A Complete "Gurre-Lieder" From(Gasp!) 1932
Saturday 31st of July 2010 07:03:04 PM
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| There was so much to try to squeeze in, even while leaving so much out, last week in connection with Arnold Schönberg's peerless dramatic cantata "Gurre-Lieder" that I dropped the ball on a subject I meant to cover: RCA Victor's audacious first recording of the piece, made -- astonishingly -- in 1932, during Leopold Stokowski's live performances .. |
Video: speed painting a pug
Saturday 31st of July 2010 07:03:04 PM
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| Enjoy this great video of Kathryn Beals speed-painting a pug named Sandy. Watch her go over a 20″ x 24″ acrylic on canvas with a wonderful soundtrack — Dance of the Hours by Leopold Stokowski & The Philadelphia Orchestra. |
Pull Up A Chair …
Saturday 31st of July 2010 07:03:04 PM
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| Sometimes, you just need to start the day off with some Debussy. And this performance is truly transcendent. So glad someone had the foresight to pop this on YouTube and that I managed to stumble across it, because it truly is one of the most amazing ways to fill the start of your day. Leopold Stokowski conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, .. |
Fantasia - Disney’s Weird and Wonderful Masterpiece
Saturday 31st of July 2010 07:03:04 PM
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| Fantasia is the third feature Walt Disney produced and is perhaps the most experimental. The feature has no dialogue, relying instead on a splendid soundtrack performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Though the film is mostly animated, it does have some live-action sequences featuring Stokowski and the Orchestra... |




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