"Here without question was one of the world’s great ensembles, driven to the height of its powers by a conductor with total command." Classic Record Collector
 This eclectic program comes from the period of Stokowski's highly successful Guest Conductorship of the New York Philharmonic, then engaged in trying to improve its performance standards to rival the orchestras of Boston and Philadelphia—a process to which Stokowski greatly contributed.
 |  | 1 |  Wagner  |  The  Flying Dutchman Overture  |   9:38 | 
 |  | 2 | Ippolitov-Ivanov |  The Village  from Caucasian SketchesMichel Nazzi solo english horn, Willian Lincer solo  viola
 |  4:37  | 
 |  |  | Messiaen |  L'Ascension—Four Symphonic Meditations   |  16:57 | 
 |  |  3 |  |  |  |  |   Majesté  du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père  | 
 |  2:34 | 
 |  |  |  |   |  |  |   Alléluias  sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel  | 
 | 4:16 | 
 |  | 5 |  |   |  |  |   Alléluia  sur la trompette, alléluia sur la cymbale  | 
 |  5:04 | 
 |  | 6 |  |   |  |  |   Prière  du Christ montant vers son Père  | 
 |  4:46  | 
 |  | 7 | Griffes |  The White Peacock from Roman Sketches |  6:07  | 
 |  | 8 | Wagner  (arr. Stokowski) | Wotan's  Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre |  15:53  | 
 |  | 9 | Vaughan  Williams(arr. Greaves)
 |  Fantasia on "Greensleeves" from Sir John  in Love | 4:15 | 
 |  | 10 | Tchaikovsky | Francesca  da Rimini | 18:56 | 
 | TT:  76:47 |