{"product_id":"stokowski-conducts-beethoven-wagner-19423-pasc591","title":"STOKOWSKI conducts Beethoven \u0026 Wagner (1942\/3) - PASC591","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 6 'Pastoral'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTristan und Isolde: Prelude \u0026amp; Liebestod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eParsifal: Good Friday Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eParsifal: Act 3 - Symphonic Synthesis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLive broadcast recordings, 1942\/43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 32:37\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCollegiate Choir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLeopold Stokowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC591.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nAlthough Stokowski never recorded a complete Beethoven cycle, several of\nthe nine symphonies remained firmly in his repertoire during his long\nconducting career. He played a Beethoven work for the first time in 1909\nwhen, at the age of 27, he conducted the Cincinnati Orchestra in the 5th\nSymphony. Sixty-five years later, aged 91, he performed Beethoven's music\nfor the last time when he gave an LSO concert that included the 8th\nSymphony and the \"Eroica,\" both hailed by one critic for their \"striking\nand imaginative performances.\"\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nStokowski was among the first conductors to record many works that were -\nand are - part of the regular concert repertoire. His first Beethoven disc,\nrecorded acoustically in 1920, was of the 8th Symphony's \"Allegretto\nScherzando\" (PASC192). With the advent of electrical recording, he and his\nPhiladelphians made the first American 78s of the 7th Symphony, an\nexhilarating performance described by Mark Obert-Thorn as \"a reading of\nimmense vitality and rhythmic propulsion\" (PASC483).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nNext came the Beethoven 5th in another American \"first\" - a specially\nrecorded performance designed to introduce RCA's \"Program Transcription\"\nLPs in 1931. They couldn't have been worse timed and as a result of the\ngreat depression soon died a death. Then in 1934, Stokowski made the first\nAmerican recording of the \"Choral\" Symphony. Seven years later, in 1941, he\nwas given a three-season contract to take over the NBC Symphony during\nToscanini's temporary withdrawal and it was Beethoven's 9th Symphony which\nfeatured in his second NBC concert (PASC541).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe NBC Symphony's players were of course used to performing Beethoven\nunder Toscanini's direction and after his year's absence, the great Italian\nmaestro returned as Stokowski's co-conductor. This arrangement prompted\ncritic David Hall to comment that \"the most spectacular combination of\nperformances and programming were the two Toscanini-Stokowski seasons.\"\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\"Spectacular\" is a word that can readily be applied to the performances\nheard here, particularly the Beethoven 5th. The \"Pastoral\" Symphony in this\n1942 broadcast is now the earliest complete Stokowski performance on\nrecord, the \"Fantasia\" soundtrack version having been much abridged. As to\nthe 7th Symphony, Stokowski felt that something stated strongly just once\ncould be weakened by repetition, so he followed the precedents set in other\nBeethoven symphonies by omitting the second appearance of the Trio in the\nthird movement.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFinally to Wagner, whose \"Prelude and Liebestod\" followed the Beethoven 7th in the 1942 broadcast heard here. A one-time church organist, Stokowski clearly enjoyed pulling out all the stops! 'Parsifal' was the only Wagner opera that he conducted complete, with a Philadelphia concert presentation in 1933. He also began making \"Symphonic Syntheses\" of Wagner's music dramas and the \"Good Friday Spell\" is followed by one of these arrangements. It is music from Act 3 evoking the world of the Knights of the Holy Grail and in this 'live' broadcast, Stokowski brings in a chorus from the opera's final pages. It is a wonderful effect not realised in his three orchestral recordings of the 'Parsifal' \"Synthesis\" and thus makes this performance unique in his immense discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Johnson\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTOKOWSKI \u003c\/b\u003econducts Beethoven \u0026amp; Wagner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN  \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st mvt. - Allegro con brio  (6:33)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd mvt. - Andante con moto  (11:42)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd mvt. - Scherzo. Allegro - Trio  (5:36)\u003cbr\u003e4. 4th mvt. - Allegro  (8:37)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eBroadcast of 26 December, 1943\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN  \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, 'Pastoral'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. 1st mvt. - Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo  (8:53)\u003cbr\u003e6. 2nd mvt. - Scene am Bach. Andante molto moto  (15:49)\u003cbr\u003e7. 3rd mvt. - Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro  (2:44)\u003cbr\u003e8. 4th mvt. - Gewitter. Sturm. Allegro  (3:15)\u003cbr\u003e9. 5th mvt. - Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. 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