The Fantastic Stokowski – Transcriptions For Orchestra Kunzel Flac

Scott

The only track on this CD I’m not wild about is track 10,A Night on Bald Mountain. I think this orchestra did a knock out job recording that one on their CD release of "Chiller".

The only track on this CD I’m not wild about is track 10,A Night on Bald Mountain. I think this orchestra did a knock out job recording that one on their CD release of "Chiller".

I actually prefer Stokowski’s version of Bald Mountain over the original… Maybe because I grew up with Disney’s Fantasia. Stokowski cuts a lot of the boring stuff from it, I feel at least.

This brings back fond memories of my beginnings in classical and film music in the early 70s. The first version of many pieces I heard were by Stokowski.

When I was a wee kid, it was the majesty and mystique of Stokowski (with the help of Disney and Fantasia, of course) that opened my mind and ears to classical music. I still see him on the screen of my mind, that poised figure, magnificent on his dais in the uplights, and I still find him inspiring.

Edited to add:

Ooh, snap, Inntel! Honestly, I didn’t see your post until after I’d posted mine! 😉

And these, as well.
Odeon: ‘Stokowski’s Mussorgsky’ ? Matthias Bamert (http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2014/06/stokowskis-mussorgsky-matthias-bamert.html)
Odeon: Stravinsky, Stokowski-Bach ? Orchestral Works ? Yannick N�zet-S�guin (http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2014/05/stravinsky-stokowski-bach-orchestral.html)
Odeon: Stokowski’s Symphonic Bach ? Matthias Bamert (http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/stokowskis-symphonic-bach-matthias.html)

(Classical) Matthias Bamert – Stokowski Encores (Handel, Gabrielli, Clarke, Mattheson, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Frank, Chopin, Debussy, ���������-������, ����������, ����������, Albeniz, Philip Sousa) – 1995, FLAC (image+.cue) lossless :: RuTrack (http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4172362)

(Classical/Orchestral) Brussels Philharmonic, Richard Egarr – An Evening With Leopold Stokowski (Stokowski, Egarr, Bach, Cesti, Handel, Ockeghem, Palestrina, Purcell, ����o�����) – 2010, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless :: RuTracker.org (ex torrents.ru) (http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4847238)

Meeting in Music: Celebrating Shostakovich Birthday ? 4 rare symphonic CDs (http://meetinginmusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/celebrating-shostakovich-birthday-4.html)

Be sure to check this one too! The Chandos sound and engineering deliver! They are at their best!
http://classicalmjourney.blogspot.com/2015/12/various-composers-stokowskis-encores.html

And this stuff
http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2014/06/stokowskis-mussorgsky-matthias-bamert.html
http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2014/05/stravinsky-stokowski-bach-orchestral.html
http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/stokowskis-symphonic-bach-matthias.html