Stokowski conducts Debussy "La Mer" ('Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea') - LSO (1970)

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Debussy's "Le Mer" was not a frequent work in Stokowski's concert repertoire but he did eventually record it at the age of 88 in 1970 with the London Symphony Orchestra. His performance was made particularly vivid by the 'Phase-4 Stereo' system, as will be heard here in the work's finale. In his recording, Stokowski reinstated the brass fanfares towards the end which were in the first printed edition of the work but which for some reason Debussy removed from the later reprinted score. (From the complete boxed set of all Stokowski's Decca 'Phase-4' recordings with all due acknowledgements.)

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