JS Bach: Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar

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This is a delightful hour of listening, and for those of you who are weary of “historically-informed” Bach, this could be your disc of the year!...This might not be “authentic” Bach, but it is... — MusicWeb International, June 2012 More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: 8572741
Label: Naxos
Series: Seattle Symphony Collection
Length: 56 minutes

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Respighi: 3 Chorales, P. 167

Work length11:34

$3.00

$3.90

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

No. 1, Lento assai (After J.S. Bach's BWV 659)

Track length5:36

$1.00

$1.30

No. 2, Andante con moto e scherzando (After J.S. Bach's BWV 648)

Track length0:50

$1.00

$1.30

No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)

Track length5:08

$1.00

$1.30

Respighi: Violin Sonata in E Minor, P. 85

Work length10:22

$4.00

$5.20

Ilkka Talvi
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

I. Allegro (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1023)

Track length0:58

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$1.30

II. Adagio, ma non tanto (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1023)

Track length3:15

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allemanda. Allegro moderato (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1023)

Track length3:23

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Giga. Vivace assai (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1023)

Track length2:46

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$1.30

Respighi: Prelude

Work length4:20

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$1.30

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Allegro - Meno mosso - Alla breve (Allegro) - Adagio -

Track length4:20

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$1.30

Respighi: Prelude and Fugue in D Major, P. 158

Work length5:45

$1.00

$1.30

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Fugue. Allegro (After J.S. Bach's BWV 532)

Track length5:45

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Respighi: Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor, P. 159 (After J.S. Bach's BWV 582)

Work length15:03

$4.00

$5.15

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C Minor, Op. 86 (After J.S. Bach's BWV 537)

Work length9:32

$2.00

$2.60

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Fantasia

Track length5:46

$1.00

$1.30

Fugue

Track length3:46

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$1.30

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Respighi had always been committed to the art of transcription, arranging Bach’s Violin Sonata in E minor in 1908-09 with acute perception. This was followed during 1929 and 1930 by even greater and more resplendent Bach settings. The powerful sense of orchestral colour acquired during his training under Rimsky-Korsakov is heard to bold yet subtle effect in the Three Chorale Preludes. The Prelude and Fugue in D major is even more gloriously lavish, drawing on the full resources of the modern symphony orchestra, as does the brilliantly realised Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor. Edward Elgar’s transcription is a work of sustained grandeur and rich musical intensity.

Respighi’s most famous transcriptions are probably still those of the ancient airs and dances, first published in 1917, but his Bach transcriptions are hardly less impressive. These richly coloured works rescore and reclothe Bach for Respighi’s time – 1929-30 – and do so brilliantly. They are exciting creations in their own terms, utilising every facet of a modern symphony orchestra, and so too is Elgar’s sole example.

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June 2012

This is a delightful hour of listening, and for those of you who are weary of “historically-informed” Bach, this could be your disc of the year!...This might not be “authentic” Bach, but it is magnificent Bach.

JS Bach: Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar

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