Transcriptions: Toccata and Fugue in D minor / Passacaglia and Fugue / Chaconne from Violin Partita no. 2 / Ein feste Burg (Historical Recordings 1927-1939)

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Leopold Stokowski & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski

Transcriptions (Historical Recordings 1927–1939) is a compilation album of transcriptions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of recordings made between 1927 and 1939. The recordings present Baroque compositions adapted for a variety of instruments and interpretative approaches typical of early 20th-century performance practice, illustrating how transcription and contemporary recording technology shaped the reception of Bach's music in that period.
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  1. 1.
    Toccata and Fugue in D minor (for Organ), BWV 565
    8:47
  2. 2.
    Three Chorale Preludes: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
    3:35
  3. 3.
    Three Chorale Preludes: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
    4:42
  4. 4.
    Three Chorale Preludes: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680
    3:33
  5. 5.
    Three Selections from Book One of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude XXIV in B minor, BWV 869
    4:31
  6. 6.
    Three Selections from Book One of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude VIII in E-flat minor, BWV 853
    4:57
  7. 7.
    Three Selections from Book One of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Fugue II in C minor, BWV 847
    2:02
  8. 8.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
    18:15
  9. 9.
    Ein feste Burg (chorale Prelude, after Luther), BWV 80
    3:42
  10. 10.
    Three Transcriptions of Organ Works: Adagio (from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564)
    4:36
  11. 11.
    Three Transcriptions of Organ Works: “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
    3:46
  12. 12.
    Three Transcriptions of Organ Works: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
    12:59

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