Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions By Respighi And Elgar

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 27, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH RESPIGHI ELGAR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Talvi, Schwarz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2012
    • UPC
      747313274178
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572741
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Lento assai (after J.S. Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659)

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. No. 2. Andante con moto e scherzando (after J.S. Bach's Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV 648)

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. No. 3. Andante (after J.S. Bach's Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645)

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Ilkka Talvi

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. II. Adagio, ma non tanto

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Ilkka Talvi

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. III. Allemanda: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Ilkka Talvi

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    7. IV. Giga: Vivace assai

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Ilkka Talvi

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    8. Prelude: Allegro - Meno mosso - Alla breve [Allegro] - Adagio -

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    9. Fugue: Allegro

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    10. J.S. Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, P. 159 (after BWV 582)

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    11. Fantasia

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    12. Fugue

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


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