STOKOWSKI conducts his Symphonic Synthesis of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Stereo FLAC

Leopold Stokowski was not only one of the greatest (perhaps the greatest) conductors of the 20th Century, he was also one of the most influential musical figures whose brilliance on the podium brought ensemble virtuosity to a level never equaled before or since. Within a half hour Stokowski could turn even the most provincial of orchestras into a world class ensemble. He was also responsible for the introduction of the works of J.S. Bach into the modern orchestra repertoire through his orchestral transcriptions and his championing of new works by living composers. One area where Stokowski reigned supreme was in his programming the music of Richard Wagner frequently in his concerts and especially with his symphonic synthesis arrangements of Wagner’s operas. This download features one of these incredible arrangements from Wagner’s opera TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. In the 1930s & again in the 1950s Stokowski recorded his Symphonic Synthesis from Tristan und Isolde fairly complete and he recorded essentially all of his arrangements from Tristan over in superb stereo separately for RCA & CBS. This download brings together Stokowski’s Symphonic Synthesis in stereo for the first time by combining and remixing these individually recorded concert fragments to create 50+ minutes of Stokowski conducting his arrangements of Wagner’s stunningly beautiful score for Tristan und Isolde in glorious analogue stereo. I have tried to make the transitions of recordings Stokowski made over a 15 year period with three orchestras as seamless as possible. The orchestral playing is astounding, especially the Liebesnacht track played by The Philadelphia Orchestra, which Stokowski earlier built into the virtuoso ensemble known as the “Stradivarius of Orchestras” and he returned to in 1960 after a 20 year absence. The download also includes as a Bonus Track Stokowski’s 1961 Living Stereo recording of Wagner’s Overture & Venusburg Music from Tannhauser. I hope you enjoy this prime musical example of the art of Leopold Stokowski. We shall never see his like again on the world’s orchestra podiums.

Leopold Stokowski conducts his Symphonic Synthesis of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
FLAC: https://mega.nz/#!bxNWAYJR!huKrmChQomNqy88a_Ap1iSPO6skZg-u_DMqSSCtxV0Y

Thank you steviefromalaska for posting another wonderfully unique recording.

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Magnificent works, and magnificent work on your part. Many thanks!

Great share . Many Thanks steviefromalaska !

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This is splendid, the way you have put this together, many thanks Stevie – a "rep" for you. The music is so moving.

Excellent share… thanks much Steve!

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Thank you, stevie, for assembling and sharing this!

This is great work! I�m a great "Stoki"-admirer myself and he simply excels in late romantic music especially Wagner. It�s too sad he never conducted or recorded a complete Wagner opera. Although his later recordings have of course much better sonic qualities I still prefer his old 78s recordings with the Philadelphia in the late 20s and 30s. There�s just something magical about those recordings even though their sound is limited (still much better than some other recordings of that time though). Mahler (wish we had recordings of him conducting) and Stokowski are the two conductors that turned that profession into a true art form……a thing so much forgotten by most of todays "bar beaters"…

Thanks for your share.

Big thanks for these symphonic excerpts by Wagner !

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Updated link to this file:
https://mega.nz/#!bxNWAYJR!huKrmChQomNqy88a_Ap1iSPO6skZg-u_DMqSSCtxV0Y

Link received & DL. Many thanks steviefromalaska for reupping & sharing STOKOWSKI conducts his Symphonic Synthesis of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE 😉 I gave you a rep. Rated thread: excellent as always! 😉

Wonderful, thank you very much!

Thanks a bunch for these two Wagner posts. Great stuff.

Thanks for this. Nicely done… scott