Leopold Stokowski - Plays Beethoven Schubert Debussy (1998) [DVD5 PAL]

Leopold Stokowski - Plays Beethoven Schubert Debussy (1998) [DVD5 PAL]


CATALOGUE NR: DVA4928439
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classic Archives
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £13.50 (approximately EU €14.97)
RELEASE DATE: 11-Nov-2002


COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: STOKOWSKI : Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 (Beethoven). Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 'Unfinished' (Schubert). Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune (Debussy). Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act 1 (Wagner). MONTEUX : L'Apprenti Sorcier (Dukas).
CONDUCTOR: Leopold Stokowski and Pierre Monteux

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 archive footage from the BBC in the UK and INA in France



Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882 – September 13, 1977) was a British-born American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.

In America, Stokowski performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. 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. He conducted the music for and appeared in Disney's Fantasia along with being portrayed by Bugs Bunny in the 1949 Looney Tunes episode Long-Haired Hare. 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.


Tracklisting


Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67
Disc 1

I. Allegro con brio

II. Andante con moto

III. Allegro -

IV. Allegro - Presto
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' D759

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante con moto

Prelude to Act 1

Pr lude l'apr s-midi d'un faune

L'Apprenti sorcier, '(The) Sorcerer's Apprentice'