Stokowski - Bach Transcriptions Volume 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
… the recording brings out to the full, as never before, the subtlety of Stokowski's orchestrations with their brilliant terracing of texture, with colourings that designedly echo the sound...
Stokowski - Bach Transcriptions Volume 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
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… the recording brings out to the full, as never before, the subtlety of Stokowski's orchestrations with their brilliant terracing of texture, with colourings that designedly echo the sound...
About
Leopold Stokowski arranged nearly 40 works from Bach’s catalogue for the modern symphony orchestra, and José Serebrier’s second volume of Bach-Stokowski Transcriptions is as colourful and wide-ranging as the first (8557883).
In response to popular and critical demand the present selection begins with the most famous Bach orchestration of all, the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D minor. This reached its widest public in Walt Disney’s Fantasia and here introduces a programme of sumptuous arrangements, including other music from the pre- and post- baroque periods.
Contents and tracklist
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Bach, J S:
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (Arioso) (arr. L. Stokowski)
Work length5:58
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Bach, J S:
Das Orgel-Buchlein: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
Work length3:23
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Bach, J S:
Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
Work length2:45
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Work length3:32
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Bach, J S:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
Work length3:50
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Boccherini:
String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuet (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
Work length3:44
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 18 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Bach, J S:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 (arr. L. Stokowski for orchestra)
Work length2:01
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- José Serebrier
- Recorded: 17 April 2008
- Recording Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, UK
Awards and reviews
March 2009
… the recording brings out to the full, as never before, the subtlety of Stokowski's orchestrations with their brilliant terracing of texture, with colourings that designedly echo the sound of the organ. Its impact is magnificent, here more than ever. ...a most satisfying disc that continues the rehabilitation of arrangements which for far too long were dismissed in this age of determined authenticity.