Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Skryabin: Le Poème de l'extase
On this CD:
1. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Leopold Stokowski / New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski, Tony D'Amato
2. Symphony No. 4 in C major ("Poem of Ecstasy"), Op. 54
Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
Performed by Leopold Stokowski / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski, Tony D'Amato
3. Pastorale, song without words for violin & piano (transcribed with Samuel Dushkin)
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Leopold Stokowski / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
with Leonard Brain, Thomas Kelly, John Price, Neville Taweel, Derek Wickens
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski, Tony D'Amato
4. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Leopold Stokowski / London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski, Tony D'Amato
Editorial Reviews
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Leopold Stokowski's own orchestration of "Pictures at an Exhibition" is not as accomplished as Ravel's more famous one, but he conducts it like the music has no business sounding any other way, and it's an extraordinary sonic experience in any event. In fact, Stokowski's arrangement have turned out to be so effective that they're actually being played and recorded by other conductors now. So there! As for the remainder of the program, the "Poem of Ecstasy" already sounds like a Stokowski transcription anyway--he simply owned the piece- -while the "Firebird" has a lot more Romantic sheen than it usually does. A great memento of one of music's true originals. --David Hurwitz
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Skryabin: Le Poème de l'extase, Music, John Price, Thomas Kelly, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, Leopold Stokowski, Tony D'Amato, Leonard Brain, Derek Wickens, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestr Ceská Filharmonie, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Taweel, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral, Suite for Orchestra, Symphonic, Violin with Keyboard
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