[78-L] Toscanini plays Bach

[DAVID BURNHAM]

I've always enjoy Wood's orchestrations.  Have you heard his "Pictures at an Ex"?  Also his transcription of Handel's "Hallelujah" Organ Concerto as recorded by Thalben-Ball and Susskind on HMV 78s is not to be missed unless you're a period performance fanatic.  It is for full Symphony Orchestra, including cymbals - sounds quite Elgarian.  He starts with the last movement, then the second movement, then inserts the Minuet from "Berenice" with a solo cello and finally ends with the first movement including a cadenza which may well have been improvised, (Thalben-Ball was good at that), taking up the entire last side and sounding like it had contributions from Liszt, Franck, Widor and others, (except Handel).  The cadenza includes a fugue which is totaly bizarre.  I convinced CBC to play the last movement on I think it was RSVP;  received all sorts of positive feedback from listeners.

db





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> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 8:57:20 PM
>Subject: [78-L] Toscanini plays Bach
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>Well that was different....New York Philharmonic broadcast on WNED-FM is 
>featuring Halloweeny related archive recordings this evening, and began with a 
>1936 performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue with TOSCANINI and the New York 
>Philharmonic. Never heard that before. (And hope never to hear that 
>orchestration by Henry J. Wood again, but I got spoiled by Stoky.)
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>dl
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