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Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions By Respighi And Elgar
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Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions By Respighi And Elgar

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Composer
BACH RESPIGHI ELGAR
Artist
Talvi, Schwarz
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 27, 2012
Catalog #
8572741
UPC
747313274178

About

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

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Lento assai (after J.S. Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659) 05:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Lento assai (after J.S. Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  2. 2 No. 2. Andante con moto e scherzando (after J.S. Bach's Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV 648) 00:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Andante con moto e scherzando (after J.S. Bach's Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV 648)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  3. 3 No. 3. Andante (after J.S. Bach's Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645) 05:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Andante (after J.S. Bach's Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645)
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  4. 4 I. Allegro 01:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Performer
    Ilkka Talvi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  5. 5 II. Adagio, ma non tanto 03:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio, ma non tanto
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Performer
    Ilkka Talvi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  6. 6 III. Allemanda: Allegro moderato 03:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allemanda: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Performer
    Ilkka Talvi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  7. 7 IV. Giga: Vivace assai 02:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Giga: Vivace assai
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Performer
    Ilkka Talvi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  8. 8 Prelude: Allegro - Meno mosso - Alla breve [Allegro] - Adagio - 04:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prelude: Allegro - Meno mosso - Alla breve [Allegro] - Adagio -
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  9. 9 Fugue: Allegro 05:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Fugue: Allegro
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  10. 10 J.S. Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, P. 159 (after BWV 582) 15:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    J.S. Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, P. 159 (after BWV 582)
    Duration
    15:09
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  11. 11 Fantasia 05:53
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  12. 12 Fugue 03:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz