Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions By Respighi And Elgar

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This exciting disc makes a very welcome return to the catalog on Naxos. The Respighi transcriptions reveal his typical mastery of orchestration, particularly in the...
This exciting disc makes a very welcome return to the catalog on Naxos. The Respighi transcriptions reveal his typical mastery of orchestration, particularly in the larger pieces: the Prelude and Fugue BWV 532 and the great Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582. The chorale transcriptions are also very lovely, and include the famous “Wachet auf” (“Sleepers Awake!”) BWV 645. In the Sonata BWV 1023, Ilkka Talvi proves a sensitive and musicianly soloist as well. However, the real treat is Elgar’s arrangement of the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537. It’s insane. In the fugue, next to Elgar’s tambourine, glockenspiel, harp glissandos, and looney trumpet licks, Stokowski’s Bach might as well be the work of a period-instrument specialist. It’s wonderful, and Gerard Schwarz gets his players to blast their way through the piece with total conviction. The sonics also constitute one of the better efforts from this source and era (1990). Buy it and love it.

– David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com


Product Description:


  • Release Date: March 27, 2012


  • UPC: 747313274178


  • Catalog Number: 8572741


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Edward Elgar


  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Talvi, Schwarz



Works:


  1. Chorale Prelude(s)

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  2. Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in E minor, BWV 1023

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  3. Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (Bach, BWV 537)

    Composer: Sir Edward Elgar

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  4. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  5. Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


  6. Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz