Stokowski: Liszt, Enescu, Smetana, Vaughan Williams & Saint-Saëns — Orchestral Works

Leopold Stokowski crosses five orchestral traditions in a programme featuring Liszt, Enescu, Smetana, Vaughan Williams and Saint-Saëns.

Recordings

The selection includes Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, two works by Smetana, Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre.

Tracklist

01 — Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
02 — Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11 No. 1
03 — Smetana: Má vlast — Vltava
04 — Smetana: Overture
05 — Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
06 — Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40

Credits

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Orchestras: Leopold Stokowski's Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra
Composers: Franz Liszt; George Enescu; Bedřich Smetana; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Camille Saint-Saëns
Edition: Capsa Symphōnĭa — CS545

Available formats

Available as File PCM 44.1kHz • 16bit — CD Resolution.

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