CALA RECORDS
CACD0540

Stokowski conducts SAINT-SAËNS: Samson and Delilah Highlights TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin “Tatiana's Letter Scene” We are pleased to issue our second release of Stokowski conducting music from the opera house - superb recordings of LP highlights made in the 1950s. Writing about Samson and Delilah in February 1955, The New Records said: “Backed up by excellent soloists, the top-flight NBC Symphony Orchestra and an absolutely stunning recording, Stokowski makes Samson and Delilah a dramatic masterpiece and genuinely thrilling. … The star of the show is Leopold Stokowski … this astounding demonstration of virtuosity can only command respect.”

STOKOWSKI conducts scenes from French and Russian opera SAINT-SAËNS Samson and Delilah     62:32 Highlights   1] Act 1, Scene 1 Arrêtez, ô mes frères!     8:49   2] Act 1, Scene 6 Printemps qui commence     5.22   3] Act 2, Scene 1 Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!     3:38   4] Act 2, Scene 2 La victoire facile     6:22   5] Act 2, Scene 2 Se pourrait-il?     9:28   6] Act 2, Scene 3 Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix     8:25   7] Act 3, Scene 1 Vois ma misère     6:25   8] Act 3, Scene 2 Bacchanale     7:18   9] Act 3, Scene 3 Gloire à Dagon     6:45 Risë Stevens mezzo-soprano as Delilah Jan Peerce tenor as Samson Robert Merrill baritone as the High Priest The Robert Shaw Chorale Leopold Stokowski conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin     14:03 Tatiana's Letter Scene 10] Act 1, Scene 2 Puskáy pogíbnu ya Licia Albanese soprano as Tatiana Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra       Total Time 76:35

   

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