Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty; Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela; Liszt: Préludes No3

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty; Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela; Liszt: Préludes No3

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty; Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela; Liszt: Préludes No3

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Composer: Franz Liszt
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski & His Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-23
Music Label: Cala Records
Soundtracks:

Les PrÃ?Â©ludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)
The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (LemminkÃ?Â¤inen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Introduction
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Prologue: No.1, March
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Prologue: No.3, Pas de Six
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Prologue: No.4, Finale
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 1: No.6, Waltz
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 1: No.8, Pas d'Action
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 1: No.9, Finale
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2: No.12, Gavotte of the Baronesses
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2: No. 15, Pas d'Action
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2: No.13, Mazurka
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2: No.17, Panorama
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.22, Polonaise
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.23, The Silver Fairy
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.24, Pas de CaractÃ¨re
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.23, Pas de Quatre
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.25, Pas de Quatre
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.26, Pas de CaractÃ¨re
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.29, Sarabande
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 3: No.30, Finale--Apotheosis

Music reviews of Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty; Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela; Liszt: Préludes No3

Music Review: For "His" Fans
Rating: 4 Stars

This Cala CD features 1947 performances by Stokowski, with "His Symphony Orchestra," of Liszt's tone poem "Les Preludes," the Sibelius "Swan of Tuonela" (with Mitch Miller on Cor Anglais), and selections from Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty." The transfers are slightly disappointing: my RCA LP of the Tchaikovsky has better sound than what is heard here.

The Liszt is a fine performance, though in stereo I prefer Scherchen (DG Westminster) and Silvestri (Disky). To my taste, the finest mono accounts are the Weingartner (IMG) and, best of all, the incomparable Mengelberg (Andante or Pearl). If memory serves, Stoky also conducted part of "Les Preludes" in the delightfully campy Hollywood film "100 Men and a Girl," staring Deanna Durbin.

Stokowski always delivered an eloquent Swan of Tuonela, though here I don't find soloist Mitch Miller all that expressive. All in all, Stoky's earlier Philadelphia account (best heard on a multi-disc Stokowski set on Andante) remains the ONE to own.

The Tchaikovsky here is fascinating. Some of it is rather poker-faced (the Pas' d'Action on track 8 misses the wonderfully buoyant lyricism of the classic Desormiere reading on Testament - but them so does everybody else's). But if you're a Stoky fan like me, you really HAVE to hear track 18 (the Pas de Quatre from Act III). Stoky stretches and teases the rubatos here in such a mannered fashion that any ballerina would have to defy the physical laws of gravity while attempting to dance with it. It is, in a word, OUTRAGEOUS!

Perhaps needless to say, all the playing is absolutely first-class and endlessly entertaining.

Recommended.

Jeff Lipscomb

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