[78-L] Toscanini plays Bach

[David Lennick]

It was interesting to hear, but like anybody else doing "Pictures" after 
Ravel..all the good ideas had been used. And it did kind of sound like Elgar on 
uppers.

dl

On 10/31/2013 9:20 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> 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.
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>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78L<78-L at 78online.com>
>> 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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