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Background: Many composers have arranged the music of Bach, but it is rarer to hear conductors' transcriptions. This novel collection contains works by Bach in sumptuous orchestrations by some of the great interpreters of the twentieth century. Some of these unique arrangements are recorded here for the first time.

CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5030
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.95 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jun-2004

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: The Conductors' Transcriptions
TRACKS: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 (orchestrated by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski). Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring No.1 from Three Choral Preludes Chorale Prelude from Cantata BWV147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy). Herzlich tut mich verlangen Chorale Prelude BWV727 (orchestrated by Erich Leinsdorf). Suite No.6 for Full Orchestra : Prelude - Prelude in C sharp major BWV848 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I / Lament - Adagio from Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother in B flat major BWV992 / Scherzo - from Partita No.3 in A minor BWV827 / Gavotte and Musette - Gavottes I and II from English Suite No.6 in D minor BWV811 / Andante mistico - Prelude in B flat minor BWV867 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I / Finale - Prelude from Partita No.3 in E major BWV1006 (orchestrated by Sir Henry Wood). Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major BWV1068 (orchestrated by Sir Malcolm Sargent). Sheep May Safely Graze - Schafe konnen sicher weiden from Cantata BWV208 Was mir behagt ist nur die muntre Jagd! (orchestrated by Sir John Barbirolli). Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV542 (orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos). Ich ruf' zu dir Herr Jesu Christ No.1 from Tre Preludi Corali Chorale Prelude BWV639 from Das Orgel-Buchlein (orchestrated by Vittorio Gui). Bist du bei mir? Aria BWV508 from Clavierbuchlein Book II for Anna Magdalena Bach (orchestrated by Otto Klemperer). A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott - Chorale Prelude BWV720 (orchestrated by Walter Damrosch).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin

- Sep-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2004 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Bach poached from the organ loft, or ferried away from the recital stage and magnified to cinematic proportions' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'very fine playing throughout from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and superbly spacious, demonstration worthy sound from Chandos'

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