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CD-1190(1) STOKOWSKI and KUBELIK conduct: experimental stereo recordings from 1952. JACOB AVSHALOMOV (b. 1919): The Taking of T’ung Kuan (7:53); TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (43:52) Leopold Stokowski and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Recorded during the concert of November 20, 1952; SMETANA: “Tábor” from Má Vlast (13:20) Rafael Kubelik and the Mercury Orchestra Recorded December 6, 1952 in Chicago. Original Recording Engineer: Bert Whyte. CD Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn. UPC #0-17685-1190-26 Reg. $14.95 now until Sept. 30, 2006 $9.95

CD-1130(1) LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI--A FABLED CONCERT PERFORMANCE Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat "Symphony of a Thousand". Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra with Carlos Alexander, Eugene Conley, Frances Yeend, Martha Lipton, George Gordon, Uta Graf, Camilla Williams, Louis Bernhardt, the Westminster Choir, Schola Cantorum, and the Boys' Choir from P.S. No. 12 (April, 1950). AAD, 77:58. Originally released in 1988 as part of Music & Arts CD set number CD-280. Not available in the USA. UPC# 0-17685-11302-4 Reg. 14.95; now until Sept. 30, 2006 $9.95

CD-4787(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, VIII. MESSIAEN:
L'Ascension: Quatre Meditations Symphoniques, LSO & Chorus (London, 18 June 1970); IVES: Second Orchestral Suite, LSO & Chorus (London, 18 June 1970); BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Purcell), BBC S.O. (London, 23 July 1963); BARBER: Adagio for Springs, Large S.O. of Soviet Radio & TV (Moscow, May or June 1958). UPC #0-17685-47872-7 Reg. 9.95; now until Sept. 30, 2006 $7.95

CD-4831(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, IX. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture, The Hague Residentie Orchestra (Scheveningen, 27 June 1951); PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet: three excerpts, Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Baden-Baden, 15 May 1955) & Alexander Nevsky Cantata, Op. 78, Hilversum Radio Philharmonic with Sophia Sante, mezzo (Amsterdam, 22 Aug. 1970). UPC #0-17685-48312-7 Reg. 9.95; now until Sept. 30, 2006 $7.95

CD-4841(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, X. DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95 (From The New World) (26 June 1940); SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 - Stokowski's only recording of the work (22 Sept. 1940) & RAVEL: Bolero - Stokowski's only recording of the work (26 July 1940). All with the All-American Youth Orchestra. UPC #0-17685-48412-4 Reg. $9.95; now until Sept. 30, 2006 $7.95

CD-4845(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, XII. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98 (New York, 26 July 1940); BACH-STOKOWSKI: Andante Sostenuto from Violin Sonata No. 2 in a, BWV 1003 (3-4 July 1941); MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (3-4 July 1941); STRAUSS: Tod und Verklürung, Op. 24 (3-4 July 1941). All with the All-American Youth Orchestra. UPC #0-17685-48452-0 Reg. $9.95; now until Sept. 30 $7.95.

 CD-4847(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, XIV. MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Stokowski); GLINKA: Kamarinskaya; SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude in e-flat (Symphonic translation by Stokowski); STRAVINSKY: Pastorale (arr. Stokowski); TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 4, "Poem of Ecstacy", Op. 54; LIADOV: Eight Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58 (4 excerpts): No. 3 Lament, No. 4 Humorous Song, No. 6 Lullaby & No. 8 Dance; BORODIN: Polvtsian Dances from the Opera "Prince Igor", The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (15 June 1969). UPC #0-17685-48472-8 Reg. $9.95; now until Sept. 30 $7.95

CD-4857(1) THE STOKOWSKI EDITION, XV, WITH THE ALL AMERICAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 (rec. 14 Nov. 1940); BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 (rec. 8 July 1941; previously unpublished except as a private recording issued for members of the Leopold Stokowski Society of America). Disc-to-tape transfers: Mark Obert-Thorn. UPC #0-17685-48572-5 Reg. $9.95 now until Sept. 30, 2006 $7.95

CD-1173(4) LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI AND THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. CD premières of their rarest 78 rpm recordings. CD 1 (58:42): VIVALDI (arr. Stokowski): Concerto Grosso in D minor (from “L’estro armonico,” Op. 3, No. 11) [1934]; PALESTRINA (orch. Stokowski): Adoramus te [1934]; FRESCOBALDI (orch. Stokowski): Gagliarda [1934]; LULLY(arr. Stokowski): Le Triomphe de l’Amour – Nocturne, Alceste—Prelude, Thesée [1930]; BYRD (orch. Stokowski): Pavane and Gigue [1937]; HANDEL (arr. Stokowski): Overture in D minor (Chandos Anthem No. 2) [1935]; Messiah—Pastoral Symphony - March [1930]; Music – Suite [1934]. CD 2 (75:54): BACH (orch. Stokowski): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 [1934];Ich ruf ’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Chorale Prelude, BWV639); Es ist Vollbracht (from the St. John Passion, BWV245) [1934]; Ein’ feste Burg (from Cantata No. 80, BWV80) [1933]; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV582 [1929]; BOCCHERINI (arr. Stokowski): Minuet (from Quartet in E major, Op. 13, No. 5) [1929]; HAYDN (orch. Stokowski): Andante cantabile (from String Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 4) [1929]; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 [1931]. CD 3(73:27): Outline of Themes for the Franck Symphony [1927]; FRANCK: Symphony in D minor [1927]; DEBUSSY: Nocturnes [1928, 1929, 1927]; Clair de lune (from Suite Bergamasque) (orch. Stokowski) [1937]; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun [1940]. CD 4(74:52): WEBER(orch. Berlioz/Stokowski): Invitation to the Dance [1937]; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98 [1931]; Hungarian Dance No. 1 (orch. Stokowski) [1934]; STRAUSS II: Blue Danube—Waltz, Op. 314 ; Vienna Woods—Waltz, Op. 325 [1939]; STRAUSS: Salome—Dance of the Seven Veils [1929]; SOUSA: El Capitan—March [1929]; The Stars and Stripes Forever—March [1929]. Restoration engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn. Extensive notes by Richard Freed. UPC# 17685-11732 Special! 4 CDs priced as 3! Reg. $44.85; now until Sept. 30, 2006 $34.85

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