Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2

~ Release by Leopold Stokowski (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Night on the Bare Mountain
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
A Night on Bare Mountain (orchestrated by Stokowski) (on 1969-06-15)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
is based on:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
Modest Mussorgsky orch. Leopold Stokowski9:40
2Kamarinskaya, Fantasy on Two Russian Songs
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Kamarinskaya (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Михаил Иванович Глинка (Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer)
Mikhail Glinka6:29
324 Preludes, op. 34: No. 14 in E‐flat minor
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Prelude in E-flat minor, op. 34 no. 14 (orch. Stokowski) (on 1969-06-15)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer)
orchestration of:
24 Preludes, op. 34, no. 14: Adagio in E-flat minor
Dmitri Shostakovich orch. Leopold Stokowski3:01
4Pastorale, K006
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Pastorale (arr. Stokowski) (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1907)
arranger:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
arrangement of:
Pastorale (for soprano and piano)
Igor Stravinsky orch. Leopold Stokowski3:16
51812 Overture, op. 49
orchestra:
The Band of the Grenadier Guards (on 1969-06-15) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49 (on 1969-06-15)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky15:53
6Poème de l’extase, op. 54
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Le Poème de l'extase, op. 54 "Symphony no. 4" (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Александр Николаевич Скрябин (Alexander Scriabin, pianist and composer) (from 1905 until 1908)
part of:
Works of Alexander Scriabin by opus number (number: op. 54)
Alexander Scriabin18:36
7Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 3. Plaintive Song
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: III. Plaintive Song (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov2:56
8Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 4. Humorous Song
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: IV. Humorous Song "I Danced with the Gnat" (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov0:46
9Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 6. Cradle Song
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: VI. Cradle Song (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov2:06
10Eight Russian Folk Songs, op. 58: No. 8. Village Dance Song
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: VIII. Village Dance Song (on 1969-06-15)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov1:47
11Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances
choir vocals:
The John Alldis Choir (on 1969-06-15) and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera (on 1969-06-15)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1969-06-15)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (on 1969-06-15)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor) (on 1969-06-15) and James Lockhart (conductor and pianist) (on 1969-06-15)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-06-15)
live recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir (on 1969-06-15)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin10:57
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