![]() I mentioned that it would easily fit and he said it was a great idea and would have it added. He told me what was going to be on the disc, but "Komm, Susser Tod" was not on the list. Jack was the head of the classical releases at that time. I first found out about the contents of the RCA disc in a conversation with Jack Pfeiffer in 1994. I chose this because I had a direct influence on it being on the disc. The program here is the same as on the RCA disc except that two items have had their order changed around.įor a specific comparison I chose to listen to "Komm, Susser Tod". I have not yet figured out how this relates to the Bach transcriptions. There is one photo, which has Stokowski standing over Sir Adrian Boult, who is seated at a piano, and Keith Falkner (whoever that is) standing next to them both. There isn't any information in the insert. So, what can be used as a reference point is the earlier RCA release. He created the Stokowski Sound with the new toys he could use. After the sessions Stokowski would manipulate the tapes to make the ad hoc group sound like a large orchestra. Bob Bloom (oboe) once told me that sometimes they didn't know what they were going to record until they got there. As I have said elsewhere, the Stokowski Symphony Orchestra (aka "His Symphony Orchestra") consisted of some of the finest principal players in New York doing gigs with the Maestro. ![]() Each offers an interesting insight to the Stokowski Sound and this latest incarnation is really worth your time, even if you have the previous RCA disc.īecause the orchestra used on this release is so different from the others, I will not make any comparisons with those other recordings. Then came the London set and finally RCA. The next group of recordings is the one under consideration here, which were made in 1947 (the T&F) and 1950. The Philadelphia recordings are a must and all of them can be heard on Pearl ![]() There are basically four different sets of Stokowski's Bach transcriptions. ![]()
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