Bach: The Conductors' Transcriptions

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. S. Skrowaczewski) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


1.   Toccata - - 4:03
2.   Fugue - 6:02


Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. E. Ormandy) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Eugene Ormandy Leonard Slatkin


3.   Cantata, BWV 147: Chorale Prelude, "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (arr. E. Ormandy) - 3:20


Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 (arr. E. Leinsdorf) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Erich Leinsdorf Leonard Slatkin


4.   Chorale Prelude, BWV 727, "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" (arr. E. Leinsdorf) - 2:19


Suite No. 6 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Henry Wood
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


5.   I. Prelude (arr. from J.S. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude in C sharp major, BWV 848) - 1:35
6.   II. Lament (arr. from J.S. Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of Hist Most Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992: Adagio) - 4:10
7.   III. Scherzo (arr. from J.S. Bach: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Scherzo) - 1:12
8.   IV. Gavotte and Musette (arr. from J.S. Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: Gavottes I and II) - 3:18
9.   V. Andante mistico (arr. from J.S. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude in B flat minor, BWV 867) - 3:59
10.   VI. Finale (arr. from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Prelude) - 3:57


Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Cantilena BBC Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra German Bach Soloists
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Pablo Casals Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Karol Teutsch Willem Mengelberg Jaroslav Krecek Oliver Dohnanyi Jaroslav Dvorak Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Leonard Slatkin Jeanne Lamon Iona Brown Helmuth Rilling Wilhelm Furtwangler Bernard Labadie Adrian Shepherd Constantine Orbelian Gunar Letzbor Don Jackson
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Nicole Trotier,
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Helmut Winschermann, oboe
Recording date: January - March 1989


11.   Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on the G String (arr. M. Sargent) - 5:41


Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208, "Hunt Cantata": Aria: Schafe konnen sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze) (arr. J. Babirolli) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: John Barbirolli Leonard Slatkin


12.   Cantata, BWV 208: Schafe konnen sicher weiden (arr. J. Babirolli) - 6:13


Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (arr. D. Mitropoulos) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


13.   Fantasia - - 9:11
14.   Fugue - 5:30


Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. V. Gui) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Vittorio Gui Leonard Slatkin


15.   Das Orgel-Buchlein: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. V. Gui) - 3:05


Anna Magdalena Notenbuch (Clavier-Buchlein III): Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (attrib. to G.H. Stolzel) (arr. O. Klemperer) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Otto Klemperer Leonard Slatkin


16.   Clavierbuchlein, Book II for Anna Magdalena Bach: Aria, BWV 508 (arr. O. Klemperer) - 3:05


Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720 (arr. W. Damrosch) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Walter Damrosch
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


17.   Chorale Prelude, BWV 720, "Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott" (arr. W. Damrosch) - 4:37

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