Leopold Stokowski

Mussorgsky, Modest;
Brahms, Johannes;
Liszt, Franz;
Haydn, Joseph;
Schumann, Robert;
Schubert, Franz;
Berlioz, Hector;
Stravinsky, Igor;
Tchaikovsky, Piotr;
Strauss, Johann;
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai;
Offenbach, Jacques;
Falla, Manuel de;
Gould, Morton

Stokowski, Leopold;
All-American Youth Orchestra;
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

MACD-1287

Leopold Stokowski formed the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1940, its 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. In 1945, Stokowski founded the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. The items included here, the only ones that had not been re-circulated on commercial CDs until now, are all brief, and for the most part within a range of varying degrees of lightness in content. Restoration work done by Mark Obert-Thorn; liner notes by Richard Freed.

Works:
• Berlin, I: God Bless America
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
• Clarke, Jeremiah: Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'
• Cowell, H: Four Irish Tales, 'Tales of Our Countryside'
• Creston: Symphony No. 1, Op. 20
• Creston: Symphony No. 1, Op. 20: II (With Humour)
• Dolan: Glamour Waltz (from Lady in the Dark)
• Falla: El Amor Brujo
• Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)
• Gould, M: Latin-American Symphonette
• Gould, M: Latin-American Symphonette: Guaracha
• Haydn: Andante cantabile
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: A Symphonic Synthesis
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
• Novácek, O: Perpetuum mobile - Concert Caprice Op. 5 No. 4
• Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann )
• Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
• Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor
• Schumann: Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
• Smith, J S: The Star-Spangled Banner
• Still, W G: Symphony No. 1 'Afro-American'
• Stravinsky: The Firebird
• Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
• Tchaikovsky: Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2
• Tchaikovsky: Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Symphonic Synthesis
• Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

CD x 3

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Music & Arts

09-03-2015

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