LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI WITH THE ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. CD premiéres of their rarest 78 rpm recordings (1940-1946).

Description All-American Youth Orchestra CD 1 (77:06) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique”; Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6 (orch. Stokowski); Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (orch. Stokowski); NOVÁCEK (orch. Stokowski): Perpetuum Mobile; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (orch. Stokowski): Flight of the Bumble-Bee (from Tsar Sultan); STRAVINSKY: Firebird – Suite; CD 2 (74:34) MUSSORGSKY (arr. Stokowski): Boris Godunov – Symphonic Synthesis; Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Stokowski); WAGNER (arr. Stokowski): Tristan und Isolde – Love Music; CD 3 (77:07) WEBER (orch. Berlioz/Stokowski): Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65; SCHUMANN (orch. Stokowski): Träumerei (No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)*; LISZT (arr. Müller-Berghaus): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo); Pledge to the Flag (Goddard Lieberson, speaker) and SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner* ; BERLIN: God Bless America*; CRESTON: Scherzo (from Symphony No. 1, Op. 20)*; GOULD: Guaracha (from Latin-American Symphonette)* / STILL: Scherzo (from Afro-American Symphony)*; COWELL: Tales of Our Countryside*, Henry Cowell, piano.   Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra DOLAN: Glamour Waltz (A Message for Liza) from Lady in the Dark*; CLARKE: Prince of Denmark’s March (“Trumpet Voluntary”); HAYDN (orch. Stokowski): Andante cantabile (from String Quartet Op. 3, No. 5) (“18th Century Dance”); SCHUBERT (orch. Stokowski): Moment musicale (No. 3 from D.780); BRAHMS (orch. Stokowski): Hungarian Dance No. 1; TCHAIKOVSKY (orch. Stokowski): Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6; TCHAIKOVSKY (orch. Stokowski): Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 OFFENBACH: Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann)*; J. STRAUSS II (arr. Stokowski): Die Fledermaus – Waltzes*.   *Only commercial recording of these works by Stokowski   Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn. Liner notes: Richard Freed. UPC # 0-17685-12872-1.