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The Art of Stokowski  -   all the following on Cala Records CDs:

Cala Records, in collaboration with the Leopold Stokowski Society, regularly issues remastered CDs of the legendary Maestro’s recordings. Noted for its high quality remastering and informative accompanying material, the series has garnered critical acclaim and is attracting an enthusiastic and discerning buying public.

PHILADELPHIA RARITIES

The Philadelphia Orchestra 1928-1940

PHILADELPHIA RARITIES - INCLUDING Harl McDonald: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra & other works; Debensky: Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Raven’; Henry Eichheim: Ball & Japanese Nocturne; Sousa: Manhattan Beach

“This is an exceptionally exciting programme of Philadelphia recordings... the variety and  breadth of the repertoire is consistently stimulating.”   Jonathan Woolf, www.musicweb.uk.net

CACD0501

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FIRST RELEASES

The Philadelphia Orchestra 1927-1937
The NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941-1942
The New York City Symphony Orchestra 1944

“FIRST RELEASES” - INCLUDING: Joseph la Monaca: Saltarello; Stokowski: “Balance Test” March; Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils; Robert Kelly: Sunset Reflections; Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave & Romeo & Juliet; Schubert: Tyrolean Dances

“The sound is some of the best of 78 transfers I have yet heard. I can only say that the results seems to warrant the work at Cala.”   Robert Stumpf, Toccata Magazine

CACD0502

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SCENES FROM GERMAN AND RUSSIAN OPERA

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 1952
Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra 1952
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni bass baritone

MUSSORGSKY: Boris Gudonov (Highlights)

WAGNER: Good Friday Spell from Parsifal

WAGNER ARR. STOKOWSKI: Symphonic Synthesis Act 3 from Parsifal

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RUSSIAN MASTERWORKS

The NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941-1942

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Russian Easter Festival Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY ARR. STOKOWSKI  Humoresque

STRAVINSKY  The Firebird Suite

PROKOFIEV  March from The Love for Three Oranges

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 4 in F minor

“ ...the sum effect spells an urgent, albeit highly coloured, response to one of the repertory’s greatest symphonies. The digital remastering is excellent.”  Robert Cowan, The Independent

CACD0505

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TCHAIKOVSKY and STRAUSS

The New York City Symphony Orchestra 1944
The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra 1945

TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 6 in B minor Pathetique

STRAUSS   Death and Transfiguration

“Both evoke tears, but tears of pleasure and astonishment at sensations not before encountered in such familiar works” American Record Guide

CACD0506

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SCHUBERT, WAGNER and BRAHMS

The All-American Youth Orchestra 1941
The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra 1945-1946

SCHUBERT   Symphony No. 8 in B minor Unfinished

WAGNER   Forest Murmers from Siegfried

BRAHMS   Symphony No. 1 in C minor

“Cala’s...transfer...reports some scorching string sonorities and an especially pliable slow movement”  Gramophone Magazine

CACD0520

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SCHUMANN and HAYDN

Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra 1949-1950

HUMPERDINCK  Prelude to Hansel and Gretel

HAYDN   Symphony No. 53 in D The Imperial

MOZART   German Dance No. 3 Sleigh Ride

SCHUMANN   Symphony No. 2 in C

JOHANN STRAUSS II   On the Beautiful Blue Danube;  Tales from the Vienna Woods

“...this is a glorious rendition that...is alive [to the music’s volatility, fantasy and profundity”  Colin Anderson, www.classicalsource.com

CACD0532

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THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC VOLUME 1

The Classic Columbia Recordings 1947-1949
Winner of the Classical Record Collector Best Historic Orchestral Recording Award 2001

WAGNER   The Flying Dutchman Overture

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV   In the Village from Caucasian Sketches

MESSIAEN  L’Ascension Four Symphonic Meditations

GRIFFES   The White Peacock from Roman Sketches

WAGNER  Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Greensleeves from Sir John in Love

 TCHAIKOVSKY   Francesca da Rimini

“Here without question was one of the world’s great ensembles, driven to the height of its powers by a conductor with total command” David Patmore, Classic Record Collector

CACD0533

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THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC VOLUME 2

The Classic Columbia Recordings 1947-1949
Winner of the Classical Record Collector Best Historic Orchestral Recording Award 2001

WAGNER   Rienzi Overture

SIBELIUS   Maiden with Roses from Swanwhite

KHACHATURIAN   Masquerade Suite

TCHAIKOVSKYWaltz from Serenade for Strings

WAGNER   Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Die Götterdämmerung;  Siegfried’s Funeral Music from Die Götterdämmerung

SCHOENBERG   Song of the Wood-Dove from Gurrelieder

COPLAND   Prairie Night from Billy the Kid;  Celebration Dance from Billy the Kid

CACD0534

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MENDELSSOHN and BRAHMS

The National Philharmonic Orchestra 1977

MENDELSSOHN   Symphony No. 4 in A Italian

BRAHMS   Symphony No. 2 in D

“This is a truly remarkable document of an ever-questing musician...whose final recordings are as noble, as understanding and as true as one could wish to hear”  Jonathan Woolf, www.musicweb.uk.net

CACD0531

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A RUSSIAN CONCERT

The Philadelphia Orchestra 1927-1934

TCHAIKOVSKY   The Nutcracker Suite

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV   In the Manger

GLAZUNOV   Danse Orientale from Scenes de Ballet

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   Scheherazade

“Cala”s programme enters the running for an ‘essential Stokowski’ CD”  BBC Music Magazine

CACD0521

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LIZST, SIBELIUS and TCHAIKOVSKY

Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra 1947

LIZST   Les Préludes Symphonic Poem No. 3

SIBELIUS   The Swan of Tuonela

TCHAIKOVSKY   The Sleeping Beauty (Highlights)

“...a heady stream of seductively phrased and beautifully blended orchestral sound”  Classic CD Magazine

CACD0522

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MOZART and BEETHOVEN

The Philadelphia Orchestra 1940
The New York City Symphony Orchestra 1945

MOZART   Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for Winds

BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 6 in F Pastoral

“Here’s one in the eye for those who think Stokowski was an inferior conductor of Mozart and Beethoven”  Jonathan Woolf, www.musicweb.uk.net

CACD0523

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ELGAR and BRAHMS

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 1972
The London Symphony Orchestra 1972

ELGAR   Enigma Variations

BRAHMS   Symphony No. 1 in C minor

“The sound is of audiophile quality, the performances a combination of virtuosity and orchestral elegance of high order” Audiophile Audition, www.audaud.com

CACD0524

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A FRENCH CONCERT

The Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 1970
The London Symphony Orchestra 1970-1972

RAVEL   Fanfare from L’Eventail de Jeanne

CHOPIN ORCH. STOKOWSKI   Mazurka in A minor

MESSIAEN   L’Ascension Four Symphonic Meditations

DUPARC ORCH. STOKOWSKI   Extase

FRANCK   Symphony in D minor

“You will be amazed and thrilled— you will be seduced—by the Franck. It is like no other recording”  American Record Guide

CACD0525

Phase 4 Stereo Live

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, ANTHEIL and BUTTERWORTH

The NBC Symphony Orchestra 1943-1944

Winner of the Classical Record Collector Best Historic Orchestral Recording Award 2000

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Symphony No. 4 in F minor

BUTTERWORTH   A Shropshire Lad

ANTHEIL   Symphony No. 4 “1942”

“Cala’s tremendous Stokowski series.... [has] done it again with Vaughan Williams’ Fourth”  Lewis Foreman, Classic Record Collector

CACD0528

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AURORA’S WEDDING and STOKOWSKI ENCORES

The National Philharmonic Orchestra 1976

TCHAIKOVSKY   Aurora’s Wedding from The Sleeping Beauty;  Humoresque

DEBUSSY   Clair de Lune; Night in Grenada

ALBENIZ   Festival in Seville

NOVACEK   Perpetuum Mobile

SHOSTAKOVICH   Prelude in E flat minor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  The Flight of the Bumble Bee

CHOPIN   Mazurka in B flat minor; Prelude in D minor

“...the electricity crackles throughout, and his charisma is felt in every bar. The Sony recording is vivdly brilliant...” Penguin Record Guide

CACD0529

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HOLST, DEBUSSY and GOULD

The NBC Symphony Orchestra 1943-1944

HOLST   The Planets

DEBUSSY   Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

DEBUSSY ORCH. STOKOWSKI   The Engulfed Cathedral

MORTON GOULD   Two Marches for Orchestra

“An instructive, hugely enterprising collection, and essential listening for all fans of this great conductor” Gramophone

CACD0526

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J.S. BACH: SYMPHONIC TRANSCRIPTIONS

The All-American Youth Orchestra 1940-1941

Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Ein' Feste Burg; Mein Jesu from the Schemelli Song Book
Little Fugue in G minor; Komm Süsser Tod from the Schemelli Song Book
Air on the G String from the Orchestral Suite No. 3; Preludio in E from the Violin Partita No. 3
Arioso from Cantata No. 156; Prelude in E flat minor No. 8 from The Well-Tempered Clavier
Andante Sostenuto from the Violin Sonata No.3; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor

J. S. BACH ORCH. STOKOWSKI

“...all stunningly remastered. There is hardly a hint of background noise, cracks or hiss, yet the sound quality and dynamic range are hardly compromised.”  Jonathan Oshry, Musicteachers.co.uk Online Journal

CACD0527

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