758871503525

Frankly Speaking With Leopold Stokowski

Gloria Lane; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Maguire; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokow

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Format: CD

Cat No: ARIADNE5035

Release Date:  21 February 2025

Label:  Somm - Cd / Somm Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  758871503525

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski

  • Description

    SOMM recordings is delighted to release Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski, which gives rare insight into the legendary maestro through live recordings of a performance, a rehearsal, and an interview. The CD features Stokowski conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soprano Gloria Lane in a performance of El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 September 1964; a rehearsal of El amor brujo and Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the War Memorial Opera House on 19 December 1952; and a Frankly Speaking BBC Home Service interview with Stokowski answering questions put to him by John Bowen, Reginald Jacques, and George Scott at the BBC Studios in London on 25 August 1959.