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Title: Leopold Stokowski - Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2 (Live)
Artist: Leopold Stokowski
Label: Ica Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060244551831
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-03-14
Number of Discs: 6

Leopold Stokowski's eminence as one of the truly great conductors of the 20th century in a career spanning six decades is exemplified in this second 6-CD set featuring live BBC performances of many of the works he performed in concert during his final years. While the best-selling Volume 1 contained titles that had previously been issued, the present Volume includes eight new BBC broadcasts not officially released before, as well as 3 CDs from the BBC Legends series but here newly remastered by Paul Baily to reflect how Stokowski wanted his recordings to sound.

Tracks:
1.1 Night on the Bare Mountain
1.2 Kamarinskaya
1.3 Prelude in E flat minor Op. 34 No. 14
1.4 Pastorale (Song Without Words) (1933 version)
1.5 Ouverture solennelle '1812' Op. 49
1.6 Poème de l'extase Op. 54
1.7 Eight Russian Folk Songs Op. 58~No. 3. Plaintive Song
1.8 Eight Russian Folk Songs Op. 58~No. 4. Humorous Song
1.9 Eight Russian Folk Songs Op. 58~No. 6. Cradle Song
1.10 Eight Russian Folk Songs Op. 58~No. 8. Village Dance Song
1.11 Prince Igor~Finale of Act II. Polovtsian Dances
2.1 Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug (Prelude to Act I)
2.2 Meistersinger von Nürnberg Suite~Vorspiel zum 3. Aufzug (Prelude to Act III)
2.3 Meistersinger von Nürnberg Suite~Tanz der Lehrbuben (Dance of the Apprentices)
2.4 Meistersinger von Nürnberg Suite~Aufzug der Meister (Entry of the Masters)
2.5 Götterdämmerung~Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)
2.6 Götterdämmerung~Trauermarsch (Funeral March)
2.7 Götterdämmerung~Brünnhildes Opfer und Erlösung (Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene)
2.8 Rienzi~Overture
3.1 Sacrae Symphoniae: Sonata pian e forte
3.2 Concerto for Double String Orchestra~I. Allegro con brio
3.3 Concerto for Double String Orchestra~II. Adagio cantabile
3.4 Concerto for Double String Orchestra~III. Allegro molto
3.5 Mephisto Waltz No. 1 s.110/2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the Village Inn)
3.6 Symphony No. 6 CNW 30 'Sinfonia semplice'~I. Tempo giusto
3.7 Symphony No. 6 CNW 30 'Sinfonia semplice'~II. Humoreske: Allegretto
3.8 Symphony No. 6 CNW 30 'Sinfonia semplice'~III. Proposta seria: Adagio
3.9 Symphony No. 6 CNW 30 'Sinfonia semplice'~IV. Tema con variazioni
4.1 Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'~I. Adagio - Allegro molto
4.2 Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'~II. Largo
4.3 Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'~III. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Poco sostenuto
4.4 Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'~IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
4.5 Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 M. 57b
4.6 Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
5.1 Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125~I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
5.2 Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125~II. Molto vivace
5.3 Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125~III. Adagio molto e cantabile
5.4 Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125~IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Presto - 'O Freunde! nicht diese Töne!' - Allegro assai: 'Freude, schöner Götterfunken' - Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia - Andante maestoso - Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato - Allegro ma non tanto - Prestissimo
5.5 Coriolan Overture
6.1 Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
6.2 Pictures at an Exhibition~I. Gnomus (The Gnome)
6.3 Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
6.4 Pictures at an Exhibition~II. Il vecchio castello (The Old Castle)
6.5 Pictures at an Exhibition~IV. Bydlo
6.6 Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
6.7 Pictures at an Exhibition~V. Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks)
6.8 Pictures at an Exhibition~VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
6.9 Pictures at an Exhibition~VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
6.10 Pictures at an Exhibition~Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
6.11 Pictures at an Exhibition~IX. La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga) (The Hut on Fowls' Legs - Baba-Yaga)
6.12 Pictures at an Exhibition~X. La Grande Porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev)
6.13 Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64~I. Andante - Allegro con anima
6.14 Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64~II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
6.15 Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64~III. Valse: Allegro moderato
6.16 Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64~IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
6.17 Short speech by Leopold Stokowski
6.18 Khovanshchina~Entr'acte to Act IV