A society named for this conductor releases his recordings on the Cala label.
A society named for this conductor releases his recordings on the Cala label. He made an infamous 1966 recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto in collaboration with Glenn Gould. At the end of his career, this conductor made a series of "Phase 4 stereo" recordings for Decca with mostly British orchestras. His advocacy for the music of Rachmaninoff included premiering his Fourth Piano Concerto and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the composer himself at the piano. His encouragement of free bowing first produced the namesake "sound" of the (*) Philadelphia Orchestra, which he led until he was succeeded by Eugene Ormandy. His trademark was conducting without a baton. His most famous appearance opens with his own arrangement of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and includes a truncated version of Rite of Spring accompanying animated dinosaurs. For 10 points, name this flamboyant conductor of the original Disney Fantasia.
A society named for this conductor releases his recordings on the Cala label.
Leopold (Anthony) Stokowski