Fantasia (1991) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Uni/disney/duplicate Numbers UPC: 00050086000777 Release Date: 7/31/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60491557 Item#: MKL7JY Buy.com Sales Rank: 24954 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (Bach) ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairy (I) ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Chinese Dance (II) ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Dance Of The Reed Flutes (III) ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Arabian Dance (IV) ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Russian Dance (V) ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Waltz of The Flowers (VI) ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (Dukas) ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Rite Of Spring (Stravinsky) ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo (I) ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Andante Molto Mosso (II) ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Allegro/Allegro/Allegretto (III) ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Dance Of The Hours (Ponchielli) - (from "La Gioconda") ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Night On Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6 (Shubert) ~ Original Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Leopold Strokowski's 1940 recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra for the movie Fantasia were landmarks on several counts. Apart from attempting to bring classical music to the masses in the theater, the soundtrack album -- which came out on LP in the 1950s -- was one of the earliest stereo recordings, featuring some of the most enjoyable high-fidelity sound of the period and boasting impeccable performances (even if the pieces were mostly re-edited and shortened). Apart from his reputation as a fiercely independent musical personality, Stokowski was also a showman with very few peers, and his careful yet extroverted performances of these pieces (including Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and the summary of Beethoven's "Pastorale Symphony") introduced many listeners not blessed with classical music educations to these pieces for the first time. (As the film wasn't a success on its initial release, there weren't millions of such listeners, but at least many tens of thousands.) The performances on Fantasia retain their luster in the modern era, with sound clean enough that they do not need to be considered "historical" recordings. The recordings are also infinitely preferable to the mid-'80s attempt to re-score Fantasia with a modern orchestra and modern sound -- not only did the latter fall considerably short of what people expected, but the interpretations were flaccid and dull by comparison with the originals. ~ Bruce Eder Producer: Ted Kryczko (Reissue)   Technical Info Release Date : 07/31/2001 Original Release Date : 1991 Catalog ID : 860 007 Label : Walt Disney Number of Discs : 2 Runtime : 104m : 40s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : DDD UPC : 00050086000777   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.36) - Ranked #46 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...The best possible synergy between film and music..."    Product Image