Harry Cowell (piano)

All-American Youth Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

Stokowski formed the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1940, its 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. In 1945, Stokowski founded the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. The items included here, the only ones that had not been re-circulated on commercial CDs until now, are all brief, and for the most part within a range of varying degrees of lightness in content. Beautifully restored by Mark Obert-Thorn.

• Tschaikowsky: Symphonie Nr. 6; Solitude op. 76 Nr. 6; Humoresque op. 10 Nr. 2
  +Novacek / Stokowski: Perpetuum Mobile
  +Rimsky-Korssakoff / Stokowski: Der Hummelflug
  +Strawinsky: Der Feuervogel-Suite
  +Mussorgsky / Stokowski: Boris Godunov - Symphonic Synthesis; Bilder einer Ausstellung
  +Wagner / Stokowski: Liebesmusik aus "Tristan und Isolde"
  +Weber / Berlioz / Stokowski: Invitation to the Dance op. 56
  +Schumann / Stokowski: Träumerei
  +Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 2
  +Falla: Ritual Fire Dance aus El amor brujo
  +Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
  +Berlin: God Bless America
  +Creston: Scherzo aus der Symphonie Nr. 1
  +Gould: Guaracha
  +Still: Scherzo aus "Afro-American Symphony"
  +Cowell: Tales of Our Countryside
  +Dolan: Glamour Waltz aus "Lady in the Dark"
  +Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March
  +Haydn / Stokowski: Andante cantabile aus dem Streichquartett op. 3 Nr. 5
  +Schubert / Stokowski: Moment musicale D. 780 Nr. 3
  +Brahms / Stokowski: Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 1
  +Tschaikowsky / Stokowski: Solitude op. 73 Nr. 6; Humoreske
  +Offenbach: Barcarolle aus "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
  +J. Strauss II/Stokowski: Walzer aus "Die Fledermaus"