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Leopold Stokowski
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Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni Stanisław Bolesławowicz) (April 18, 1882 – September 13, 1977) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. He was the founder of the New York City Symphony and The American Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the music for and appeared in Disney’s Fantasia. Stokowski appeared as himself in the motion picture The Big Broadcast of 1937, conducting two of his Bach transcriptions. That same year he also conducted and acted in One Hundred Men and a Girl, with Deanna Durbin and Adolphe Menjou. In 1939, Stokowski collaborated with Walt Disney to create the motion picture for which he is best known: Fantasia. He conducted all the music (with the exception of a "jam session" in the middle of the film) and included his own orchestrations for the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria segments. Stokowski even got to talk to (and shake hands with) Mickey Mouse on screen, although he would later say with a smile that Mickey Mouse got to shake hands with him. Most of the music was recorded in the Academy of Music, using multi-track stereophonic sound. Stokowski also appeared in the 1947 film Carnegie Hall along with Bruno Walter, Fritz Reiner, Jascha Heifetz, Artur Rubinstein, Ezio Pinza and other great classical musicians of the day. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; add
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
9,8602Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
9,7333The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
9,6934The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Chinese Dance
9,4045The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Dance Of The Reed Flutes
8,5576The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Russian Dance
7,6917The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Arabian Dance
7,1858A Night on Bald Mountain
6,9179The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A, Waltz Of The Flowers
6,60810Rite Of Spring
5,842albums
Bach, J.S. / Purcell / Handel: Stokowski Transcriptions
Fantasia
Leopod Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954 -1975
The World of Leopold Stokowski
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Handel: Messiah Highlights
Leopold Stokowski: Decca Recordings 1965-1972 - Original Masters
Smetana: Moldau; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 - Sony Classical Originals
Debussy
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Boris Godunov
Bach Transcriptions, Vol. 2
Orchestral Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski
Stokowski Showcase