7, 8, 9 December 1973
Brent Town Hall, Wembley Park, London
London Philharmonic Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite from the ballet opus 71a as adapted by Stokowski
Capriccio italien opus 45
Eugene Onegin opus 24: Act I: Letter Scene, Act III: Polonaise
(33) Philips 6500 766
(33) Philips Grandiso Series 6570 027 with Serenade for Strings opus 48
(cassette) Philips Festivo Series 7310 027 with Serenade for Strings opus 48
(CD) Philips 442 735-2 with Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(CD) Philips Eloquence 442 8335 2 CDs with Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
- Chaconne in D minor - from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004
- Preludio in E - from Partita no 3 in E major BWV 1006
- Chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
- Aria "Air on the G-String" from Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068
- "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
- "Sinfonia" from Cantata BWV 156: "Ich Steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe"
- Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645
- Chorale "Komm, süßer Tod" BWV 478
(33) RCA Red Seal LP ARL1-0880
(33) RCA Red Seal AGL1-3656
(cassette) RCA Victrola Cassette Series 5686-4-RV
(QD) RCA Quadradisc LP ARD1-0880
(CD) RCA Victor 09026 62517 2 Stokowski The Magician -
Artists of the Century - "Wachet auf" only
14 May 1974
Stokowski's last public concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
A "Proms" concert broadcast live by the BBC
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer
A Merry Waltz (1915; revised 1970)
issued in 1995 on a BBC Radio Classics CD BBCRD 9107
14 May 1974
Stokowski's last public concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
A "Proms" concert broadcast live by the BBC
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia On A Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910)
issued in 1995 on a BBC Radio Classics CD BBCRD 9107
14 May 1974
Stokowski's last public concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
A "Proms" concert broadcast live by the BBC
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
issued in 1995 on a BBC Radio Classics CD BBCRD 9107
14 May 1974
Stokowski's last public concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
A "Proms" concert broadcast live by the BBC
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Symphony no 4 in E Minor, Opus 98 (1885)
issued in 1995 on a BBC Radio Classics CD BBCRD 9107
17, 20 June 1974
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98
(33) RCA Red Seal ARL1-0719
(QD) RCA Quadradisc ARD1-0719
21 June 1974
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
RCA two CD Brahms set Artistes Répertoires 74321-84588-2
Academic Festival Overture opus 80
(33) RCA Red Seal ARL1-0719
(33) RCA Japan SRA 3020
(8 track) RCA 8 track cartridge ART1-0719
(QD) RCA Quadradisc LP ARD1-0719
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan CD BVCC-38397
(CD) RCA/BMG France Artistes Répertoires 74321 84588-2 Brahms coupled with Brahms
Symphony no 1 Gunter Wand and Symphony no 2 Pierre Monteux, Violin Concerto Szeryng Monteux,
Tragic Overture Sanderling
(CD) RCA Gold Seal 09026-62514-2 Stokowski Collection
(CD) RCA Victor 09026 62517 2 Stokowski The Magician - Artists of the Century
27 July 1974
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach as transcribed by Stokowski
Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV565
not issued, but later on CD as part of the Stokowski Stereo Collection
issued in 1997; this recording and rehearsal on RCA 0926-68643-2
19 (for a recorded rehearsal), 22, 25, 27 July and 10, 11, 14 August 1974
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,
Margaret Price soprano,
Brigitte Fassbaender mezzo-soprano
Gustav Mahler
the Quadradisc quadraphonic LP release of this famous recording
Symphony no 2 in C minor - "Resurrection"
(33) RCA Red Seal LP ARL2-0852 and
(QD) RCA Quadradisc LP RCA ARD2-0852
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan BVCC-38010
9, 12, 13 October 1974
Brent Town Hall, Wembley Park, London
London Symphony Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major opus 48
(33) Philips album 6500 921 with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Fancesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(33) Philips 6770 053 same coupling
(33) Philips Grandioso Series 6570 027 same coupling
(CD) Philips 442 735-2 with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(CD) Philips Eloquence 442 8335 2 CDs with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(SACD) Pentatone quadraphonic Super Audio disc PTC-5186-122
9, 12, 13 October 1974
Brent Town Hall, Wembley Park, London
London Symphony Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini opus 32
(33) Philips album 6500 921 with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(33) Philips 6770 053 same coupling
(33) Philips Grandioso Series 6570 027 same coupling
(CD) Philips 442 735-2 with Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Nutcracker Suite, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(CD) Philips Eloquence 442 8335 2 CDs with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Serenade for Strings, Capriccio Italien,
Eugene Onegin Polonaise, Waltz
(SACD) Pentatone quadraphonic Super Audio disc PTC-5186-122
11, 12, 13, 15 November 1974
EMI Studio number 1, Abbey Road, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Wagner
Stokowski's arrangement of music from Die Götterdämmerung:
- Prologue: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
- Act 3: Siegfried's Funeral Music
- Act 3: Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene
(33) RCA Red Seal ARL1-1317
(CD) RCA Red Seal Vintage Collection Japan BVCC-38005
(SACD) RCA Red Seal 82876 88669 2 remastered disc with Siegfried's Rhine Journey and
Siegfried's Funeral Music, with other Wagner snippets
- Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music D797 - Overture
- Berlioz: Le carnaval romain opus 9 - Overture
- Mozart: Don Giovanni K 527 - Overture
- Rossini: William Tell (1829) - Overture (Michael Winfield English horn,
William Bennett flute, Francisco Gabarro cello)
(33) Pye LP PCNHX 6
(33) dell'Arte LP DA 9003
(CD) UK Precision Records & Tape CD PCN 6
24, 25, 27 May 1976
West Ham Central Mission, London
National Philharmonic
P. I. Tchaikovsky
"Aurora's Wedding" - arranged from the music of
Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty opus 66
(33) Columbia Masterworks M 34560
(CD) Cala Records CACD 0529
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
12, 13, 16 July 1976
West Ham Central Mission, London
National Philharmonic
various
"Stokowski Encores":
- Rimsky-Korsakov: "Flight of the Bumblebee"
- Debussy: Suite bergamasque: "Claire de lune"
- Chopin: Mazurka in B minor, opus 24-4 No. 17
- Debussy: Evening in Granada
- Ottocar Novacek: Perpetuum mobile opus 5 no 4
- Tchaikovsky: Humoresque opus 10 no 2
- Albéniz: Fête Dieu à Seville from Ibéria
- Shostakovich: Prelude in E minor. opus 34 no 14
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible: Prelude Act III
- Chopin: Prélude no 24 in D minor opus 28 no 24
(33) CBS/Columbia Masterworks M 34543
(45) Columbia Masterworks AE7 1131 "Flight of the Bumblebee" and
"Claire de lune" only
(4TOR) Columbia Stereo Tape 1R1-6678
(CD) Cala Records CACD 0529
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
23, 25, 27 August 1976
West Ham Central Mission, London
National Philharmonic
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suites 1 and 2 arranged by Stokowski:
Les Toréadors, Prélude, aragonaise, Intermezzo, Seguidille,
Dragons D'Alcala, Marche Des Contrebandiers, Habanera,
La Garde Montante, Danse Bohème
L'Arlésienne Suites 1 and 2 (without the Intermezzo in Suite 2)
(33) CBS/Columbia M 34503
(33) CBS Japan FCCA 189
(4TOR) Columbia Stereo Tape 1R1-6602
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
2, 4, 5 November 1976
West Ham Central Mission, London
National Philharmonic
Jean Sibelius
Columbia reel-to-reel tape 1R1-6709
Symphony no 1 E Minor opus 39
Swan of Tuonela (1895) - Michael Winfield English horn
(33) CBS/Columbia M 34548
(33) Europe CBS 76666
(4TOR) Columbia Stereo Tape 1R1-6709
(cassette) Columbia Stereo Cassette MT 34548
(CD) Sony SB2K 63260 2 CD Sibelius collection with Bernstein and Ormandy
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
17 November 1976
West Ham Central Mission, London
National Philharmonic
various
Pye Quadraphonic disc
"Stokowski Spectacular":
- John Philip Sousa: "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
- Modeste Moussorgsky: Entr'acte from "Khovanchina"
- Johann Strauss Jr. "Tales from the Vienna Woods" Waltz opus 325
- Michael Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches: "Procession of the Sardar"
- Emanuel Chabrier: España Rapsodie
- Romanus Hoffstetter (attributed to Franz Josef Haydn): String Quartet in F major,
opus 3 no 5: Andante cantabile - Stokowski transcription
- Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 1 in G minor
- Tchaikovsky: Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski transcription
- Hector Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust: "Hungarian March"
(33) Pye Records PCNH 4
(33) Pye Records 12132
(33) Japan Teichiku ULX 3244 Y
(cassette) Pye Records ZCMS 111
with Beethoven Leonore no 3, Tchaikovsky Again, as Before Alone, Brahms Hungarian Dance 1,
Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Hoffstetter Quartet, Mozart Overture Don Giovanni, Ippolitov-Ivanov
Procession of The Sardar, Strauss Tales from The Vienna Woods, Mussorgsky Khovanchina Entr'acte,
Sousa Stars and Stripes
(33) Pye Records for Marks & Spencer UK own label "St. Michaels" LP 2101
same programme
(cassette) Pye Records for Marks & Spencer UK own label "St. Michaels" ZCMS 111
same programme
(cassette) EMI Phoenixa EG 764140 4
(QD) Pye Records QS 12132 quadraphonic disc
(CD) EMI CDM 7 64140-2 with Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture and Rossini William Tell Overture
(CD) Cala Records CACD-0531 coupled with Mendelssohn Italian Symphony
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
31 May and 2, 4 June 1977
EMI Studio number 1, Abbey Road, London
National Philharmonic
Georges Bizet
Felix Mendelssohn
Stokowski's last recording
Bizet: Symphony in C major (1855)
Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 "Italian" (1833)
(33) CBS/Columbia M 34567
(33) Europe CBS Masterworks 76673
(33) Japan CBS/Sony FCCA 516
(cassette) CBS Odyssey YT-39498
(4TOR) CBS Masterworks 1R1 6788 7 1/2 IPS
(CD) Europe CBS Odyssey MBK 44894 digitally remastered
(CD) Cala Records CACD 0531
(CD) Sony Classical 86919 71152 "Leopold Stokowski The Columbia Stereo Recordings"
The 4 June 1977 recording session, only three months prior to his death, was Leopold Stokowski's
last recording, 68 years after his debut concert in 1909
A note on recordings excluded from this discography
In this discography, and elsewhere in this www.stokowski.org site, there
are a number of record company labels which I have not included. In the
reissue of historic recordings, there are, unfortunately, a number of labels
that seem to me to simply take certain restorations of historic recordings
by famous restoration engineers and re-issue them under their
own label. These companies may add some added processing, perhaps
with CEDAR or other processes, change equalization, sometimes drastically,
with a result that usually degrades the quality of the original restoration.
In my opinion, these are 'knock-offs' of
the work of others. If my opinion is correct, then these labels
should not be supported. Here is a list of labels which
I judge to be in this category:
Grammofono
Iron Needle
Classica D'Oro
Phonographe
Magic Talent
Magic Master
Arkadia
If you have any comments or questions about this Leopold Stokowski site, please e-mail me (Larry Huffman)
at e-mail address:
leopold.stokowski@gmail.com
1 Hunt, John. Leopold Stokowski. Discography. Concert register.
Published by John Hunt. 1996. ISBN: 0-952827-5-9.
2 pages 15-33. North, James H. Leopold Stokowski and
His Symphony Orchestra: Personnel Rosters for the RCA Victor Recordings
ARCS Journal. 44:1 2013.
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