Bach: The Conductors' Transcriptions

SACD

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

The Conductors' Transcriptions

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

10:05

in d-Moll - en ré mineur

Orchestrated by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (b. 1923)

1

Toccata -

4:03

2

Fuga

6:02

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3

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

3:20

No. 1 from Three Choral Preludes

Chorale Prelude from Cantata, BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

Orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy (1889-1985)

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4

Herzlich tut mich verlangen

2:19

Chorale Prelude, BWV 727

Orchestrated by Erich Leinsdorf (1912-1993)

Suite No. 6 for Full Orchestra

18:25

Orchestrated by Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944)

5

1

Prelude

1:35

(Prelude in C sharp major, BWV 848 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

6

2

Lament

4:10

(Adagio from Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992)

7

3

Scherzo

1:12

(from Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827)

8

4

Gavotte and Musette

3:18

(Gavottes I and II from English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811)

9

5

Andante mistico

3:59

(Prelude in B flat minor, BWV 867 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

10

6

Finale

3:57

(Prelude from Partita No. 3 in D major, BWV 1006)

11

Air on the G String

5:41

from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

Orchestrated by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967)

12

Sheep May Safely Graze

6:13

Schafe können sicher Weiden

from Cantata, BWV 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!

Orchestrated by Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

14:41

in G-Moll - en sol mineur

Orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960)

13

Fantasia -

9:11

14

Fuga

5:30

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15

Ich ruf' zu, dir, Herr Jesu Christ

3:05

No. 1 from Tre Preludi Corali

Choral Prelude, BWV 639 from Das Orgel-Büchlein

Orchestrated by Vittorio Gui (1885-1975)

16

Bist du bei mir?

3:51

Aria, BWV 508 from Clavierbüchlein, Book II for Anna Magdalena Bach

Orchestrated by Otto Klemperer (1885-1973)

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17

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

4:37

Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott

Chorale Prelude, BWV 720

Orchestrated by Walter Damrosch (186201950)

Also available as SACD CHSA 5030

Leonard Slatkin