Leopold Stokowski
Stokowski was music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of the Air and many others. He was also the founder of the All-American Youth Orchestra, the New York City Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Stokowski conducted the music for and appeared in several Hollywood films, including Disney's Fantasia, and was a lifelong champion of contemporary composers, giving many premieres of new music during his 60-year conducting career. Stokowski, who made his official conducting debut in 1909, appeared in public for the last time in 1975 but continued making recordings until June 1977, a few months before his death at the age of 95.
Leopold Stokowski
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'
Live broadcast recording, 1942
Total duration: 79:34
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Recorded 1934
Duration 46:13
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, CHOPIN, HANDEL, IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, J STRAUSS
Studio recordings, 1947-1955
Total duration: 74:09
Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
J STRAUSS II On The Beautiful Blue Danube
J STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
WEBER Invitation to the Dance
Victor studio recordings, 1926-1933
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Butterworth, Cooley, Copland, Creston, Debussy, Gould, Hanson, Harris, Hindemith, Holst, Hovhaness, Kelly, Lavalle, Milhaud, Mohaupt, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Schuman, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stringfield, Tchaikovsky, Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Wagner
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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WAGNER Götterdämmerung Synthesis
WAGNER Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Das Rheingold - Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
Recorded 1947/49
Total duration: 68:48
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Leopold Stokowski