Leopold Stokowski - NBC Pops (2010)

"Like Beecham, Stokowski had the ability to turn base metal into gold, and now there’s no base metal here, but plenty of gold. Well, perhaps some of the works are gold-plated. This is a most enjoyable, and fascinating, collection and shows the lighter side of the great man. The sound is good, dated, of course, and obviously from transcription discs which have been used, but they have been well restored and once the ear adjusts there’s much to enjoy. The notes, by Bob Matthew-Walker are excellent. Bob Briggs


Tracks:

Paul Lavalle
Symphonic Rhumba

Camargo Guarnieri
Danca Brasileira
Flôr de Tremembé

Carlton Cooley
Eastbourne Sketches: Promenade

Oscar Lorenzo
Batuque

Roy Harris
Folk Rhythms of Today

Robert Kelly
Adirondack Suite: Sunset Reflections

Darius Milhaud
Botafogo (No. 2 from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67)
Copacabana (No. 4 from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67)
Ipanema (No. 5 from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67)
Gavea (No. 6 from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Efrem Zimbalist
American Rhapsody

Morton Gould
Latin-American Symphonette: Guaracha

Personnel:

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski