Stokowski conducts Prokofiev – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (USSR Radio SO, New York Philh.)

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Symphony 5: USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, 15th June 1958, issused as Melodya MK 1551
Recorded by Melodya during Stokowski’s 1958 Russian tour, early summer, 1958, this was his only recording for the label and his only studio recording of any symphony by Prokofiev. Following this tour he was to conduct this symphony one more time only, in a 1967 concert with the American Symphony Orchestra.
Transfer of original LP disc from the collection of Edward Johnson.

Symphony 6: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Carnegie Hall, New York, 4th December, 1949
First US broadcast of this work, its fourth performance in the US – Stokowski had conducted its US premi�re on 24th November 1949, and programmed it again on 25th and 26th November. There are no other recordings of Stokowski conducting this piece – this was his final performance of it.
Reel-to-reel tape copy of original acetates from the collection of Edward Johnson, transfer by Andrew Rose

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Dig.Dl from Pristine Audio, 2009, PASC161: flac+covers