![]() ![]() But I would give the edge to Serebrier’s, which has an authority and a grandeur a few notches greater than Bamert’s.īoth CDs also contain performances of Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bare Mountain - not a transcription but a re-orchestration, tarting up Mussorgsky’s rather austere original version into something more varied and colourful. This Stokowski transcription appears on both of the new recordings, and the performances are superb. As it happens, this transcription, which became one of Stokowski’s signature pieces, was also featured in the Disney film Fantasia. To my mind, Stokowski’s transcription of the Toccata and Fugue in d minor is itself a masterpiece, vividly capturing the originality and power of the original organ work. A work like the Toccata and Fugue in d minor BWV 565 was unlikely to be heard by patrons of Philadelphia Orchestra concerts at the Academy of Music. Stokowski had been an organist himself and knew this repertoire intimately. This was certainly true of many of Stokowski’s transcriptions of Bach organ works. When Stokowski began to make transcriptions early in his career, he often said that he was bringing great music to a symphony audience which otherwise might never hear it. These new CDs benefit greatly from this first-hand experience and will surely win new converts to the Stokowski appreciation society. Jose Serebrier and Matthias Bamert, each of whom went on to a successful conducting career, not only retained a great affection for Stokowski, but also considerable admiration for the nearly 200 transcriptions he had made. A further point of similarity is that in both, the orchestras are conducted by men who were Stokowski’s assistants with the American Symphony in New York during the 1970s. These new recordings are both devoted to transcriptions by the great conductor, Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977). Music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Purcell, Sousa, etc. Orchestral Transcriptions of Leopold Stokowski. ![]() ![]() Music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Purcell, Wagner, etc. ![]()
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