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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies 1, 2 & 3
Cala concludes its series of CD releases of the spectacular recordings which Stokowski made witch Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra during 1954-55. Already issued have been the Sibelius 2nd Symphony, and highlights from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Saint-Saens's Samson and Delilah.
The original Beethoven Pastoral LP was hailed by the critics:“Music lovers generally will find one of the most beautifully played and superbly recorded Pastoral symphony LPs on the market. The articulation of the woodwinds is exquisite, the tone of the generally dull-toned NBC Orchestra comes to blooming life under Stokowski's hand. In the 'Sounds of Nature', Stokowski tells how well Beethoven depicted nature sounds, birds calls and the like, then gives an illustration of the actual sounds … those who like spoken musical commentary with illustrations will find this very interesting - and no-one is better at it than Stokowski.”
The New Records
Of the three Liszt numbers High Fidelity wrote:
“This is just the sort of music that Stokowski likes to get his teeth into, and the performances have immense vitality and dash.”
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BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 Pastoral 43:39 [ 1.] i. Awakening of pleasant feelings on arriving In the country Allegro ma non troppo 9:46 [ 2.] ii. Scene by the brook Andante motto mosso 16:47 [ 3.] iii. Peasants merrymaking Allegro 2:28 [ 4.] iv. Thunderstorm Allegro 3:39 [ 5.] v. Shepherd's song - Happy and thankful feelings after the storm Allegretto 10:37 “Sounds of Nature” [ 6.] Illustrated discussion by Leopold Stokowski 5:51 LISZT (1811 - 1886) Three Hungarian Rhapsodies [ 7.] No.l In F minor (orch. Doppler and Liszt) 8:38 [ 8.] No.2 in C# minor (orch. Müller-Berghaus) 8:37 [ 9.] No.3 In D major (orch. Doppler and Liszt) 7:41 Total Time 74:28 | |
