{"product_id":"stokowski-in-philadelphia-16-march-1962-pasc372","title":"STOKOWSKI in Philadelphia, 16 March 1962 - PASC372","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWEBERN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePassacaglia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDEBUSSY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLa Soirée dans Grenade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMUSSORGSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in stereo in 1962\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 79:25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Philadelphia Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLeopold Stokowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fClassical CD Review review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThe major work is the unique transcription of Pictures578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eOriginally written for piano, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition has fascinated other composers and there are many arrangements of it for varied performers. Check the ArkivMusic listings to see the many arrangements for ORCHESTRA On that site you will also see the countless other performances including those on piano, organ and other instruments. The score does cry out for rich orchestral textures; Ravel's famous one commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky is the best known and has received countless recordings. Stokowski's version already is available in three fine recordings: Oliver Knussen and the Cleveland Orchestra, José Serebrier and the Bournemouth Symphony , and Mathias Bamert with the BBC Philharmonic. There also is a superb DVD with Serebrier and the National Youth Orchestra of Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow we can hear this remarkable transcription with Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, which he led for three decades. He first conducted it in 1939 and made his RCA recording at that time. This new performance is part of a concert given in the Academy of Music March 16, 1962. This is an important issue for many reasons. It contains the conductor's only recording of music of Webern (Passacaglia), as well as Symphony No. 4 of Sibelius, a work he premiered in America with the same orchestra three decades earlier, recording it for RCA at the same time. La Soirée dans Grenade was recorded twice by Stokowski, in Philadelphia in 1940, and in 1976 with the National Philharmonic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe major work is the unique transcription of Pictures which he recorded in Philadelphia in 1939, with the All American Orchestra in 1942, and in stereo with the New Philharmonia in 1965. Pristine's new remastered version of the 1962 performance is made from Stokowski's private broadcast master tape courtesy of Edward Johnson (who led the Leopold Stokowski Society for many years—thank you, Mr. Johnson!). We can be certain we now have the best possible audio from these tapes, and the sound surely is very detailed. However, the fact remains that the Academy of Music had dreadfully dry acoustics, and even with XR reprocessing bass is often undefined, and the lack of resonance detracts from Stokowski's usual rich string sonorities. Still, this is a major issue in so many ways that collectors surely will wish to investigate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR.E.B. (February 2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC372.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eStokowski in Philadelphia, 1962 - a fabulous concert in stunning sound quality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodymid\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOur first ever 24-96 ultra high-resolution transfer and download, from Stokowski's own master tapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eStokowski's long association with The Philadelphia\nOrchestra began in 1912 when, at the age of 30, he gave his first\nconcert in the city with the orchestra. He stayed in Philadelphia for\nalmost thiry years, handing over to Eugene Ormandy at the end of the\n1940-41 season. However, Stokowski returned in 1960 as a guest conductor\nand continued a series of occasional concerts with the orchestra in the\nyears which followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe present concert, which took place on 16 March 1962,\nis taken from full stereo broadcast master tapes originally held in the\nconductor's own archives, and supplied for transfer for this release by\nEdward Johnson, who for many years put great efforts into the running of\nthe Stokowski Society, and who obtained a number of recordings from\nStokowski's assistant, Jack Baumgarten. This is its first public issue.\n(A second Philadelphia concert from the same year and source, performed\non 17 December, is available here as PASC379\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWe took the unusual step in preparing this release of\nmaking all transfers and restoration at a very high sampling rate of\n96kHz in order to preserve the highest frequencies captured on tape.\nAlthough these exceptionally high frequencies cannot be reproduced on\nCD, they are available in a 24\/96 FLAC download from our website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eRemastering took heed of Stokowski's frequent instruction to producers\nof his recordings. He liked a full and reverberant sound, as Edward\nJohnson explains: \"The thing to remember with Stokowski is that he\nstarted life as a church organist and in his recitals usually played\norchestral works transcribed for the organ. So when he became a\nconductor he recalled the days when he had his feet on the deep 32'\npedals and heard the final chord of the piece dying away down the nave\nfor a couple of seconds. Consequently, his correction notes to record\nproducers always asked for \"more lows\" and \"more reverberation,\". I have been careful in my application of this, using a convolution\nreverb of one of the world's great symphony halls to give the recording\nthe space and texture lacking in the original radio tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStokowski never recorded any Webern commercially - this\nrelease adds a new composer to the Stokowski discography. He was always a\ngreat champion of Sibelius in his early Philadelphia years. He made the\nfirst American recordings of Finlandia and The Swan of Tuonela on 78s,\nand also the World Premiere Recording of the 4th Symphony in 1932, as\nwell as giving the US concert premieres of Sibelius's 5th, 6th and 7th\nSymphonies in the 1920s.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBoth the Debussy and Mussorgsky here are Stokowski's own\norchestrations. His efforts in the latter, more commonly heard in\nRavel's version, were designed to make the music sound less French and\nmore Russian, which may explain the omission of the two France-related\nmovements in this version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWEBERN \u003c\/strong\u003ePassacaglia, Op. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIBELIUS\u003c\/strong\u003e Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBUSSY\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(\u003cem\u003earr. 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