Леопольд Стоковский. CD1

Иоганн Себастьян Бах: легендарные транскрипции Стоковского. Рихард Вагнер: фрагменты опер "Lohengrin", "Rienzi", "Tannh?user", "Die Meistersinger Von N?rnberg", "Tristan Und Isolde" и "Parsifal". Сезар Франк: Symphony in D minor. Эрнест Шоссон: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra. Сергей Рахманинов: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

1. THE LEGENDARY BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS BY STOKOWSKI
1  (1)  Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (8:43)
2  (2)  Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (13:58)
3  (3)  Prelude in E-flat minor, BWV 853 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) (4:52)
4  (4)  "Christ lag in Todesbanden", chorus from Cantata No.4, BWV 4 (2:57)
5  (5)  Adagio from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 (4:27)
6  (6)  "Komm, s?sser Tod", BWV 478 (from the Schemelli Song Book) (4:57)
7  (7)  Siciliano from Sonata No.4 for Violin & Piano, BWV 1017 (3:28)
8  (8)  Sarabande from English Suite No.3 in G major, BWV 808 (4:41)
9  (9)  Air on a G String from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 (6:06)
10 (10)  "O Haupt voller Blut" from the st. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (4:21)
11 (11)  "Mein Jesu! Was f?r eine Seelenweh", BWV 487 (from the Schemelli Song Book) (4:32)
12 (12)  Sarabande from Violin Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 (4:35)
13 (13)  "Es ist vollbracht" from st. John Passion, BWV 245 (9:02)
14 (14)  Andante sostenuto from Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003 (7:00)
Philadelphia Orchestra. Con. Leopold Stokowski.
Recorded in 1927-1940 (1, 2).
Recorded in 1927 (3).
Recorded in 1931 (4).
Recorded in 1933 (5, 6, 7).
Recorded in 1934 (8).
Recorded in 1936 (9 - 12).
Recorded in 1940 (13).
Con. Leopold Stokowski. Recorded in California,  July 1941 (14).

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

2. "LOHENGRIN"
1  (15)  Prelude to Act I (8:10)

3. "RIENZI"
1  (16)  Overture (10:58)

4. "TANNH?USER"
1  (17)  Overture and venusberg music (23:55)

5. "DIE MEISTERSINGER VON N?RNBERG"
1  (18)  Prelude to Act I (9:15)
2  (19)  Prelude to Act III (6:43)

6. "TRISTAN UND ISOLDE"
1  (20)  Symphonic Synthesis (arr. Stokowski) (35:15)

7. "PARSIFAL"
1  (21)  Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. Stokowski) (14:01)

Philadelphia Orchestra. Con. Leopold Stokowski.
Recorded in 1927 (15, 16).
Recorded in 1930 (17).
Recorded in March 1931 (31).
Recorded in 1932 (20).
Recorded in 1934 (21).
Recorded in 1936 (18).

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

8. SYMPHONY IN D MINOR
1  (22)  I. Lento. Allegro non troppo (17:20)
2  (23)  II. Allegretto (11:54)
3  (24)  III. Allegro non troppo (11:26)
Philadelphia Orchestra. Con. Leopold Stokowski.
Recorded in December 1935.

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

9. POEME FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
1  (25)  Poeme for Violin and Orchestra (17:32)
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Con. Leopold Stokowski.
Toscha Seidel, violin.
Recorded in 1945.

Sergej Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

10. RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI, OP.43
1  (26)  Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (22:07)
Philadelphia Orchestra. Con. Leopold Stokowski.
Sergej Rachmaninov, piano.
Recorded in December 1934.