This is a week of transcriptions, orchestrations, fantasies, rhapsodies, and reminiscences: the creative efforts of composers who give new vitality to existing music by transforming it. This is much more than composers finding inspiration from others; these are works that use the structure and tunes of another composer to create a new piece in their own voice. Bill includes folk music and works by Bach, Liszt, and Ravel as set by Stokowski, Schoenberg, and Copland.
New Wine in Old Bottles
Playlist
Episode 1
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote (excerpt)
Cleveland Orch/Szell; Fournier, violoncello
Strauss: Don Quixote, Horn Concerto No 1, Don Juan
Sony 63123; :28
Benjamin Britten: “The Salley Gardens,” “Oliver Cromwell” & “The Foggy, Foggy Dew”
Terfel, baritone; Martineau, piano
Silent Noon – English Songs
DG 421602; 5:17
Aaron Copland: “Simple Gifts” from Old American Songs
English Chamber Orchestra/Davis; Horne, mezzo-soprano
Fanfare For The Common Man
London 448261; 1:05
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (excerpt)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Appalachian Spring • Short Symphony
DG 427335; 3:30
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (excerpt)
St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin
Appalachian Spring Ballet
EMI 49766; 11:29
Orlando Gibbons: In Nomine à 5
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Renaissance Brass
Decca 80702; 4:47
Tomaso Albinoni/Remo Giazotto: Adagio for Organ and Strings in g minor
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Münchiger
Pachelbel Canon
London 417781; 6:33
Richard Wagner, arr. Lucien Cailliet: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Fennell
Ballet For Band
Mercury 434322; 6:13
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Ray Woodfield: Flight of the Bumblebee
Black Dyke Milles Band/Parkes
British Bandsmen Centenary Concert
Chandos 4513; 1:33
Niccolò Paganini, arr. Howard Snell: Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11
R. & N. Childs, euphoniums
British Bandsmen Centenary Concert
Chandos 4513; 2:03
Maurice Ravel: Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpt)
Thibaudet, piano
L’oeuvre Pour Piano
Decca 433515; 1:15
Maurice Ravel: Prelude & Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpts)
Lyon Opera Orchestra/Nagano
Le Tombeau de Couperin/Pavane pour une Infante Défunte/
Ma Mère L’oye/Une Barque sur L’Océan/Alborada del Graci
Warner Bros. 46031; 1:45, 1:39
Episode 2
Franz Schubert: “Der Tod und das Mädchen”, D. 531
Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Moore, piano
Goethe-Lieder
DG 463503; 2:29
Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings No. 14, Death and the Maiden, II
Emerson String Quartet
Late Quartets, Quintet
DG 459151; 14:11
Johannes Brahms, arr. Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Quartet Op. 25, III & IV
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra 75 anniversary, 1918-1993
TC 093-75; 17:49
Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25, IV
Kremer, violin; Bashmet, viola; Argerich, piano; Maisky, violoncello
Argerich · Kremer · Bashmet · Maisky
DG 463700; 8:08
Johann Strauss II, arr. Arnold Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer
Alban Berg Quartet
Walzer
EMI 54881; 8:14
Episode 3
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in b minor, RV 580, III
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Concerto for 4 violins, cello, strings & continuo in B minor
(“L’estro armonico” No. 10) Op. 3/10, RV 580
Philips 689302; 3:20
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Four Harpsichords in a minor, BWV 1065, III
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Cantatas BWV 8, 78 & 99
L’Oiseau 443053; 3:14
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, I
Hahn, violin
Hilary Hahn Plays Bach
Sony 62793; 3:30
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata “Wir danken dir, Gott”, BWV 29
La Stravangaza Köln/Manze
Orchestral Suites / Ouvertures
Brilliant 92721; 3:59
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Ferruccio Busoni: In Thee is Joy
Browning, piano
John Browning – Debut – Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt
EMI 67017; 2:18
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (excerpts)
Gould, piano
The Goldberg Variations – 1955 Recording
Sony 90387; 1:28, 2:13, :46
Conversation in the recording studio between Glenn Gould and his producer, Howard H.Scott; 2:13
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (excerpts)
NES Chamber Orchestra/ Sitkovetsky
Goldberg Variations
Nonesuch 79341; 11:13, 9:40, 4:18
Episode 4
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in g minor, BWV 578
Alain, organ
Complete Works For Organ
Erato 96358; 4:28
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Leopold Stokowski: Fugue in g minor, BWV 578
L.A. Phil/Salonen
Bach Transcriptions
Sony 89012; 3:49
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Arnold Schoenberg: Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552, St. Anne (excerpt)
L.A. Phil/Salonen
Bach Transcriptions
Sony 89012; 3:44
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Anton Webern: Ricercare from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
L.A. Phil/Salonen
Bach Transcriptions
Sony 89012; 8:29
Johann Sebastian Bach: Contrapunctus 1 [a 4] from The Art of the Fugue
Fretwork
The Art of Fugue
HM 907296; 3:04
Johann Sebastian Bach: Contrapunctus IV & VI, In Style Francese, from The Art of the Fugue
Emerson String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
DG B0000908; 7:36
Johann Sebastian Bach: Canon in Augmentation and Contrary Motion from Art of the Fugue
Fretwork
The Art of Fugue
HM 907296; 3:54
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Luciano Berio: Contrapunctus XIX from The Art of the Fugue
Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan/Chailly
The Art Of The Trumpet
Decca 482902; 8:35
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Solfeggietto
The Swingle Singers
Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
Verve 826948; :53
Episode 5
Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
Lang, piano
Wild and Crazy
DG 204702; 15:45
Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin No. 2, La Campanella (excerpt)
Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia/Ughi; Ughi, violin
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
RCA 7844; 1:21
Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes After Paganini: La Campanella
Watts, piano
Sonata In B Minor, Paganini Etudes
EMI 74504; 4:29
Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 24 in a minor (excerpt)
Rabin, violin
24 Caprices
EMI 67998; :49
Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes After Paganini: No. 6 in a minor
Watts, piano
Sonata In B Minor, Paganini Etudes
EMI 74504; 5:46
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Royal Phil/Horenstein; Wild, piano
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1-4/ Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Chandos 10078; 20:32
