Leopold Stokowski - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Tchikovsky: Marche Slave

Hybrid Stereo SACD

The great maestro Leopold Stokowski recorded Scheherazade with the Royal Philharmonic (RCA) and the London Symphony (Decca Phase 4). This album is a reissue of the latter, originally recorded in 1964. Stokowski pulls the passion in the piece out of the London Symphony and they play exceptionally well and with fine solo playing throughout. As for Marche Slave, Stokowski conducts amazingly.

Recorded Sept. 22, 1964 at Kingsway Hall (Rimsky-Korsakov) and June 15, 1972 at the Royal Albert Hall (Tchaikovsky).

Features
Super Audio CD
SACD Stereo SACD Layer
This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
High Quality Master Recording
High Precision Mastering
New digital re-mastering at 24 bit / 96kHz
Re-mastered by Povee Chan
Made in the EU

Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Erich Gruenberg, solo violin
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Scheherazade - Symphonic Suites After ‘A Thousand And One Nights’ Op.35

1. i. The Sea And Sinbad's Ship

2. ii. The Story Of The Kalendar Prince

3. iii. The Young Prince And The Young Princess

4. iv. Festival At Baghdad - The Sea - Shipwreck

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Marche Slave, Op.31

5. Stokowski's Spoken Introduction At His 90th Birthday Concert (1972)

6. Marche Slave

Stokowski In Rehearsal - Taped During The Scheherazade Recording Sessions

7. ‘Music is heart, is feeilng, is passion, is impulse, all kinds of things...’

8. ‘Splendid, wonderful, but a few things we can make better...’

9. ‘Permit yourselves to be excited...’

10. ‘Is any place in the first movement anybody would like to try again?...’

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Amazing! Red Blooded "Scheherazade" Do not miss! posted on 02/21/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: RJ Gonzalez At long last, this phenomenal Stokowski recording gets High Resolution SACD! The London Symphony Orchestra play like they are possessed by the magical conductor! I have bought this recording on the original Phase-4 pressing, then CD, and now, this lovely remastering! Passion flows over, on this disc! Do not miss!

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