Symphony of the Air

Leopold Stokowski, Symphony of the Air – Rhapsodies (2005)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,07 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,36 GB | NO Artwork
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal “Living Stereo” # 82876-67903-2 | Country/Year: US 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century | 3% Recovery Info

“This sacd is truly wonderful. Under the leadmanship of Stokowsky all music becomes something extraordinary. Start with the majestic notes of Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsody & end with Wagner. And don’t forget smetana’s moldau! Then I switched to the 3-channel mix on the SACD. The orchestra became much wider & deeper on the soundstage, with the flute solo in the Moldau front & center with greatest clarity & presence…” ~audaud.com

“Leopold Stokowski’s collection of Rhapsodies are painted broadly but with his characteristic fine control, & in sound that is larger than life.” ~Kalman Rubinson

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Leopold Stokowski, Symphony Of The Air – Virgil Thomson: The River; The Plow That Broke The Plains (1961) [Reissue 2000]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:00 minutes | Scans NOT included | 1,53 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 660 MB

Pare Lorentz’s films “The Plow that Broke the Plains” (1936) and “The River” (1937) are landmark American documentary films. Aesthetically, they break new ground in seamlessly marrying pictorial imagery, symphonic music, and free poetic verse, all realized with supreme artistry. Ideologically, they indelibly encapsulate the strivings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” Virgil Thomson’s scores for both films are among the most famous ever composed for the movies.

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