Bach: Transcriptions By Stokowski [Import]

JS Bach (Composer), Stokowski (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Stokowski
• Composer: JS Bach
• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Archipel
• ASIN: B000065DUO
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #978,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 565)

2. Chaconne, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004)

3. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, Cantata No. 147, BWV 147)

4. Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, transcription for orchestra (after Bach's 'Giant' Fugue, BWV 680)

5. Sheep May Safely Graze, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, Cantata No. 208, BWV 208)

6. Little Fugue in G minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 578)

7. Bourrée, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, from English Suite No. 2, BWV 807)

8. Komm, süsser Tod, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 478)

9. Prelude in B minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 869)

10. Chorale, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful orchestration and Sound, July 19, 2003

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This review is from: Bach: Transcriptions By Stokowski (Audio CD)

Stokowski, a lifelong Bach fan, did fantastic work on this CD. The symphony has the lush sound we have come to expect and the music is both symphonic and yet intimate. Excellent price and on 24 bit technology. A must for bach and Sokowski fans.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a poor recording!, September 22, 2003

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Timothy Townsend "Tim" (Seaside, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Transcriptions By Stokowski (Audio CD)

This recording is a ADD Mono remastered recording of music recorded from 1947 to 1950. I suppose there is merit in listing to the Stokowski Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stokowski himself. However, I was looking for an excellent HiFi listening CD using current technology and not remastering of old, mono recorded music. Chandos 9259 is a much better recording of some of the same Bach music (certainly not a 1:1 match). Probably the best ever recording of Bach transcriptions is the Chandos recording of Leonard Slatkin's transcriptions.