ME 049 Stokowski: Mozart: Serenade for 13 Strings/ASO/ME 049

Stokowski conducts Mozart

SERENADE NO 10 for 13 Winds

Wind Group of the American Symphony Orchestra

“…Stokowski’s expressive exaggerations – inevitable even in Mozart – are never extreme so that they do not seriously get in the way of enjoyment. The solo work in the lovely adagio third movement is exceptionally sensitive in its flexibility, and the sprung rhythms of the fast move- ment are infectiously controlled. With no current bargain rival, this characterful performance is most recomendable…” Stereo Penguin Guide to Bargain Records, 1970

SYMPHONY NO 35, Haffner New York Philharmonic

“…Mozart and Stokowski may seem a most unlikely pairing. It is, overall, a bracing reading, with alert tempos and scrupulous instrumental articulation. It is certainly not anaemic Mozart; a full

string body is used, but the effect is not at all heavy, and the strings’ scale-like passages in the first movement are quite invigorating, as are the finale’s rapid figurations. A gentle Andante and bracing Minuet ensure that the whole reading, which many will consider ‘unfashion- able’, has its own integrity…”

Classical Source

Serenade recorded Manhattan Towers, NYC, 25 & 26 August 1966

Symphony recorded live 20 November 1949 in Carnegie Hall, New York

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