[78-L] Toscanini plays Bach

[David Lennick]

I believe you are correct.

dl

On 10/31/2013 9:30 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I believe Wood's orchestration of Pix preceded Ravel's.
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>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>> 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.
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>> dl
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>> 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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>>>> dl
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