Leopold Stokowski - Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition
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Artist: Leopold StokowskiEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2001-07-31
Music Label: Walt Disney Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Toccata And Fugue In D Minor - (by Bach)
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Chinese Dance
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Dance Of The Reed Flutes
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Arabian Dance
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Russian Dance
- The Nutcracker Suite Op.71A: Waltz Of The Flowers
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Rite Of Spring
- Symphony No.6 ('Pastoral') Op.68: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Symphony No.6 ('Pastoral') Op.68: II. Andante Molto Mosso
- Symphony No.6 ('Pastoral') Op.68: III. Allegro/IV. Allegro/V. Allegretto
- Dance Of The Hours (From The Opera 'La Gioconda')
- A Night On Bald Mountain
- Ave Maria Op.52 No.6
Free Music Notes for Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition
Free Music Review: Probably as good as it gets
Hit: 5 Stars
For fans of FANTASIA this CD is a nice companion to the DVD. You can relive the magic of the film with the audio tracks of the amazingly vivid and expressive performances of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Those who just listen to the CD will probably be puzzled by the somewhat odd sound of the recording. These tracks were never intended for home listening. The selections for FANTASIA, with one exception, were recorded in 1939 in Philadelphia on film using a pioneering multitrack system. At a time when stereo recording was still just an experiment at Bell Labs, Disney recorded Stokowski and the Philly Orch using four or more different tracks (all on separate film reels) for a multi-dimensional audio experience. The resulting "Fantasound" was only ever presented at just a few select theatres at the original FANTASIA "road-show" engagements.
This revolutionary sound recording sadly has mostly been lost. When FANTASIA was put into general release, the film was cut and the "Fantasound" soundtracks were mixed down to the standard mono track of films of the time. The mono version persisted through multiple releases while the original multitrack masters decayed or disappeared altogether.
The present CD and DVD soundtracks derive from Disney's engineers recent restoration of the surviving sound elements to recreate something of the magic of the lost original. We can thank them for the effort and enjoy these exciting performances in what is probably the best sound they can be found in today. Although the best way to hear it is in the surround 5.1 tracks on the DVD. The fade effects as the sound moves around to match the screen images can sound very peculiar when the recording is listened to alone.
The history of Fantasia's recording and restoration is well documented in a bonus docu-feature on the 60th Anniversary DVD.
One interesting, but little-known side-fact is that the orchestra heard in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is not the Philadelphia! This piece was recorded in Hollywood in 1938 with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic when the "Sorcerer" was originally planned as a deluxe short subject. It was at this time that Stokowski and Disney conceived the idea of a full "Concert Feature" and the remaining tracks were then recorded with the Phildelphia Orchestra including three others that didn't make it into the film.
Anyway, it's still a unique sound/music experience and well worth a listen! Are there better recordings of these works? Of course there are, including ones made by Stokowski. But there's only one FANTASIA!
Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition Poster
It's hard to believe now that Walt Disney's bold 1940 impressionistic experiment in wedding then-state-of-the-art animation with classical music was a rather resounding failure upon its release. The cliché proves the rule: Fantasia was decades ahead of its time (Disney even launched a "psychedelic"-themed rerelease campaign in the late '60s). It's even harder to fathom that then-Disney management spent over a million dollars in the early '80s replacing the muscular Leopold Stokowski score with a digitally recorded clone, then another undisclosed fortune to digitize Leo and put him back alongside Mickey at the conductor's podium in the '90s! This much-traveled Stokowski score will gain no points for subtlety (a symphonic Shaq attack is more like it), but it was Walt's first--and only!--choice and has never sounded better. --Jerry McCulleyPop Music CDs
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