Leopold Stokowski ‎- Complete Decca Recordings - Phase 4 Stereo [22CD Box Set] (2017)

How do you describe Leopold Stokowski in one word? Showman, impresario, visionary, firebrand, agent provocateur, magician? Take your pick as he all that and more. It’s 40 years since the passing of one of the most colorful characters in Decca’s roster and one of the most indefatigable innovators in music performance history. His complete recordings for Decca/Phase 4 are presented together for the first time, with a bonus audio documentary featuring an interview with the maestro himself, in a handsome Limited Edition 23-CD boxed set.
• Stokowski’s complete Decca/Phase 4 recordings presented together for the first time marking the 40th anniversary of his passing
• Includes the album ‘Inspiration’, recorded by Decca for RCA
• All recordings presented with original artwork and programming
• New essay by Stokowski life-long admirer and Stokowski expert Jon Tolansky
• Includes bonus audio documentary with excerpts from rare recordings, rehearsals, recollections from collaborators and a private interview with the maestro

Contains Releases:

CD 1
Beethoven: The Heavens Are Telling, Op.48, No.4
Traditional: Deep River
Handel: Serse, HWV 40: Largo (from "Ombra mai fu")
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel Act 2: Evening Prayer
Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. Luboff)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14
Traditional: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology, Old Hundredth)
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 Pilgrims' Chorus
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (Arr. Stokowski)
Tchaikovsky: 9 Sacred Pieces, TH 78 6. Pater Noster
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Act 2 "O Saviour, Hear me" (from "Dance of the Blessed Spirits")
The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, The Norman Luboff Choir, Leopold Stokowski

CD 2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Gruenberg, Leopold Stokowski

CD 3
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: La cathédrale engloutie (orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 4
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty Selections
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 5
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Hugh Bean, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 6
Wagner: Orchestral Music from "The Ring"
Barry Tuckwell, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 7
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E Minor
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 8
Handel: Messiah (Excerpts)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 9
Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March, Op.31, TH.45
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 10
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor – "Choral"
Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 11
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14, H 48
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 12
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet, Fantasy Overture TH.42
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Leopold Stokowski

CD 13
Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, Op.49
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances From Prince Igor
Stravinsky: Pastorale
Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 14
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B Minor – "Unfinished"
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 15
Debussy: La Mer, L.109
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloë – Suite No.2, M 57b
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111 Ballet des Sylphes
Ives: Orchestral Set No.2
Messiaen: L'Ascension (Four symphonic meditations for orchestra)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 16
Ravel: Fanfare from "L'Eventail de Jeanne", M.80
Franck: Symphony in D Minor
Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 17
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 Prelude
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op.82
Silvia Marcovici, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 18
Brahms: Symphony No.1 In C Minor, Op. 68
Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March, Op.31, TH.45
Chopin: Mazurka No.13 in A minor, Op.17 No.4
Schubert: Moment musical in F minor, D.780 No.3
Byrd: Pavan: The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard (after Francis Tregian)
Tchaikovsky: 12 Pieces, Op.40, TH.138: Chant sans paroles (Arr. Stokowski)
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Duparc: Extase
Howard Snell, David Gray, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Rachmaninov: Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 19
Elgar: Variations On An Original Theme, Op.36 "Enigma"
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 20
Bach: Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
Bach: Prelude in E Flat Minor
Bach: Mein Jesu! Was fur Seelenweh, BWV 487
Bach: "Wir glauben all an einen Gott", BWV 437
Bach: Easter Cantata, BWV 4 Chorale "Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn"
Bach: Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 21
Scriabin: Le Poème de l'Extase, Op .54
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72, No.2
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 22
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major
Beethoven: Egmont Overture Op.84
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski