[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 September 2007
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Leopold Stokowski and Dimitri Mitropoulos, two of the most fascinating conductors of the 20th century, are brought together in a double album of equally fascinating repertoire.
Stokowski and Mitropoulos - two fascinating conductors
Leopold Stokowski and Dimitri Mitropoulos, two of the most fascinating conductors of the 20th century, are brought together in a double album of equally fascinating repertoire.
On CD 1 Stokowski, a committed Brahmsian, offers a fresh account of the sunny First Serenade, while Mitropoulos contributes two popular short works by Prokofiev.
CD 2, devoted to African-American music, presents William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony, a work premièred (1934) and championed by Stokowski, paired with Mitropoulos's recording of Howard Swanson Night Music for chamber ensemble
PROKOFIEV:
Quintet op. 39
Overture on Hebrew Themes (conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos)
BRAHMS:
Serenade No. 1
DAWSON:
Negro Folk Symphony
SWANSON:
Night Music (conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos)