Tchaikovsky / Stokowski / All-American Youth Orch Leopold Stokowski With The All-American Youth Orch CD

Stokowski Formed the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1940, It's Players' Ages Ranging from 18 to 25. He Sought to Combat Nazi Propaganda Touting the Wonders of Hitler Youth with An Artistic Statement from Young Emissaries of the Free World. The Aayo Toured South America in 1940 and North America in 1941 and Was Met with Rave Reviews. These Performances Boast a Unique Combination of Past and Future: The Wisdom of Stokowski's Vast Experience Allied with the Pure, Undiminished Idealism of Youth.

1. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Path?tique ; Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6 (Orch. Stokowski); Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Orch. Stokowski); 2. Novßcek (Orch. Stokowski): Perpetuum Mobile; 3. Rimsky-Korsakov (Orch. Stokowski): Flight of the Bumble-Bee (From Tsar Sultan); 4. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; 5. Mussorgsky (Arr. Stokowski): Boris Godunov Symphonic Synthesis; Pictures at An Exhibition (Orch. Stokowski); 6. Wagner (Arr. Stokowski): Tristan Und Isolde Love Music; 7. Weber (Orch. Berlioz/Stokowski): Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65; 8. Schumann (Orch. Stokowski): Tr?umerei (No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)*; 9. Liszt (Arr. M?ller-Berghaus): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; 10. Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (From El Amor Brujo); Pledge to the Flag (Goddard Lieberson, Speaker) and 11. Smith: The Starspangled Banner* ; 12. Berlin: God Bless America*; 13. Creston: Scherzo (From Symphony No. 1, Op. 20)*; 14. Gould: Guaracha (From Latin-American Symphonette)* / 15. Still: Scherzo (From Afro-American Symphony)*; 16. Cowell: Tales of Our Countryside*, Henry Cowell, Piano